Jordan College (Michigan)

Jordan College (Michigan)

Jordan College was a small, four year liberal arts college in Michigan that closed in 1996. It had campuses at Cedar Springs, Michigan, Flint, Michigan and Detroit, Michigan. Earlier in the 1990s Jordan College had been involved in litigation regarding claims of mismanagement of federal student aid dollars. [ [http://www.ed-oha.org/cases/1994-170sp.html In re Jordan College, Dkt. No. 94-170-SP ] ]

Jordan College opened its branch campuses in 1967. It first sought accredidation with a regional accredidation organization in 1988. By the 1990s it was faced with charges of fraud, although it was claimed by Carl Levin among others, that Jordan was just suffering from hard economic times. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E1DC173BF934A25751C0A962958260 Hard Times, Not Fraud, Explain Loan Defaults; Heroic Jordan College - New York Times ] ] However it appears some individuals, specifically one time trustee James Moored, had been involved in outright fraud. [ [http://www.quatloos.com/hyip_moored.htm United States v. Moored, 38 F.3d 1419 (6th Cir. 11/01/1994) ] ]

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* [http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green-Homes/1981-03-01/Jordan-College.aspx article on programs at Jordan College]
* [http://www2.westminster-mo.edu/wc_users/homepages/staff/brownr/MichiganCC.htm short report on Jordan College's history]


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