article_snippet.sent: The Education Department contends that Corinthian failed to comply with requests to address allegations of falsifying job placement data and altering grades and attendance records.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier in April, The Education Department fined subsidiary Heald College, alleging the school had shown a pattern of falsifying post-graduation employment data.
article_snippet.sent: The Education Department found more than 900 incidents of false placement rates that were trumpeted to potential students and officials accrediting the schools, according to the Washington Post.
article_snippet.sent: The Education Department also alleged that Corinthian would have staffing agencies temporarily hire The Education Department graduates so its graduates could be counted as placements.
article_snippet.sent: A group of current and former Corinthian students are petitioning the Education Department to waive A group of current and former Corinthian students federal student debt based on the alleged misconduct.
article_snippet.sent: Roughly 400 Corinthian students filed defense to repayment claims based on Corinthian having broken the law.
article_snippet.sent: Transferring credits may be difficult, especially given the reputation that the credits from Corinthian - and graduate's degrees from the institution - have taken on in light of the credits from Corinthian - and graduate's degrees from the institution - have taken on in light of their school's misdeeds school's misdeeds.
highlights_snippet.sent: Corinthian found to have misrepresented student job placement data .
  