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A Jewish college in Michigan enrolled thousands of fictitious and actual Israeli students in a fake study abroad program as part of a scheme to pocket federal financial aid money, court documents unsealed Tuesday claim. The documents, which include a complaint filed by a former employee and whistleblower, describe in detail how the Michigan Jewish…
The U.S. Department of Education has accused the Michigan Jewish Institute, a college in the Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield, of illegally obtaining federal Pell Grants for its study abroad program. “The Department will permit this scheme to continue no longer,” the DOE stated in a damning , outlining their investigation. Last week, the DOE…
The federal Department of Education has revoked grant eligibility for a Jewish college that has prospered from millions of dollars in government aid over the years even though almost all its students live in Israel. The Michigan Jewish Institute suspended most operations Wednesday, citing the federal government’s refusal to re-certify it as a school whose…
As federal investigators sift through hundreds of boxes of evidence seized in a July raid on a Jewish college, a former employee there told the Forward that she was fired for asking too many questions of her bosses. Jessica Fidler, 35, said that she reported Michigan Jewish Institute to the Department of Education’s Office of…
Federal agents raided the offices of a Jewish college that has prospered from millions of dollars in federal aid even though almost all its students live in Israel and hardly any of them graduate. Federal officials declined to comment on the reason for the July 7 raid at Michigan Jewish Institute, in a suburb of…
Thousands of Jewish students are at risk of losing their federal student aid after the Michigan Jewish Institute failed for a second time to win accreditation — and now faces the risk of closure. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools deferred its decision to grant the Chabad-affiliated MJI accreditation until December 13. MJI’s…
A Jewish college in Michigan that has enjoyed massive growth fueled by federal funding of its overseas studies programs is poised to build a new 16,000 square foot headquarters — even though almost no students ever set foot on campus. West Bloomfield Township, a suburb of Detroit, granted permission for Michigan Jewish Institute to proceed…
The strength of the United States, the late Claiborne Pell once said, “is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people.” Pell believed so much in furthering educational opportunity for Americans, and in 36 years…
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