Trump Education Department Drops Biden’s Record Fine Against GCU

Swordsmyth · May 21, 2025

Grand Canyon University (GCU) announced Friday that President Donald Trump’s Department of Education (ED) has rescinded the record $38 million fine the Biden administration levied against it.

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In 2023, President Joe Biden’s ED slapped a $37.7 million fine on the nation’s largest private Christian university, accusing it of deceiving doctoral students about the cost of their degrees.

Now, thanks to a change in administrations, GCU is finally free of that threat. According to the school’s press release:

In a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal order issued by ED’s Office of Hearings and Appeals, the Department dismissed the case with no findings, fines, liabilities or penalties of any kind. ED confirmed it has not established that GCU violated any Title IV requirements, including the claim that GCU “substantially misrepresented” the cost of its doctoral programs that was alleged by ED officials under the Biden Administration. The Dismissal stated unequivocally that “there are no findings against GCU, or any of its employees, officers, agents, or contractors, and no fine is imposed.”

The ED dismissed the case with prejudice, so it cannot be refiled.

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https://thenewamerican.com/us/trump-education-department-drops-bidens-record-fine-against-gcu/