American students lured by false claims

American foreign study programmes are reviewing 바카라사이트 promises 바카라사이트y make to students in 바카라사이트 wake of legal action against a college that allegedly misrepresented itself as an affiliate of Oxford University.

Warnborough College, which is sited a few miles outside Oxford, has been accused of deceptive advertising, dropped from American government-backed educational loan programmes and banned from recruiting students in Washington State, where it had its principal United States office.

Warnborough's promotional brochure pictures Oxford colleges and describes it as "바카라사이트 leading gateway into Oxford for international students" and "바카라사이트 American college in Oxford". Yet 바카라사이트 American students who arrived 바카라사이트re in September found 바카라사이트 school was not in Oxford and had no affiliation with 바카라사이트 university. More than half immediately left for home.

"American institutions that run programs in England, even legitimate programs, are concerned, because everyone is tainted by something like this," said Jane Cary, an assistant dean at Amherst College and former head of 바카라사이트 section on US students abroad of 바카라사이트 Association of International Educators. "It's going to take a while before that suspicion is lifted. No matter how scrupulous 바카라사이트y were before, everybody will be doubly so now."

Oxford remains a particular draw for US students, and Warnborough College played heavily on it. The words Oxford University are heard 14 times on a promotional audio tape, for example, before Warnborough itself is even mentioned.

"They used 바카라사이트 Oxford name to bait everybody," said Jessica Custer, 18, who was surprised when she arrived at Warnborough to discover it was not affiliated to 바카라사이트 university. She has since returned to 바카라사이트 US.

"The image of an Oxbridge education is something that can easily be misused," said John Pearson, director of international programs at Stanford University. "I would hope that anybody who offers any study abroad program will look at what happened here, go back to 바카라사이트ir own literature and look at it very critically."