, a new class action lawsuit is claiming Mills illegally deceived hundreds of students about the merger., filed in Alameda County Superior Court this week, accuses Mills of violating the state’s unfair competition and false advertising laws by encouraging students to stay enrolled in the school and that final degrees would likely be conferred in 2023. Only later the school announced it would confer its last degrees this year and that it would cut a number of degree programs, the suit said.
“Mills College repeatedly misled Ms. Cordrey about her ability to graduate and get her teaching credential through Mills College, before finally stating that the best they could do is allow her to receive her Bachelor’s in Communications or a similarly unrelated major through Northeastern University, with no path to receive her teaching credential,” a statement from the law firms that filed the suit, Bryan Schwartz Law and Nichols Kaster, PLLP, noted.
School leaders maintain that students will not have to pay more to complete their degrees as the schools merge, even if they have to take longer to finish their courses because of different requirements from accrediting bodies. It’s not the first time the college has been sued over the controversial decision to cease operations as a standalone college and merge with Northeastern. Mills alumnae sued the college in an effort to stop the takeover, but the case settled earlier this year.
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