
The GAO later revised its report, with Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) saying the changes made "undermine many of the allegations" in the original report but the head of the GAO maintained that "Nothing changed with the overall message of the report, and nothing changed with any of our findings." The report stated that recruiters at the school were found to have "made deceptive or otherwise questionable statements" when speaking with undercover applicants. Later that year, Argosy University was one of 15 schools named in a Government Accountability Office report. In May 2010, the PBS program Frontline aired a program about for-profit universities called "College, Inc." which featured Argosy University among others. The settlement did not require EDMC to admit liability. In December 2013, EDMC agreed to pay about $3.3 million as part of the lawsuit. As of 2013, Argosy University in Dallas does not offer any degrees in clinical psychology and is not listed as part of the university's College of Clinical Psychology. Argosy officials rejected charges of fraud, noting that pursuit of APA accreditation for the Dallas campus was still underway. According to a response from Argosy University's parent company, EDMC, accreditation with the APA is not required for clinical psychology licensure in many jurisdictions, including Texas. At the time of the lawsuit, Argosy University Dallas had not applied for APA accreditation. The school had not completed accreditation process by the time the students graduated. Students of the Argosy University in Dallas filed a Texas lawsuit in 2009 alleging they believed university recruiters inaccurately informed students that the school would soon receive accreditation from the American Psychological Association (APA).
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Two months later, Argosy Education Group brought together the American School of Professional Psychology, the Medical Institute of Minnesota, and the University of Sarasota under the Argosy University name. In July 2001, Argosy Education Group was acquired by Education Management Corporation. Education Management Corporation (2001–2017) Six years later Argosy Education Group acquired the health profession training school the Medical Institute of Minnesota, which was established in 1961.



The University of Sarasota was a business and education-focused school and was founded in 1969. In 1976, Markovitz became the founding chairman of Argosy Education Group, which acquired the University of Sarasota in 1992. In the late 1970s, Michael Markovitz founded the Illinois School of Professional Psychology, which later changed its name to the American School of Professional Psychology. The origins of Argosy University trace to three separate institutions: the American School of Professional Psychology, the Medical Institute of Minnesota, and the University of Sarasota. According to Inside Higher Education, "The Education Department said that the roughly 8,800 students enrolled at Argosy campuses could seek to transfer their credits elsewhere or apply for loan cancellation in the event their campus shuts down." Īll Argosy campuses were officially closed on March 8, 2019. On February 27, 2019, the US Department of Education stated that they were cutting off federal funding to Argosy University. Argosy University was a system of for-profit colleges owned by Dream Center Education Holdings (DCEH), LLC and Education Management Corporation.
