NEW YORK –After reporting Bill Clinton was paid $16.5 million to promote a for-profit university that has come to be known as “Clinton U,” many former students have told WND stories, often in heartbreaking fashion, of being victimized by the institution.
As WND reported in June, Clinton was a pitchman for Laureate Education Inc. and its Walden University Online.
The students who contacted WND affirmed the claims of others who charge Walden is a scam that piles tens of thousands of dollars of debt on unsuspecting students while unreasonably delaying degrees or often failing to deliver them.
While the Clintons were collecting millions, Hillary Clinton’s State Department funneled at least $55 million to a group run by Laureate Education Inc., according to Peter Schweizer’s book “Clinton Cash” as Breitbart reported.
Bill Clinton abruptly resigned from his post as honorary chancellor in April 2015 when the disclosure was publicized.
Documents uncovered by Washington-based watchdog Judicial Watch show Laureate Education paid the former president through a “shell corporation” pass-through account that evidently passed State Department scrutiny while Hillary was secretary of state.
Further, in a story showing how for-profit colleges encourage huge student debt, Forbes found the biggest borrower on the for-profit college list is Walden University, whose grad students borrowed $756 million in 2014.
As further reported in the new WND Books release, “Partners in Crime: The Clintons’ Scheme to Monetize the White House,” Laureate sent Bill Clinton scurrying around the globe to make promotional appearances at campuses in countries such as Malaysia, Peru and Spain.