Decker College

Decker College was a proprietary (investor-owned and for-profit) college located in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A. at 981 South Third Street. It closed in October 2005, following a disagreement with the United States Department of Education about accreditation of its construction-related courses and on-line instruction. According to former U.S. Senator Alfonse D'Amato during the 2006 Republican primary for Governor of New York, William Weld, former Governor of Massachusetts and chief executive of the college from January to October 2005, was responsible and oversaw "multimillion dollar looting".

On June 10, 2009 the Associated Press reported that the case against Decker College had been dropped, and no charges had been filed. Robert Keats, bankruptcy trustee for Decker College, disclosed the status of the investigation to a federal bankruptcy judge in a filing made public June 9. "There are no indictments, no further investigation," he stated. According to the AP, U.S. Attorney spokeswoman Dawn Masden confirmed that the investigation was closed with no indictments.

External links

• Decker College info page (obsolete)
• Article: "For-Profit College With Ties to William Weld Closes Most of Its Campuses and Lays Off Employees" – The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required)