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this is the story about what went down with International Academy of Design and Technology. I started in 2003. I heard an ad on the radio about this new Justice Technology degree program at the school. So I went down there and checked it out. They told me it was a 2 year deal and we would get an Associates Degree. Cool. So I start. Maybe halfway into it they tell us that the program has to be okayed by the Department of Education. They have to come inspect the curriculum, etc. So they never come and blah blah. So when we graduate this still isnt' resolved and we all get certificates. Now I didn't pay $30K + to get a certificate. So they assure us that once the program is all okayed we will get our degrees. Well about a year goes by and I don't hear anything so I had become good friends with that programs director and we emailed back and forth. He tells me that at first the DE did okay with program in feb 06 but all students enrolled before that were not eligible to get the degree. At this point I am so, so pissed. So I called the DE myself and they tell me there had been tons of complaints about this school in the past and they should have never advertised the program as a degree until it was okay to do so. That to me is breach of contract. So more time goes by then finally they worked out a deal that we could take free online classes. I start doing those. Then my friend calls me and he says you don't have to do the cds , just sign this piece of paper. So I sign it and I get an amil from him saying Congrats- get your degree at end of Oct 07. Guess what? Never got it. I shouldnt' be liable for paying my student loans back if I never got my degree through no fault of my own? Any advice would be great on this matter!!