According to the Oregonian this week, local food school Western Culinary Institute is being sued for fraud and unfair business practices by a former student. The plaintiff, Jennifer Adams, alleges that WCI misled students by withholding true income data of graduates, noting that “70 percent of Western’s 2007-08 graduates earn less than $22,500 a year.”
Her suit maintains that prospective students aren’t told before enrollment that their diploma would mostly get them low-wage, prep and line-cook jobs. She contends they could get such jobs without WCI’s training.
Should Adams win her lawsuit …