LOS ANGELES – The Marinello Schools of Beauty is closing its campuses, including the Palmdale location, as a result of the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to cut off access to student financial aid, the company announced.
“The Department of Education’s unprecedented and unfounded actions left us with no other option except to close our schools,” Marinello said in an online letter to its students.
The DOE said it had determined that Marinello was knowingly requesting federal aid for students based on invalid high school diplomas, under-awarding Title IV aid to students, charging students for excessive overtime and engaging in other acts of misrepresentation.
“Our students depend on higher education institutions to prepare them for careers through a quality education,” Undersecretary of Education Ted Mitchell said in a news release. “Unfortunately, some schools violate their trust through deceptive marketing practices and defraud taxpayers by giving out student aid inappropriately.”
“These unscrupulous institutions use questionable business practices or outright lie to both students and the federal government, ” Mitchell said. “In these cases we are taking aggressive action to protect students and taxpayers from further harm by these institutions.”
In a statement, Marinello said its students have been unfairly victimized by the DOE’s decision.
“Our students have gone to great lengths to complete their education to better their lives,” Marinello said. “The department’s actions have deprived Marinello’s students of the opportunity to complete their education at Marinello without interruption.”
The school said that when the DOE began to withhold funds from students two months ago, Marinello officials asked for information about how to address the department’s problems, but received no answer.
“We are confident we would have been able to address them given Marinello’s long history of compliance with regulatory requirements,” the statement said. “The department waited until we were past the point of no return financially to allow us any opportunity to respond to its unfounded allegations.”
About 1,500 students are registered at the cosmetology school’s campuses in Palmdale, West Covina, Whittier, Bell, West Los Angeles, Reseda, Burbank, Inglewood, San Diego and elsewhere in the Southland.
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f'd says
Ok but where am I supposed to continue my education of cosmetology? I’m over 1000 hours finished with a 1600 hour program to get my license to be a cosmetologist. They don’t offer that at avc. They don’t offer that at uav. They don’t offer that at coc. I can’t go to a community college to finish my hours that I’ve worked so hard for. Marinello has not screwed me over. They’ve done nothing but help me work through my problems. Great experience I’ve had with amazing teachers, who, now also have to figure out what to do……..thank you Obama. Thank you board of education. Thank you whoever else helped screw up thousands of lives over some accusations. Goodbye school that has been around for 110 years. Goodbye school that has helped thousands of people become licensed cosmetologists and manicurists and esteticians.
Advice says
Search California schools:
http://www.matchcollege.com/schools/cosmetology
There are several California Community Colleges that offer cosmetology programs. Cerritos, Citrus, Golden West and Riverside are just a few in southern California. It would be worth looking into to see if they will accept the hours you’ve already completed as transferable credits at their schools.
Licensed Cosmetologist says
You can always switch over to let’s say… Lancaster Beauty School. They’ve been around for quite a while in this valley. Try being resourceful. Google is your friend.
OH NO DEAR! says
“Thank you Obama”. What is the obsession with blaming Obama for everything that goes wrong? The California (yes, CA, STATE!) Department of Education is not handled by the Federal government (Obama). Apropos, although I am not entirely in support of our State’s college education system, I have to entertain the idea that all college bound individuals need to learn how to write and MUST learn basic politics.
You, my dear are one lost individual…..and it is not for a lack of hours. The only one to blame is Marinello, they were taking full advantage of the financial aid offered to some individuals and charging astronomical fees for technical education. The local community could have made a difference when funding was cut from adult education, everything was funneled back to the city colleges, which in turn is one congested mess. Technical education should have and was available to the community, but because you were not proactive, a nightmare such as Marinello or UAV was created. But as the one saying goes “you’ve made your bed, now lie in it”.
Kelly says
https://www.facebook.com/Newberry-School-of-Beauty-111564728929017/?pnref=story
They are letting you transfer with all your verified hours
Thurman says
Department of Education is run by the state of Ca. not the feds. Why blame Obama? You didn’t learn the difference between Fed and State in this school huh.
Have a life? says
tim scott : A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
Tim Scott says
If you are trying to defend Mike I fully understand, since it is so obvious that he can’t defend himself. But perhaps you would be better served to council him not to start what he can’t finish.
Susannah says
Deep thinking – adds a new dieonsimn to it all.
Bre says
I am very pissed. I was enrolled in the Esthetics program there and 4 out of 7 months through. I began to notice something strange when my weekly timesheets didn’t say I was financial aid eligible for my second tuition payment. I asked my teacher and she said the school would have told me if I was no longer receiving my financial aid. Little did I know our funding was cut off 2 months ago. But guess what??? Just last week they were showing 7 students our classroom and our practical room and putting them on a waiting list. They knew full well that they were audited and being investigated but continued on with their scam. I no longer feel bad for the institution itself, because they were will to continue screwing over new students without a single regret.
Maria says
AVC is over crowded it took me 2 yrs to get into anatomy forget it!!!!! I had to make the commute to a different school!
Jus sayin' says
Seriously! Are there NO schools that people can attend!?
Bryman was a bust
DeVry’s a bust
now
Marinello!!!
It comes down to who you know rather than what you know
Makes me regret being a loner!!
Mike says
Stick to real schools like AVC. These for profit scams are just there to make money by getting you to take out huge student loans. UAV is one of them.
Tim Scott says
If I were an administrator at AVC I would ask you not to recommend us.
Jill says
AVC is a wonderful college.
Mike says
Tim doesn’t recommend AVC – no explanation why. It’s the best option for people in the AV. Avoid the expensive for-profit places that put you tens of thousands of dollars in debt.
Tim Scott says
LOL…
I’m sure everyone else got it Mike, so I won’t bother to explain it to you…just look for the trail going over your head.
If you still can’t figure it out ask again and I’ll walk you through it slowly so maybe you can catch on.
Mike says
Not sure what Tim’s incoherent babbling is supposed to mean. AVC or CoC are your best bets. Have to go out of the AV for a four year school.
Tim Scott says
Okay, since you still didn’t get it…
If I was an administrator at AVC…like someone worried about the reputation of the school…follow?
I wouldn’t want you, or anyone like you, to recommend the school. See how that works?
It’s sort of like the White Supremacy group running autocalls in New Hampshire to endorse Donald Trump…some endorsements do more harm than good.
Do you get it now? If not, that would certainly demonstrate why a school wouldn’t want your endorsement nicely enough.
Me says
Liked it better when he was off worshipping satan.such a hateful p r I c k.
Me says
Id like to know what church, you tim, went to on your 2 week fasting frenzy.do they teach hatred? If they do, you need to move on to a new church.because you have got plenty of hatred.
Tim Scott says
What’s the matter Mike? So embarrassed you had to switch screen names to try to back yourself up?
Maybe you could try just not calling me out if you don’t want to be embarrassed. That seems like it would be easier, in the long run.
Flint says
Tim,
I’m sure no one got it. It appears you’re defending uav and attacking avc. That or you just kind of attacked this guy for no reason in which case I’d hope the mods ban you for being a sleaze ball.
Tim Scott says
Flint, only you could be so blind as to STILL not understand what I said. I didn’t recommend UAV or say anything bad about AVC at all, and if you weren’t so driven to try to put me down that you didn’t bother to read that would have been obvious, even to you.
Laughing says
CSUB offers four year degrees right here in the AV. Even graduate degrees.
Elizabeth says
University of Phoenix is another one. All those tupes of schools need to be shut down.
T says
The loudest boos come from the cheapest seats.
Mooshoo says
Try College of the Canyons, it’s not a bad little drive, or they have online courses. Their student portal was miles ahead of AVC when finding out what courses to complete, what courses you have completed and what sections of General Education it knocked off, etc.
Personally I just found them to be the better college if youre stuck in the AV.