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Lincoln Technical Institute has allegedly refused to refund their students for tuition costs despite relegating these attendees to online courses without the services they paid for.
Plaintiff John Gaviria says he has been financially injured by Lincoln Technical’s conduct. He claims to have paid tuition and other fees based on the value of on campus and in-person classes. Instead of getting the full benefits of their tuition, Gaviria and other students allegedly “had their course work moved to online only learning and failed to receive all the services for which they paid.”
Gaviria and other Lincoln Technical students reportedly paid tens of thousands of dollars in fees and tuition costs. According to the Lincoln Technical Institute class action lawsuit, students like Gaviria were charged around $29,000 for tuition, $1,200 in fees for tools, a $100 registration fee, a $150 technology fee, and a $650 student fee.
Students reportedly paid these fees in early 2020 based on the expectation that they would have access to Lincoln Tech campuses and all of the associated services. However, with the unexpected coronavirus pandemic, classes at Lincoln Technical Institute were transitioned into an online format in mid-March.
Since then, the majority of classes have been held online. Even for the new semester of classes which started in August 2020, only a select number of sessions had any in-person instruction, according to Gaviria.
Although online classes help to control the spread of COVID-19 and protect both teachers and students, Gaviria says that he has been financially injured as a result of these online classes.
Despite paying for services associated with in-person classes, Lincoln Technical students have allegedly been denied access to on-campus services such as educational equipment, access to instructors, and other enriching experiences. Gaviria, who was scheduled to graduate in February 2021, says that he and other students have been denied the benefits of the money they spent on tuition and fees.
“Students attending Lincoln Tech’s did not choose to attend an online only institution of higher learning, but instead chose to enroll in Lincoln Tech’s in-person educational programs with the understanding that Lincoln Tech would provide in-person educational opportunities, services, and experiences,” the Lincoln Technical Institute class action lawsuit contends.
Online classes at Lincoln Tech have allegedly been of a lower quality than in-person studies. Gaviria claims that, due to the “labor-intensive programs” offered by Lincoln Technical, a large sum of normal tuition goes towards in-person benefits.
According to Gaviria, he and other students are owed refunds for the tuition benefits they paid for but did not receive due to the transition to online classes.
Gaviria seeks to represent a Class of Lincoln Technical Institute students who paid to attend in-person classes during a semester affected by COVID-19 but had their classes moved to an online format due to the pandemic.
There are numerous Lincoln Tech campuses across the country in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Nevada.
Did you attend Lincoln Technical Institute during the COVID-19 pandemic? Were you forced to attend online courses for in-person credit prices? Share your experiences in the comment section below.
Gaviria and the proposed Class are represented by Joseph Lipari, Benjamin Zakarin, Jason P. Sultzer, and Jeremy B. Francis of The Sultzer Law Group PC along with Michael A. Tompkins, Jeffery K. Brown, Brett R. Cohen, and Anthony Alesandro of Leeds Brown Law PC.
The Lincoln Technical Institute COVID-19 Class Action Lawsuit is John Gaviria v. Lincoln Educational Services Corporation, Case No. 2:20-cv-18552-KM-JBC, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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36 thoughts onLincoln Technical Institute Class Action Lawsuit Seeks Tuition Refund After COVID-19 Closures
I also attended the Denver, CO campus for the Diesel Truck technology or something like that around 2020-2021. They did the online classes and it was terrible, i believe they said that we will be compensated for the lost time for on hands training due to covid but nothing was done. I remember some classmate at that time said he wanted to be gas mechanic or whatever the program is called but the salesman/recruiter said he can also get diesel training or something if he paid a few more but he just signed him up for the diesel program without his knowledge.
I attended the Denver, CO campus for the Diesel Truck and Service Management program from 2022 to 2023 and it was a bit of a nightmare. We had teachers that would be absent for more than a week at a time, broken equipment in every lab and somehow, the school couldn’t pay for necessary supplies like diesel engine oil, new piston rings and other things necessary to run the engines we rebuilt. Scam is the word that comes to mind when I think about the quality of education from this learning institute. They charge for books and then change the course to online only literature and never provide physical literature.
My son attended Lincoln Tech during the Covid. He had to do online training as a diesel mechanic. We paid for school and he did not get proper training from the school. He attended in Tennessee.
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I am currently going to Lincoln Tech and it is a nightmare I can’t wait to wake up from. I signed up for the LPN program and from what I was told and seen, I thought it was a great pick WRONG!!!! We started out online which was horrible. We learned more about the professor’s personal life than the actual work.
Once scalded started is when we got the new about the removal of study guide due to the past actions of other students (definitely not my problem when I’m paying 30g for the program).
Most of the time you’re teaching yourself
Most of the professors just read right from the PowerPoint and never engage with the students. There is no air ventilation, the carpets are deadly disgusting, a senior citizen security officer who might be partly deaf and is either sleeping or on his for most of the time (god forbid we need protection smh).
We have a skills lab where nothing either works, is broken or missing. I’m on my last quarter and STILL never went to the simulation lab apparently they’re still waiting on the ONE person in the whole of NJ that can tech the staff how to work the ‘Bot.
In the most recent news because the director of nursing job is on the line of these last set of student do not pass the current nclex, he has started to make it impossible for the students to pass.
Overflowing classroom where student have to share desk
Clinical sites that do not have the hands on learning that we NEED…. Omg I could go on n on but for anyone reading DO NOT ATTEND THIS SCHOOL. We even had a student kill herself from the stress
Yes, I enrolled in 2019 and when covid started they closed everything down, we were literally learning on our own, we had no labs and no clinicals but yet had to pay my monthly tuition and the semester was charge as if it was in person. I truly believe that they should have aleast refund some money because for an entire year we had no use of labs, no school equipment. I took a semester off due to some medical issue, I spoke to nursing director and she guide me on what to do to drop the semester, but not once I was informed that i was going to get charge so much money. It was struggle learning on my own. I feel that they did so wrong. Total rip off
We experienced the same thing and even when we were back on campus the learning experience we were promised, never happened.
My daughter who is a single mom and was jacked around with her classes and trying to still work to provide for her child is going to be extremely difficult as well for her almost all her classes ended up being online!
I attended Lincoln Technical Institute in 2008, And I’m still haunted by these student loans that I can’t afford to repay! They promised me job placement, that was all lies to get me into the program. I studied for Electronic system technician. Never have I been so disgusted, But now I know I’m not the only one. Good luck to all. N.D.S
I attended Lincoln Technical college in 2018 and I was lied to about alot of stuff. They took us upstairs for to sign papers but didn’t tell us we were getting extra loans. Now I have these to pay plus the one my parents signed for. Feel cheated got nothing more than you could get at high school level.
I went to the Woodbridge nj location and had the same situation…I had 3 days online and 1-2 days classroom setting..and still were charged for Thor private student loan
How do I get in on this lawsuit Deff need it
Same here, I started the CNC then it got moved to online and I stoped going and now I have $8000 owed to them….!?