Study-Abroad Practices in the Spotlight, Again

A lawsuit that challenges the policy of Wheaton College, in Massachusetts, to charge its regular tuition to students studying abroad on less-costly independent programs is the latest sign of scrutiny into the finances of overseas education.

In the suit, which was filed this month, James P. Brady, father of a recent Wheaton alumna, accuses the private liberal-arts college of "unfair and deceptive" billing practices for charging full tuition, plus room and board, for a semester his

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