It was a bad week for …
Ave Maria Law School, after it became the only law school to be placed on the Department of Education’s Heightened Cash Monitoring list. That means the school’s federal aid is restricted because of concerns about the school’s finances or compliance with federal requirements. The school has seen a 45 percent decline in enrollment. The Department of Education assigns a score, ranging from -1.0 to 3.0, to each institution of higher education. Ave Maria scored a -.05 for data from 2012-2013. Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, which was struggling with high debt payments until it sold its building, earned a 1.9. Any score above 1.5 is considered financially responsible.
