All Education Matters: UPDATE: Exclusive Interview - Whistleblower David Goodstein Discusses Victory over Kaplan University

All Education Matters: UPDATE: Exclusive Interview - Whistleblower David Goodstein Discusses Victory over Kaplan University

UPDATE: Exclusive Interview - Whistleblower David Goodstein Discusses Victory over Kaplan University

by C. Cryn Johannsen

Last Friday, AEM broke the news that David Goodstein, a former high-ranking employee at Kaplan University, settled his suit against the school for $1.6 million. There was something remarkable about the case. In many instances, if the students even win, they never see a dime of the settlement money. That is not the case here. The NYT picked up the story hours later, and provided details on the disbursement of the money, stating, "the settlement includes nearly $500,000 to be paid on behalf of 43 students who had taken out student loans for the program, but were not able to graduate because the school, one of Kaplan’s for-profit campuses, had no placement for them."


David Goodstein agreed to answer some questions about his settlement. We spoke briefly by phone on