Globe University and Minnesota School of Business is a for-profit school providing specialized career training programs in business, medical, legal, information technology and drafting and design fields. It has campuses in Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota, USA. They were formerly nationally accredited by the ACICS. On December 12, 2016, John King Jr., the United States Secretary of Education, finalized the process of revoking the U.S. Department of Education's recognition of ACICS as an accreditor.Globe University is not regionally accredited and its credits are unlikely to transfer to public colleges and universities. Globe and the Minnesota School of Business are also not nationally accredited as a result of the loss of an accreditor.In 2014, Minnesota’s Attorney General Lori Swanson filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota School of Business and Globe University for misleading students Former students allege that Globe’s advertisements and promotional materials contain “misleading, unfair, deceptive, false, and fraudulent statements and omissions intended to induce postsecondary students to enroll in their schools.”A Minnesota judge also ruled that Globe University must pay $995,000 for wrongful termination to former dean Heidi Weber after exposing the school’s unethical practices.
