David Jang's Olivet University Ordered to Shut Down in California

Newsweek/December 15, 2024

By Naveed Jamali

A California judge has ordered Olivet University to be shut down for violating education regulations, dealing a major blow to the Christian sect that runs the college and its controversial leader David Jang.

The university and Jang followers are also at the center of a federal criminal investigation into money laundering, visa fraud and labor trafficking, the latest in a series of legal controversies that have plagued the sect for more than a decade.

Administrative Law Judge Debra D Nye-Perkins found against Olivet University on all 14 allegations made by California Attorney General Rob Bonta on behalf of the state education regulator, the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE).

The complaint, filed after education inspectors searched Olivet campuses in 2022, accused the university of failing to keep students records, teaching poorly designed courses with improperly qualified faculty and breaking financial rules.

Judge Nye-Perkins said the Olivet demonstrated a "cavalier attitude" toward the regulations.

"....the only degree of discipline that would ensure public protection is the revocation of the respondent's permission to operate," she said in the proceedings posted on the website of the Board of Private Post-Secondary Education.

The judge gave Olivet University until January 10 to propose a plan to have its remaining students complete their courses.

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