R 390.566
R 390.566 Advertising and recruitment.
Cite as Mich. Admin. Code R 390.566
Rule 6. (1) The content of all published literature and advertising, illustrations,
diagrams, and pictures shall convey only true meaning, relationships, and conditions
supported by facts and statistics about the school, its management, instruction,
offerings, and opportunities.
(2) Misrepresentation as to any of the following is prohibited:
(a) Suitable jobs.
(b) Probable earnings.
(c) School facilities.
(d) Course of instruction.
(e) Operational policy.
(f) Management.
(g) Charges for tuition and fees.
(h) Available training equipment.
(i) Qualification of instructors.
(j) Placement activities of the school.
(3) Only such persons shall be listed or advertised as members of the staff or
faculty as are regularly employed to give or directly supervise the instruction in 1 or
more of the regular subjects in the school.
(4) The school shall not use blind advertisements to solicit prospective students
nor shall it advertise in the "help wanted" or other employment column in newspapers
or other publications. Advertising shall be in the name under which the school is
licensed.
(5) A licensed school may advertise that it is licensed by the board under the
laws of Michigan, but it shall not advertise that the school is recommended, endorsed,
or approved by the board.
(6) An officer or employee of the school shall not knowingly induce a student to
leave an educational institution at which he or she is in attendance and shall not
induce a student to change his or her plans when he or she has enrolled in another school
and paid a deposit.