>The school recently sent him a letter demanding his banking information so that it could track direct deposits from a job. If he doesn't comply, it threatened to charge him his full tuition of $30,000 regardless of whether he gets a job.

How disgusting. He should probably tell them no. Even if they wrote some non sense allowing this in the income share agreement, let them go to court.

I've never met a successful boot camp grad who didn't already have a four-year degree.

This is a very complicated problem, because you really do have tons of desperate people who are willing to sign their lives away for a shot at getting ahead.

$50,000 is an extremely low threshold, so if someone adds a few extra shifts working at Best Buy lambda school can then leech their meager income?

I'd argue the social experience of traditional college is easily a part of its cost. If you're coming from a bad background you'll surround yourself better people than you met back home.

It's also much easier to get a generic office job with a bachelor's in art history than it is with a ux certificate.