I believe the student has a valid case.
If you believe the student is paying for a piece of paper over learning, then the ultimate point of college is an abject failure.
The students are there to learn, apply the knowledge through testing and validation by a seasoned learned individual, and then move on with their knowledge into the real world. If a learned individual is not learned, then they have bamboozled everyone into believing something they are not. Which means that the learned, and the college are at fault. The accreditation is based on other factors. They do not vette and validate every learned individual(teacher), bu the Universities course design, and metrics at the top level.
it is for the college to vette them. So, I think they have a case.