Education Management Corp

Chris Kirkham

For-Profit College Chain Engages In 'Predatory Lending', Whistleblower Claims

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 03.15.2012

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Another former recruiting manager has come forward with allegations that a prominent for-profit college chain routinely misled students about tuition ...

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Auction 2012: For-Profit Colleges Triumph With Weaker Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 02.03.2012

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Auction 2012 is a weeklong series in collaboration with "The Dylan Ratigan Show" and United Republic. As the Great Recession propelled millions int...

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States Missing Out On Revenue From Whistle-Blower Law

Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Corruption, Whistleblowers, Video, Education Management Corp, Quest Diagnostics Inc, President Abraham Lincoln, False Claims Act, Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, u.s. Department of Education, Union Army, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, Bottom Line, Federal Anti-Corruption Law, Business News

(Andrew Longstreth) - For many states, a law intended to root out corruption also has been good for the bottom line. Over the last decade, more...

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Justice Department, Four States Say For-Profit College Corporation Violated Federal Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 10.08.2011

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The U.S. Justice Department and four states sued the nation’s second-largest for-profit college corporation on Monday, alleging in a wide-ranging co...

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Executives Collect $2 Billion Running U.S. For-Profit Colleges: BusinessWeek

Bloomberg | John Hechinger and John Lauerman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Strayer Education Inc., a chain of for-profit colleges that receives three-quarters of its revenue from U.S. taxpayers, paid Chairman and Chief Execut...

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Degreed And Jobless, For-Profit College Graduate Turns To Stripping

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lamar Alexander, Carrianne Howard, Goldman Sachs, Education Management Corp., For-Profit College Regulations, Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Tom Harkin, For Profit Colleges, For Profit College, For-Profit Colleges, Stripper Art Institute Fort Lauderdale, For Profit Universities Tom Harkin, College News

After graduating from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Carrianne Howard hoped to find a job in the video game industry. She did -- kind of. Fo...

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