For Profit College Regulations

Insider's View of For-Profit Colleges, Race, Class and Education Justice

Tressie McMillan Cottom | Posted 03.14.2012

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Tressie McMillan Cottom

Kaplan's assertion that students' fears and pain should be used to motivate them insinuates what many of us suspect to be true of the people who end up at for-profit colleges: they are lazy and stupid. But the students I worked with were not lazy, unmotivated, or stupid.

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Senate Hearing Slams For-Profit College For Subprime Mortgage Type Loans

AP | By JIM ABRAMS | Posted 08.07.2011

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Washington -- Students attending for-profit colleges are subject to subprime mortgage-like loans that saddle them with thousands of dollars in debt an...

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Chris Kirkham

White House Issues Rules On For-Profit Colleges

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 08.01.2011

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The Obama administration on Thursday issued a series of highly anticipated regulations aimed at cracking down on for-profit colleges and other career ...

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For-Profit College Enrollment Soared 418 Percent

Yahoo! News | Liz Goodwin | Posted 07.27.2011

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The number of bachelors degrees given out by for-profit colleges skyrocketed by 418 percent since 2000, according to data from the National Center for...

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For-Profit Colleges -- Still Partying Like It's 1999

Perry Binder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Perry Binder

We've heard all of the talking points that there are a "few bad apples" in the for-profit college business. See you in another twenty years, as we surely will table the debate on whether to further regulate for-profit colleges.

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Why Government Must Rein in For-Profit Colleges

Benjamin Todd Jealous | Posted 05.25.2011

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Benjamin Todd Jealous

Students trying to improve their job prospects shouldn't be duped into taking on crushing debt in exchange for the promise of a future job that will probably never materialize. A

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Are You In Debt To A For Profit College?

Posted 05.25.2011

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For-Profit colleges have been criticized by the federal government for their deceptive recruiting practices and predatory financial aid programs. ...

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For-Profit Colleges Ramp Up Lobbying Efforts

nytimes.com | TAMAR LEWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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For-profit colleges have increased their lobbying against proposed Education Department rules to cut off federal financial aid to programs whose stude...

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Govt. Delays Rule Opposed By For-Profit Colleges

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. Education Department said Friday it will take more time to finalize new regulations targeting for-profit college job-training programs, but e...

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For-Profit Education Shares RISE In Face Of New Federal Rules

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Shares of for-profit education companies soared Friday after the Department of Education proposed new rules that should allow most sc...

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Proposed Federal Rules Target For-Profit Colleges

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Education Department will propose much-anticipated regulations Friday that would cut off federal aid to for-profit college programs if too many of...

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Are For-Profit Colleges Evil?

Matthew Greenfield | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matthew Greenfield

When I learned from my CUNY students what it takes to manage a large construction project or to modify a car engine, I developed a higher degree of humility about my own particular skill set.

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We Don't Need No (For-Profit) Education

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karl Frisch

The for-profit college industry is offering prospective students certificates and degrees that are often useless after badgering them into signing up for federal student loans that they may never be able to repay.

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

Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Sen. Tom Harkin SLAMS For-Profit Colleges At Hearing

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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The head of the U.S. Senate's education panel lashed out at the for-profit education sector in a congressional hearing on Wednesday after government i...

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White House Announces New For-Profit College Recruitment Rules

AP | DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Colleges would no longer be allowed to pay recruiters for students or engage in aggressive or misleading recruitment under proposed new federal regula...

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Lobbyists Aid For-Profit College Student Group

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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A few months ago, Dawn Connor was just another college student, attending night courses to become a veterinary technician and practicing her trade by ...

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