For Profit Education

VIDEO: Superlobbyist Trent Lott Fumbles To Explain Why He's Shilling for Scam Schools

Zaid Jilani | Posted 05.16.2012

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Zaid Jilani

I asked Lott if he was willing to disclose what he was being paid by the for-profit college industry. He grew flustered. "It's a matter of public record," he huffed. "Just check the record." I did.

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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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For-Profit Teacher Certification Booming

| Nick Pandolfo and Morgan Smith | Posted 01.29.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. DENTON, Texas — One afternoon in mid-November, Jeff Arrington scattered 80 paper gingerb...

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For-Profit Colleges On The Defensive

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 10.06.2011

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ST. LOUIS -- They gather in a generic suburban office park, working-class students chasing a fast track to success: a college degree. But the message...

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Privatization Of Public Education Turns Students Into Corporate Assets

Kevin Welner | Posted 08.09.2011

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Kevin Welner

So now our children effectively become corporate assets. How long before they are commodities to be bought and sold on the open market as if they were pork bellies or wheat futures?

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Jesse Jackson Has Aligned Himself With The For-Profits

C. Cryn Johannsen | Posted 05.25.2011

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C. Cryn Johannsen

Jesse Jackson is aligning himself with the for-profits, and the Congressional Black Caucus is being lured in by the for-profits, too. (Luckily, the NA...

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Must Everybody Have a College Degree to Get a Decent Job?

Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joel Shatzky

The explosion in student college attendance, increasing by almost 50% from 13 to 19 million in the last twenty years is due in part to the "for-profit" institutions that have been springing up around the country.

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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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For-Profit Education: Will We Ever Learn?

Melanie Sloan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Melanie Sloan

People looking to increase their marketability in a tough economic climate are being deceived about what an education at these schools will cost, what doors these degrees might open, and the salaries students can expect upon graduation.

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For-Profit College Recruiters Use Deceptive Practices To Lure Potential Students

Posted 05.25.2011

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A new Government Accountability Office report confirms that for-profit college recruiters not only mislead potential students about their post-graduat...

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Potential Students Drawn To For-Profit Colleges By Misleading 'Obama Mom' Grant Ads

Posted 05.25.2011

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There's no such thing as an "Obama Mom" grant for single mothers who wish to return to school -- but some advertisements for for-profit colleges are s...

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In Education, For-Profit Gets a Bad Rep

Michael Horn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Horn

Historically the mantra and measurements from Washington have been about access to higher education, and for-profit universities have largely delivered over the past decade.

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Americans Favor For-Profit Higher Education

Celinda Lake | Posted 05.25.2011

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Celinda Lake

While some in Washington move to restrict the number of students for-profit institutions of higher learning can serve, Americans in a new poll see this is as the wrong policy.

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