For Profit Colleges

Democrats Push Arne Duncan To Aid Defrauded For-Profit College Students

Pressure is mounting on the education secretary to relieve defrauded student loan borrowers of their debts.
By 

Who Keeps Billions Of Taxpayer Dollars Flowing To For-Profit Colleges? These Guys

Accreditation agencies are supposed to make sure that colleges are putting students in a position to succeed. That’s not happening at schools overseen by one accreditor in particular.
By Annie Waldman, ProPublica

For-Profit College Chain Loses Federal Lawsuit As Education Department Faces Reckoning

A federal court's ruling could bolster debt-forgiveness claims by allegedly defrauded Corinthian students.
By 

The Education Department Isn't Warning Students About Beauty Schools

Taxpayers pay thousands so student can train for very low-paying jobs at salons.
By 

Recent Federal Student Loans Look A Lot Like Subprime Mortgages

Americans who recently took out federal student loans aren't paying down their debt.
By 

Borrowing For College Set To Hit 5-Year Low

Declining enrollment and reduced borrowing by students at for-profit colleges contribute to the drop.
By 

New Project Seeks To Unmask Shadowy Payday Lenders

"Everyone knows what payday lenders do ... but very few people know who the payday lenders actually are."
By 

Insiders Detail Decline And Fall Of A For-Profit College Empire

By 

Who Owns The Awful Corinthian Colleges? Wells Fargo, Marc Morial, Pension Funds

We have a disturbing portrait of a company preying on vulnerable people and then covering up its misdeeds with lies. So who is Corinthian Colleges? Who are the owners of this predatory institution?
By