Hot Topic: “For Profit Colleges”
Obama’s Victory Spells Continued Scrutiny for For-Profit Colleges
Read more at Chronicle of Higher Education
Senate Releases Harsh Report on For-Profit Colleges
The harsh report condemns the “predatory” tactics and “regulatory evasion and manipulation” of the for-profit college industry.
Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2012 by Melissa Brown
Federal Judge Strikes Down Gainful-Employment Regulation
A federal judge ruled that the debt repayment portion of the Department of Education’s gainful-employment regulations had no basis, but other tests regulating for-profit vocational programs stand.
Posted Tuesday, July 10, 2012 by Melissa Brown
Arne Duncan to For-Profits: If Grads Don’t Get Gainful Employment, You Lose Federal Aid
For-profits risk losing federal aid if they fail to follow new “gainful employment” rule.
Posted Wednesday, June 27, 2012 by Christopher Boan
Aggressive Subprime College Industry Lobby Group Ratchets Down — For Now
The $35 billion for-profit college industry gets most of its revenue from your tax dollars.
Posted Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Reprints by David Halperin
Obama Targets For-Profit College’s Predatory Recruiting of Service Members, Veterans
The president will sign an executive order today cracking down on abuses of the G.I. Bill funding by for-profit colleges.
Posted Friday, April 27, 2012 by Brian Stewart
Theatre of the Absurd: Former For-Profit College Advisor Takes His Story of Corruption to the Stage
An actor who once worked as a for-profit college admissions advisor has turned his year-long experience into a one-man traveling show.
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Reporting by Emily Crockett
How Student Debt Impacts Students of Color
An interest rate hike will disproportionately hurt these students.
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Reprints by Sophia Kerby
Despite Widespread Investigations, Few Attorneys General Taking Action Against For-Profit Colleges
A group of attorneys general is struggling to find “common targets.”
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Reprints by Travis Waldron, Think Progress
Cuts To Public Higher Ed Funnel Students Into For-Profit Colleges, Raise Financial Concerns
Read more at The Daily Californian
New Internal Documents Reveal For-Profit Colleges’ Lobbying, Rebranding Efforts
They detail efforts by the largest for-profit college trade association to use lobbying to help deter increased regulations, among other things.
Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2012 by Brian Stewart
Richard Cordray Talks Student Lending, For-Profit Colleges with Campus Progress
Cordray is the new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Posted Monday, March 12, 2012 in Five Minutes With by Naima Ramos-Chapman
For-Profit U Ensures Lawmakers and the Public Get the Full Story on Industry’s ‘Hill Day’
Read more at ForProfitU.org
House Bill Aims to Let Colleges Off the Hook
Repealing rules to keep schools honest is bad for students and taxpayers.
Posted Tuesday, February 28, 2012 in Reprints by Julie Margetta Morgan
For-Profit Students Make Less Money, Institutions Face New Scrutiny
New studies show fewer earnings for their graduates while University of Phoenix’s accreditation status is under review.
Posted Friday, February 24, 2012 in Briefs by Jeff Raines
Study: For-Profit Colleges With Federal Funds Charge More Tuition
A new study found for-profit colleges taking federal aid have raised tuition to charge 75 percent more than those who don’t take federal dollars.
Posted Wednesday, February 15, 2012 by Jeff Raines
For-Profit Colleges’ Mostly Black and Latino Students Face Higher Debt, Unemployment
Read more at Colorlines
GAO Report Blames For-Profit Colleges, Not Students, for Shortcomings
For-profit colleges have lower success rates than their public and nonprofit counterparts even when controlling for student “risk” factors.
Posted Friday, December 9, 2011 by Alyssa Battistoni
Five Troubling Things About the For-Profit Industry’s Self-Policing Standards
How can a group that’s spending millions to lobby elected officials on behalf of for-profit schools—to the tune of about $1.2 million in 2011—be trusted to police their own clients?
Posted Monday, November 21, 2011 by Brian Stewart
