NAICU - A fairer deal for college students

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A fairer deal for college students

Washington Post - Opinion Piece

September 3, 2010

Some for-profit colleges are living up to their promise, pioneering innovative approaches to enrolling students and helping nontraditional students earn college degrees and postsecondary certificates. But there is evidence that too many of these institutions are driven more by the profit motive than their commitment to educating students. We must guard against for-profit schools that load up students with tens of thousands of dollars of debt in exchange for largely worthless degrees.

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