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For-Profit Colleges Target the Military

BusinessWeek


December 30, 2009


Since 1947 the Defense Dept. has subsidized college tuition for active-duty service members. State universities, community colleges, and private nonprofit colleges have traditionally dominated the market. Now for-profit colleges specializing in online degrees are making substantial inroads. The shift is leading to educational shortcuts and overzealous marketing, says Greg von Lehmen, chief academic officer of the University of Maryland University College.


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