For-Profit Trade Schools Defraud Students and Waste Federal Student-Aid Money, Bennett Charges in Scathing Report.

Wilson, Robin

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Publication Date: 1988

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For-Profit Trade Schools Defraud Students and Waste Federal Student-Aid Money, Bennett Charges in Scathing Report.

Wilson, Robin

Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n23 pA1,21 Feb 17 1988

A report on for-profit trade schools said that many schools offer such poor-quality training that large numbers of their students drop out and default on their student loans when they cannot find jobs. Secretary Bennett calls on Congress to crack down on proprietary schools. (MLW)

Descriptors: Deception, Fraud, Higher Education, Loan Repayment, Proprietary Schools, Student Financial Aid, Student Loan Programs, Trade and Industrial Education

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