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Direct linkShireman, Robert – Century Foundation, 2019
For-profit colleges do not always recruit aggressively; nor do they always shortchange students. But the problem of colleges systematically overpromising and underdelivering, when it does happen, has largely been a for-profit phenomenon. The abuses have been the most widespread and most damaging when they have been fueled by government grants and…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Educational Policy, Government Role, Educational Malpractice
Download full textCenter for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2013
For-profit, or proprietary, colleges are the fastest growing postsecondary schools in the nation, enrolling a disproportionately high share of disadvantaged and minority students and those ill-prepared for college. Because these schools--many of them big national chains--derive most of their revenue from taxpayer-funded student financial aid, they…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Colleges, Enrollment, College Students
Blanchette, Cornelia M. – 1995
This report examines the effectiveness of recent federal government efforts through amendments to the Higher Education Act (1993) to reduce student loan defaults. Key measures to curb defaults had been to make schools with high student loan default rates ineligible for federal student loan programs. However, many institutions have challenged…
Descriptors: Colleges, Compliance (Legal), Educational Legislation, Eligibility
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
This document presents testimony and statements from one of a series of Congressional field hearings intended to critically review all the programs associated with the Higher Education Act of 1965. Among issues addressed in the testimony and prepared statements are: how the United States can maximize the number of students, including…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
This document presents testimony and statements from one of a series of Congressional field hearings intended to critically review all the programs associated with the Higher Education Act of 1965. Issues addressed in the testimony and prepared statements include: How the United States can maximize the number of students, including non-traditional…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
This document presents testimony and statements from one of a series of Congressional field hearings intended to critically review all the programs associated with the Higher Education Act of 1965. Issues addressed in the testimony and prepared statements include: how the United States can maximize the number of students, including non-traditional…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
This document presents testimony and statements from one of a series of Congressional field hearings intended to critically review all the programs associated with the Higher Education Act of 1965. Issues addressed in the testimony and prepared statements include: how the United States can maximize the number of students, including non-traditional…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
