Dept. of Education letter: Corinthian misled students and overseers about job placement
Republic Report has obtained a toughly-worded 17-page letter sent on Friday from the U.S. Department of Education to collapsing for-profit Corinthian Colleges, with the government charging that Corinthian’s Everest Institute misrepresented job placement statistics at its Decatur, Georgia, campus to the school’s accrediting agency and to students. The Corinthian school did so, according to the Department’s August 22 letter
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Post-Corinthian: Gates, Gingrich, Graham, Fake “Susan and Dave” Aren’t Done Opposing For-Profit College Rules
Are “Susan and Dave” a for-profit college student, or the parents of a for-profit college student? From the comments they posted on two different websites this week, seems like, both. Actually, it seems like a lie, perpetrated by a wealthy industry that will say or do anything to keep tapping billions in taxpayer dollars, even as it
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For-Profit College Group APSCU Has Consistently Harbored Fraudulent Schools
I mailed this letter today to Mr. Arthur E. Benjamin, Vice Chair, American Institutes Holdings LLC; Mr. Donald E. Graham, Chairman and CEO, Graham Holdings Company; and Mr. Steve Gunderson, President and CEO, Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities. Dear Mr. Benjamin, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Gunderson: I am writing regarding the career college sector
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Jeb Bush Denounces Obama Rule To Hold For-Profit Colleges Accountable for Burying Students in Debt
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R) last week denounced President Obama’s proposed “gainful employment” rule, which is aimed at holding accountable those career education programs that take taxpayer dollars but consistently leave their students with overwhelming debt. According to a post on Twitter by the trade association of for-profit colleges, APSCU, Bush on Wednesday told that
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For-Profit Corinthian Colleges On the Brink: Who’s Responsible?
Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit company that operates career training schools, is in deep trouble. Last week, the U.S. Department of Education, which has been providing Corinthian with about $1.4 billion dollars annually in student grants and loans, sent Corinthian a letter saying the company had failed to provide the Department with requested information about its operations
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SNL “Making Copies” Guy, In Business With For-Profit College, Attacks Obama
Barack. Barack-O. Barack-O-Rama. The Obamanator! Makin’ some copies. Copying the Gainful Employment Rule. 845 pages! You remember Rob Schneider on “Saturday Night Live” with his breakout character, the guy who sat by the office copy machine and annoyed people with a stream of comments? You don’t? C’mon. Well, Schneider, also the star of such film
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For-Profit College Enrolls, “Exploits” Student Who Reads At Third Grade Level
A librarian at a southern California campus of Everest College abruptly resigned last week, deeply upset that the for-profit school had admitted into its criminal justice program a 37-year-old man who appears to read at a third grade level. The man, who shakes, speaks haltingly, and may suffer from a developmental disability, told the librarian
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Obama Must Stop Giving Taxpayer Billions to Colleges That Ruin Students’ Lives
Tonight at midnight ET is the deadline for people to comment on the Obama Administration’s gainful employment rule for career college programs. Below is the text of my comment (pdf here), just submitted. To: Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Re: Program Integrity – Gainful Employment, Docket ID ED-2014-OPE-0039 Dear Secretary Duncan: I participate in the
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