Full Committee Hearing - For-Profit Schools: The Student Recruitment Experience

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  1. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    At about 38 minutes in you can view the undercover video captured by the GAO at some of the 15 for-profit colleges they investigated.

    US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions: Hearings - Hearing

    Thank God there are above board for profits like CalCoast and Aspen.


    Abner
     
    Abner, Aug 5, 2010
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  2. Stadium

    Stadium New Member

    Stadium, Aug 5, 2010
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  3. Scott Henley

    Scott Henley New Member

    How do you know those two schools we not part of the investigation? I wasn't aware that they indicated which colleges they investigated.
     
    Scott Henley, Aug 6, 2010
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  4. bmills072200

    bmills072200 New Member

    CalCoast and Aspen are not regionally accredited... I believe they were going after regionally accredited for-profits that generate almost all of their income from student loans...
     
    bmills072200, Aug 6, 2010
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  5. BrandeX

    BrandeX New Member

    This is what I think of whenever I see someone posting about doing a gaming related degree on forums.
     
    BrandeX, Aug 6, 2010
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  6. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    The GAO investigator read the list of 15 schools for the record.

    Abner
     
    Abner, Aug 6, 2010
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  7. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    The schools included NA as well.

    Abner
     
    Abner, Aug 6, 2010
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  8. Scott Henley

    Scott Henley New Member

    Can you list the schools for us?
     
    Scott Henley, Aug 6, 2010
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  9. -kevin-

    -kevin- Resident Redneck

    Fast forward (just drag the bar)to about the 35 minute mark on the hearing.
     
    -kevin-, Aug 6, 2010
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  10. JBjunior

    JBjunior Active Member

    They are also listed in the other thread as identified by the Washington Post.
     
    JBjunior, Aug 6, 2010
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  11. ELIAS

    ELIAS New Member

    I am glad they are uncovering these scams. IMO there is not enough done to safe guard students/consumers in the education industry. I can only imagine those who got taken by these schools. Word of advice do your homework, read the fine print, shop around... yeah literally you have shop around now days if you are going to attend these type of schools... Where are we headed?
     
    ELIAS, Aug 20, 2010
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  12. 03310151

    03310151 Active Member

    1. University of Phoenix - Arizona
    2. Everest College - Arizona
    3. WestTech College - California
    4. Kaplan College - California
    5. Potomac College - Washington, D.C.
    6. Bennett College - Washington, D.C.
    7. MedVance Institute - Florida
    8. Kaplan - Florida
    9. College of Office Tech - Illinois
    10. Argosy University - Illinois
    11. University of Phoenix - Pennsylvannia
    12. Antham Institute - Pennsylvannia
    13. Westwood College - Texas
    14. Everest College - Texas
    15. ATI Career Training - Texas
     
    03310151, Aug 20, 2010
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