Provide the data on for-profit colleges

Despite what functionally illiterate people might claim, I have not stated that every single for-profit college is bad. I have even pointed out the outliers within the industry. However, outliers are not representative. I have posted studies on the outcomes of low-income students at 4-year for-profit colleges vs 4-year public and non-profit colleges. Low-income students, generally, have worse outcomes at for-profit colleges. Because I am not operating off of a personal bias or an ideology, I have also shared the poor performance of vocational programs at 2-year public colleges.

The males here have demanded sources from me even though I have made multiple threads on various studies. Whenever I ask for sources to support their assertions, they refuse to provide anything. This thread is your opportunity to link to studies and other statistical sources that show that students of the same socioeconomic status have similar outcomes at 4-year for-profit colleges. The demographic argument is your argument, so you should be able to support that. We also have to consider why the majority of the for-profit college industry is fine with very low graduation rates. I have previously posted an article that explained that they are able to profit after only a couple of terms of enrollment.

 

Many for-profit schools have a business model that relies on exploitation. This explains why almost all predatory colleges are for-profit.

 

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Non-profit colleges tend to have better student outcomes than for-profit colleges, as shown in several ways:

• Degree completion
  The six-year degree completion rate for private non-profit four-year colleges is 77.8%, compared to 47.6% for for-profit four-year colleges.
  
  
• Dropout rates
  Private non-profit four-year schools have the lowest dropout rate of all first-time freshmen, while private for-profit schools have the highest.
  
  
• Labor market outcomes
  For-profit college students are less likely to find employment. They also experience worse labor market outcomes and higher student-loan defaults than students who attend public institutions.
  
  
• Return on investment
  Non-profit colleges generally lead to a better return on investment for students.
  
  
• Funding
  Non-profit colleges have more funding options than for-profit colleges, which mainly rely on tuition fees and investors.
  
  
• Course planning
  Non-profit colleges offer courses that are focused on all-around student success, while for-profit colleges offer job-specific courses that are less focused on personal growth.
  A list of forproft universites can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_for-profit_universities_and_colleges

In August 2017, DeVos instituted policies to loosen regulations on for-profit colleges.[81] In September 2017, the Trump administration proposed to remove conflict of interest rules between VA officials and for-profit colleges.[159] In March 2018, the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies began reviewing problems related to for-profit colleges and student loan debt.[160] Lobbyists for the for-profit higher education industry took several steps to stop regulation and to fight against transparency and accountability.[161] They also supported at least two lawsuits to squash gainful employment regulations

 

I wonder where these people are? Certainly not here, by definition.

 

Chip, meet shoulder.