What are the Valid Issues with For-Profit Schools?

Shawn Ambrose · Sep 27, 2012

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Again there is something that is overlooked. For-profits get no funds from taxes as to State schools. While I have never seen the figures I would guess that if a State university would loose all of its tax funding it would cost as much if no more than many for-profits.

As to the open admissions I do not have a problem with that. People change and this gives them a chance to get an education. Now the for-profits that get huge amounts of federal and state aid but have excessive drop out rates this is a problem which needs addressed. They are not the only ones, many community colleges have high drop out rates, but their costs are subsidized so they do not receive as much aid. For-profits must do a better job at providing services so that the students they admit succeed and graduate, or they should lose the ability to receive some of the student aid funds.
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However, if you tie student aid to student graduation/retention rates, then you will see a "race to the bottom." The quality of instruction will decline as institutions engage in self-preservation behavior.

Shawn

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