Showing posts with label for-profit college. Show all posts
Showing posts with label for-profit college. Show all posts
Monday, July 21, 2025

Borrower Defense Stories: The Human Cost of Higher Education Fraud

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Over the past month, the Higher Education Inquirer has chronicled the experiences of borrowers misled by predatory institutions—mainly for-p...
Thursday, July 10, 2025

Borrower Defense Story 1: I Did Everything Right. And I’m Still Paying for a Degree I Never Got (Chamberlain School of Nursing- Single Mom)

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In 2010, I was a mom-to-be with one child already at home and a marriage quietly unraveling. I knew I had to secure a future for my children...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

See the Sweet v McMahon Borrower Defense Case Tomorrow Live

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  The next episode of Sweet v. McMahon (formerly Sweet v. Cardona), "THE CLOCK IS TICKING," will premiere on Thursday, June 26, 20...
Friday, May 23, 2025

HEI Investigation: Campus.edu

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In a sector under constant strain, Campus.edu is being heralded by some as the future of community college—and by others as a slick repacka...
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Department of Veterans Affairs Delays Answering Questions on GI Bill Complaints

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Friday, March 14, 2025

(HR 1391). Restoring the GI Bill for Vets Ripped Off by Predatory Schools

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The US House Bill to restore GI Bill funds to those who have been ripped off by predatory schools has had little traction so far.  While po...
Friday, December 20, 2024

DOD Continues Protecting Bad Actor Schools that Prey Upon Military Servicemembers

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The US Department of Defense (DOD) continues to stall the Higher Education Inquirer's efforts to investigate bad actor schools that pr...
Friday, December 13, 2024

On the 8th Anniversary of the College Meltdown

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We started this blog eight years ago, in 2016, to highlight rampant greed and corruption in US higher education, and to raise awareness of t...
Friday, December 6, 2024

Student Stories: Understanding the Human Impact of For-profit Colleges (Project on Predatory Student Lending)

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For decades, the predatory for-profit college industry has exploited the promise of higher education, at the expense of students who are try...
Tuesday, November 26, 2024

FOR-PROFIT BORROWERS ACTION on 12/4 in DC (Debt Collective)

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S tudents who attended predatory, for-profit schools have had enough – and we are on the march for justice. These students have been failed...
Friday, November 22, 2024

Accreditor ACCSC Again Grants Maximum Renewal To Troubled For-Profit Colleges (David Halperin)

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College accreditor ACCSC has renewed approval of four for-profit colleges owned by California-based International Education Corp. (IEC), a c...
Thursday, October 31, 2024

Carl Barney, Ex-Owner of Deceptive For-Profit Colleges, Donates Big to Trump (David Halperin)

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Carl Barney, the ultra-wealthy former owner of a chain of collapsed for-profit colleges, is the third biggest California-based donor to...
Wednesday, October 23, 2024

College Inc. Redux is Overdue

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We desperately need a PBS Frontline updating of College Inc. This 2010 documentary by Martin Smith and Rain Media took us behind the...
Thursday, September 26, 2024

Wealth and Want Part 4: Robocolleges and Roboworkers

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The rise of online-only education has been a double-edged sword. While it has expanded access to higher education, it has also introduced a...
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Friday, September 20, 2024

Student Loans in the US: A Trillion Dollar Tragedy (Glen McGhee)

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Adam Looney and Constantine Yannelis have reopened their research on the student loan mess with a new paper from Brookings titled "What...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

College Meltdown 3.0 Could Start Earlier (And End Worse) Than Planned

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Chronicling the College Meltdown  Since 2016, the Higher Education Inquirer has documented the College Meltdown as a series of demographic ...