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Private Loan Takedown
For-profit colleges are feeling more scrutiny and pressure from states and attorneys general over their financial practices.
Corinthian ‘Debt Strike’
Student activists refuse to pay federal loans incurred at the embattled for-profit education company and call on the Department of Education for greater borrower relief.
Blurring the Nonprofit/For-Profit Divide
To tap into private investment funds while retaining its public mission, a California nonprofit university becomes a "benefit corporation." Is the status legit -- and will other colleges follow?
Opinion
Defending U. of Phoenix
The university's new president, Tim Slottow, responds to Matt Reed's questions about academic quality, saying the for-profit chain serves students well.
Corinthian Sale Goes Through
ECMC closes deal to buy 53 Corinthian campuses, earning praise from federal agencies and some consumer groups for deal to forgive $480 million in students' private loans.
Opinion
Did You Notice Where the Super Bowl Was Played?
Karen Gross considers the implications of a marketing buy that most colleges could never even dream about.
Outsourced Trial Period
Western Governors University steers rejected applicants to StraighterLine, an online course provider that acts as a low-risk way for students to prepare to earn a degree.
Best of a Bad Situation?
Education Department defends sale of 56 Corinthian College campuses to ECMC, saying guarantee agency's purchase will help 40,000 students, many of whom are close to graduation.