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For-Profits Battle on Many Fronts
Sector turns to ads, rallies and big Washington names to fight Congress and the Obama administration.
Update: Timeline Shift for 'Gainful' Rules
(Update: Education Department officials announced Friday afternoon that they would delay until early 2011 publication of final rules aimed at...
The Scrutiny Spreads
A House panel questions the Pentagon's oversight of distance education -- particularly that offered by for-profit colleges -- for active duty service members.
Where Are Your Professors?
While nonprofit colleges are forthcoming with their faculty lists, for-profit institutions are more reluctant -- irking some academic leaders.
Duking It Out on 'Gainful Employment'
WASHINGTON – After more than a year of wrangling, the last chance for colleges, associations and individuals to weigh in...
Monitoring the For-Profits
Education Department and accreditors say it's not their job to police colleges, and point to states. Wisconsin regulators are willing -- but not quite able -- to patrol the beat.
Phoenix Pays to Tell Its Story
For-profit college turns to events co-branded with media outlets to change minds and critics wonder about the journalistic ethics of providing positive PR.
3 Million and Counting
As policy debate rages about for-profit colleges' value, their enrollments continue to soar, nearing 12 percent of all students.