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How Corinthian Recruited Homeless Students

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March 21, 2016

The California attorney general last week released thousands of pages of documents in the state's lawsuit against Corinthian Colleges, which collapsed last year. ProPublica analyzed the documents and has now published numerous email messages and documents showing how recruiters for Corinthian enrolled homeless people and helped them borrow money. The students then dropped out quickly and were left with considerable debt. Other documents show that Corinthian recruiters targeted those with low self-esteem.

Scott Jaschik

Scott Jaschik, Editor, is one of the three founders of Inside Higher Ed. With Doug Lederman, he leads the editorial operations of Inside Higher Ed, overseeing news content, opinion pieces, career advice, blogs and other features. Scott is a leading voice on higher education issues, quoted regularly in publications nationwide, and publishing articles on colleges in publications such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Salon, and elsewhere. He has been a judge or screener for the National Magazine Awards, the Online Journalism Awards, the Folio Editorial Excellence Awards, and the Education Writers Association Awards. Scott served as a mentor in the community college fellowship program of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, of Teachers College, Columbia University. He is a member of the board of the Education Writers Association. From 1999-2003, Scott was editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Scott grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and graduated from Cornell University in 1985. He lives in Washington.