Thursday, September 30, 2010

Greed is not good

In Partisan Hearing, Democrats Attack Proprietary Colleges for Profiting While Students Fail (Chronicle of Higher Education)

More than half of students attending the nation's largest for-profit colleges withdraw within two years, a new report by Senate Democrats reveals. ¶ The report, which is based on data collected from 16 for-profit companies, is the latest bad news for a sector that is under intense federal scrutiny and has spent millions of dollars fighting a rule that could put many of its programs out of business. It shows that proprietary colleges are reaping record profits even though a majority of their students are leaving their institutions without a certificate or a degree….

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's one scary thing that you did with Michael Douglas's eyes, BvT!

(It *is* Michael Douglas, isn't it?)

MAH

Roy Bauer said...

Yes, it's Douglas playing Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. Yes, I blacked out his eyes. Added a spot of white. I was going for creepy. Very creepy.

Anonymous said...

Extremely effective creepiness--an excellent impression of soulless-ness (and makes me think of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"). Highly appropriate.

MAH

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