Are For-Profit IHEs Nimble Critters Or Agile Predators

Students attending for-profit colleges wind up with much higher student-loan debts, are less likely to be employed after graduation and generally earn less than similar students at public or private nonprofit schools. The study, conducted by a group of Harvard researchers, examines a bevy of federal data tracking student graduation rates, federal loan repayment rates and student success in securing jobs. The researchers ask one central question: Are for-profit colleges "nimble critters" responding to higher demand for college degrees, or "agile predators" that target low-income students with the intent of reaping profits through federal student aid dollars? Read more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/03/for-profit-colleges-unemployment-debt_n_1182164.html

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[Man From Modesto]

There are serious problems. It is unlikely that the "for profit" aspect of the data are as causally related as are other demographic factors:

http://manfrommodesto.hubpages.com/hub/Nimble-Critters-Another-Foul-Attack-on-Online-Education