Debate grows over for-profit colleges as their supporters rally on Capitol Hill
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Discussion PolicyWednesday, September 29, 2010; 4:18 PM
Several hundred students and others connected with for-profit colleges and trade schools rallied Wednesday at the foot of Capitol Hill to protest a federal proposal to tighten regulation of career-education programs.
"My education, my job, my choice" was their message, in response to a proposal that the Obama administration says would help ensure that students find "gainful employment" and are not overloaded with debt.
The industry says the proposal would wipe out many programs that serve low-income and minority students.
Carlethia Washington, 28, a mother of two in Northeast Washington, went to the rally to support the industry. She is studying to become a medical assistant at