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For-profit college stocks tumble on Apollo warning - Boston.com

For-profit college stocks tumble on Apollo warning - Boston.com

For-profit college stocks tumble on Apollo warning

By Tali Arbel and Janna Herron
AP Business Writers / October 14, 2010
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NEW YORK—Investors fled for-profit college stocks on Thursday after the sector's bellwether predicted a 40-percent drop in student enrollment next quarter and withdrew its forecast for next year. The news chilled an industry facing increased government scrutiny over concerns about soaring student loan defaults.

Enrollments at for-profit schools surged during the recession. Big advertising budgets drew students trying to bolster their resumes as a hedge against high unemployment. But critics claim the schools are not helping students find better jobs and say enrollment counselors sign up many students who are unprepared for higher education. When they drop out, they are still stuck paying back their student loans.

Apollo Group Inc., which runs the University of Phoenix, attributes its expected enrollment decline to changing practices aimed at satisfying new government

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