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The National Review Slams the For-Profit College Industry « Student Activism

The National Review Slams the For-Profit College Industry « Student Activism

The National Review Slams the For-Profit College Industry

Does the for-profit college industry have any friends left? Seriously, it’s getting really ugly out there.

With new government regulations looming and a seemingly constant stream of bad press, for-profit higher education is on the ropes. They charge exorbitant prices, they provide sub-standard education, they target vulnerable students, they have an abysmal job placement record, and they do it all on the government dime.

Now even the National Review, the nation’s most prominent conservative journal, i