With Lobbying Blitz, For-Profit Colleges Diluted New Rules
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Published: December 9, 2011
WASHINGTON — Last year, the Obama administration vowed to stop for-profit collegesfrom luring students with false promises. In an opening volley that shook the $30 billion industry, officials proposed new restrictions to cut off the huge flow of federal aid to unfit programs.
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Cass R. Sunstein, the White House official who oversees rulemaking, described the industry’s aggressive efforts regarding for-profit schools as “extreme.”
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