For-profit colleges cashing in on military

[Liberal_in_LA]

Report: For-profit colleges cashing in on military
By ERIC GORSKI, AP Education Writer

Associated Press December 9, 2010 02:13 PM

For-profit college companies are taking in enormous amounts of federal student aid money by recruiting and enrolling members of the military, veterans and their families, with questionable returns, according to a new report from a vocal Senate critic of the industry.

Citing low student loan repayments and high dropout rates at for-profit schools, the report from Sen. Tom Harkin is urging Congress and the federal agencies involved to "act now" to make sure the aid programs are not being exploited.

A representative of for-profit colleges responded that the enrollment growth ought to be celebrated, and that active-duty military and veterans are choosing schools that serve their needs.

The report released Thursday by Harkin — chairman of the Senate Education, Labor and Pensions Committee — stops short of saying the schools are failing veterans and the taxpayers who support them.

But it does provide a new snapshot of just how successful for-profit colleges have been in enrolling military personnel and veterans after the government greatly expanded their college benefits through the Post-9/11 GI Bill of 2008 and more generous Department of Defense education programs.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/12/09/national/a091839S75.DTL#ixzz17fksGLpj

[Creative]

1. Well, since the military is discriminated against at so many of the major universities,

they are forced to seek other options.

[Arctic Dave]

2. Do you have proof of that or are you farting two feet above your arse?

[Creative]

3. Evidently, you don't follow this sort of stuff very closely.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/23/harvard-president-links-c_n_736501.html

[Arctic Dave]

4. How is wanting equal rights for all treating veterans like shit?

Your logic is lazy.

Do you have any other articles or is this the only one?

[Creative]

5. Individual members of the military or retirees, do not set policy.

Thus, they should not be discriminated against.

That was just the first example that I found. Here's another.

http://www.mynorthwest.com/category/news_chick_blog/20101201/UW-prof-compares-military-recruiters-with-child-sex-predators/

[Arctic Dave]

6. Recruiters are predatory, that is their job. Not sure if i would equate them child predators

maybe more along the lines of street hustlers. Not sure how that desriminates against the military.