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May 17, 2010 | Posted At: 11:22 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: The Business Of Education

Business Of Ed: For-Profits Signing Homeless Up For "College"

"For- profit schools are tapping shelters and halfway houses for new students, loading them with debt and leaving taxpayers on the hook," according to this disturbing story from Bloomberg Businessweek's Daniel Golden (The Homeless at College). 

http://images.businessweek.com/mz/10/19/600/1019_mz_64forprofit.jpg

What's the nonprofit/ K12 version of this, I wonder?  Bilking the public by signing homeless kids up for expensive online programs? Enrolling kids in community college to take noncredit remedial coursework? There's gotta be something.  [Update:  National Journal is debating for profit EMOs this week - how timely!]

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Thanks to this online programs which helps this kinds kids.

Posted by: Colocation Services | May 25, 2010 at 11:25 AM


Thanks to this online programs which helps homeless kids.

Posted by: Colocation Services | May 25, 2010 at 11:27 AM

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