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Military veterans are being targeted by an industry ‘infamous for saddling people with debt and useless degrees’

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  • The Department of Education is negotiating changes to regulations for for-profit colleges.
  • The changes could hurt military veterans, a highly coveted subset of students for the industry.
  • A funding loophole makes veterans highly profitable for for-profit colleges.

The Department of Education began negotiations to change regulations related to the for-profit college industry in December, a move that some advocates say will harm students.

“This proceeding is blocking a regulation that was carefully considered and carefully crafted to protect students and taxpayers from well-documented abuses by some career colleges… These students, as before, will be veterans, single mothers, people of color, immigrants, read more >>>

Source:: BusinessInsider.Com