53. Proprietary Educational Institutions

For information on the sector of higher education alternatively referred to as "for-profit/private sector/corporate," access data released by the U.S. Education Department on April 6, 2010, at this link from Inside Higher Ed:

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/04/07/enroll

To access the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) report entitled "FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES:
Undercover Testing Finds Colleges Encouraged
Fraud and Engaged in Deceptive and Questionable Marketing Practices," dated August 4, 2010, click the following link:

http://pervegalit.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/gaomarketing.pdf
According to that GAO report, you can watch video clips of applications by undercover investigators and listen to voicemail messages from proprietary educational institution recruiters at this link:

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-948T

To see the annual revenue and number of students enrolled by some of the largest for-profit companies/universities, click this link to an article in The Wall Street Journal, dated August 30, 2010:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703418004575455773289209384.html?mod=WSJ_article_related

To read the article by Stephanie Chen, "For-profit college risk: Huge debt, questionable degree," posted on 9/2/10, at CNN online, click this link:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/09/02/for.profit.college.debt/index.html?hpt=C2