Gathering Of Subprime School Officials Blames Students For Student Debt [View all]
In recent years, the for-profit college industry — which runs veritable “subprime schools” which get billions of dollars from Uncle Sam and then deliver low-quality education while loading students up with debt – has come under increasing scrutiny. As a result, it has ramped up its lobbying operations in Washington, D.C.
Earlier this week, I attended a conference hosted by a trade association for these subprime schools, the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU), where they plotted their legislative strategy. I witnessed how they brought in high-level Democratic and Republican Party consultants to plan out astroturf campaigns and how the industry recruited former Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott to do its bidding by lobbying Congress.
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