<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - for-profit</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/for-profit</link><description>Newsvine - for-profit</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 6 Aug 2012 19:06:36 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:58:50 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Private Prisons Cost Arizona $3.5 Million More Per Year Than State-Run Prisons </title>
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&nbsp;A new study of Arizona&rsquo;s private prisons finds that the state is actually losing money &mdash; $3.5 million a year &mdash; by turning their inmates over to for-profit corporations.
...&nbsp;the rate to hold one prisoner for one night has increased 13.9% since the c&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></source><link>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/06/13147502-private-prisons-cost-arizona-35-million-more-per-year-than-state-run-prisons</link><guid>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/06/13147502-private-prisons-cost-arizona-35-million-more-per-year-than-state-run-prisons</guid><category>arizona</category><category>prisoner</category><category>politics</category><category>private</category><category>prison</category><category>government</category><category>profit</category><category>for-profit</category><category>state-run</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Aug 2012 19:03:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bonosrama2242C371-305C-4261-D05A-D0AC0E174BB5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="218" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bonosrama2242C371-305C-4261-D05A-D0AC0E174BB5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Supreme Court Sells Out Constitution</title>
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Not that I really expected it to be any different after the Citizens United decision, but seriously, we have to question where their heads are located in relation to their anus.&nbsp; Allowing Congress to mandate the purchase of a "For Profit" product has opened the door to allo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Citizen Kane-473667]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Citizen Kane-473667]]></source><link>http://leemarchetta.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/28/12458979-supreme-court-sells-out-constitution</link><guid>http://leemarchetta.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/28/12458979-supreme-court-sells-out-constitution</guid><category>business</category><category>scotus</category><category>congress</category><category>decision</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>company</category><category>mandatory</category><category>for-profit</category><category>healthcare-mandate</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:55:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Do We Want Big Corp Controlling Our Schools?.....Univ. President Ouster Reveals Corporate Control Of Public Education-  </title>
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For more than two weeks, the University of Virginia has been in an uproar over the abrupt resignation of school&nbsp;President Teresa Sullivan. Sullivan stepped down after just two years in office, citing "philosophical differences" with the institution's governing Board of Vis&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/24/12379623-do-we-want-big-corp-controlling-our-schoolsuniv-president-ouster-reveals-corporate-control-of-public-education</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/24/12379623-do-we-want-big-corp-controlling-our-schoolsuniv-president-ouster-reveals-corporate-control-of-public-education</guid><category>colleges</category><category>gop</category><category>corporate</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>us-news</category><category>for-profit</category><category>online-classes</category><category>u-s-news-politics</category><category>uva-boards</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 06:11:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-244CF3986-B679-6C5F-F32D-3BE0701B0D3F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-244CF3986-B679-6C5F-F32D-3BE0701B0D3F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hate Obamacare?    Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is and Rip Up Your Rebate Check.</title>
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The time is perfect for everyone who despises Obamacare to demonstrate loudly and clearly, once and for all, your total disgust for the health reform law. It&rsquo;s time to vote with your paycheck.
Wait. Strike that. It&rsquo;s even&nbsp;easier&nbsp;to show your distain for t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11491706-hate-obamacare-put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is-and-rip-up-your-rebate-check</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11491706-hate-obamacare-put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is-and-rip-up-your-rebate-check</guid><category>politics</category><category>aetna</category><category>blue-cross</category><category>for-profit</category><category>health-insurance-quotes</category><category>big-corporations</category><category>cost-of-health-insurance</category><category>affordable-care-act</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 23:50:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Should jailing prisoners be a privatised business for profit? (Poll)</title>
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The&nbsp;Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private operator of prisons in the US, is appealing to 48 states across the country with an offer to buy out their detention facilities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10434397-should-jailing-prisoners-be-a-privatised-business-for-profit-poll</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10434397-should-jailing-prisoners-be-a-privatised-business-for-profit-poll</guid><category>nazi-germany</category><category>us-news</category><category>incarceration</category><category>concentration-camps</category><category>for-profit</category><category>private-sector</category><category>prison-system</category><category>slave-labour</category><category>corrections-corporation-of-america</category><category>long-sentences</category><category>cirrupt-judge</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Romney Offers Praise for a Donor's Business</title>
<description><![CDATA[
WASHINGTON &mdash; At a town-hall-style meeting in New Hampshire last month, listeners pressed Mitt Romney on the soaring cost of higher education.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[WakeUpPeople-1385514]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[WakeUpPeople-1385514]]></source><link>http://wakeuppeople1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/16/10169583-romney-offers-praise-for-a-donors-business</link><guid>http://wakeuppeople1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/16/10169583-romney-offers-praise-for-a-donors-business</guid><category>mitt-romney</category><category>us-news</category><category>republican</category><category>contributions</category><category>tuition</category><category>corrupt</category><category>lobby</category><category>for-profit</category><category>campaign-donations</category><category>sway</category><category>full-sail-university</category><category>bill-heavener</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:20:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=wakeuppeople196D0DAAB-B896-E573-3154-699707B43809.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=wakeuppeople196D0DAAB-B896-E573-3154-699707B43809.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How online learning companies bought America's schools</title>
<description><![CDATA["From Idaho to Indiana to Florida, recently passed laws will radically reshape the face of education in America, shifting the responsibility of teaching generations of Americans to online education businesses, many of which have poor or nonexistent track records.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kid Twist]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kid Twist]]></source><link>http://kidtwist.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/19/8892718-how-online-learning-companies-bought-americas-schools</link><guid>http://kidtwist.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/19/8892718-how-online-learning-companies-bought-americas-schools</guid><category>education</category><category>privatization</category><category>law</category><category>public-schools</category><category>greed</category><category>for-profit</category><category>virtual-learning</category><category>lee-fang</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:48:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>         First OFFICIAL Release from OCCUPY WALL STREET  | OccupyWallSt.org Forum </title>
<description><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street&nbsp;is "all about breaking up that cosy relationship between money and politics and bringing the perpetrators of the financial crash of 2008 to justice," all by means of peaceful protest.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Realist Party]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Realist Party]]></source><link>http://therealistparty.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8176829-first-official-release-from-occupy-wall-street-occupywallstorg-forum</link><guid>http://therealistparty.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8176829-first-official-release-from-occupy-wall-street-occupywallstorg-forum</guid><category>politics</category><category>founding-fathers</category><category>for-profit</category><category>thank-god</category><category>industrial-food</category><category>greedy-corporations</category><category>revoke-corporate-personhood</category><category>reverse-citizens</category><category>vatican-bank-account</category><category>huge-omission</category><category>of-corporations-and-state</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Oct 2011 03:00:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=therealistparty2EA75ED3-B356-1DAF-8C77-42BA82C254BC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=therealistparty2EA75ED3-B356-1DAF-8C77-42BA82C254BC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="141" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Boom Times End at For-Profit Colleges </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Undergraduate new-student enrollment fell 25.6% at DeVry's namesake university in the quarter ended June 30.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nhillman]]></source><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/23/7448962-boom-times-end-at-for-profit-colleges</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/23/7448962-boom-times-end-at-for-profit-colleges</guid><category>education</category><category>privatization</category><category>higher-education</category><category>consumer-protection</category><category>for-profit</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:01:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Education Management Corporation Accused of Widespread Fraud </title>
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The complaint said the company had a &ldquo;boiler-room style sales culture&rdquo; in which recruiters were instructed to use high-pressure sales techniques and inflated claims about career placement to increase student enrollment, regardless of applicants&rsquo; qualifications.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nhillman]]></source><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/09/7318308-education-management-corporation-accused-of-widespread-fraud</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/09/7318308-education-management-corporation-accused-of-widespread-fraud</guid><category>education</category><category>privatization</category><category>higher-education</category><category>exploitation</category><category>for-profit</category><category>federal-lawsuit</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Aug 2011 15:01:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>John Boehner Backed Deregulation Of Online Learning, Leading To Explosive Growth At For-Profit Colleges</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Timeline of regulations for the for-profit college industry
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nhillman]]></source><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/02/7229941-john-boehner-backed-deregulation-of-online-learning-leading-to-explosive-growth-at-for-profit-colleges</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/02/7229941-john-boehner-backed-deregulation-of-online-learning-leading-to-explosive-growth-at-for-profit-colleges</guid><category>education</category><category>privatization</category><category>quality</category><category>higher-education</category><category>online-education</category><category>exploitation</category><category>for-profit</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Aug 2011 14:58:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>States Move to Limit Spending on For-Profit Colleges While Tightening Oversight </title>
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Lawmakers in 23 states have introduced 54 bills this year aimed at for-profit colleges, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nhillman]]></source><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/21/7133182-states-move-to-limit-spending-on-for-profit-colleges-while-tightening-oversight</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/21/7133182-states-move-to-limit-spending-on-for-profit-colleges-while-tightening-oversight</guid><category>education</category><category>student-aid</category><category>regulation</category><category>higher-education</category><category>public-policy</category><category>efficiency</category><category>financial-aid</category><category>for-profit</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:36:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Subprime Education</title>
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According to Congressional testimony this week, the debt burden is higher because for-profit schools sometimes encourage students to borrow privately from the school, rather than from federal programs, which often have lower rates and loan forbearance for those who fall ill or b&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nhillman]]></source><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/13/6848888-subprime-education</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/13/6848888-subprime-education</guid><category>education</category><category>student-aid</category><category>higher-education</category><category>nyt</category><category>default</category><category>student-loan</category><category>for-profit</category><category>subprime</category><category>college-affordability</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:01:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>For-Profit Colleges Actively Manage Statistics To Keep Federal Dollars Flowing, Internal Documents Show</title>
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The goal, according to numerous e-mails obtained by the Senate Health Education, Labor and Pensions committee, is to push as many potential loan defaults outside the two-year window that the federal government uses to evaluate eligibility for federal student aid.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nhillman]]></source><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/07/6808127-for-profit-colleges-actively-manage-statistics-to-keep-federal-dollars-flowing-internal-documents-show</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/07/6808127-for-profit-colleges-actively-manage-statistics-to-keep-federal-dollars-flowing-internal-documents-show</guid><category>education</category><category>debt</category><category>higher-education</category><category>exploitation</category><category>default</category><category>for-profit</category><category>college-affordability</category><category>state-policy</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Jun 2011 01:52:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>For-profit universities: By the numbers</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Under the new rules, which go into effect in 2015, if alumni aren&rsquo;t able to obtain &ldquo;gainful employment&rdquo;&mdash;jobs that allow them to repay their student loans&mdash;institutions can lose their federal aid. To ensure that schools comply, the U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nhillman]]></source><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/03/6779001-for-profit-universities-by-the-numbers</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/03/6779001-for-profit-universities-by-the-numbers</guid><category>education</category><category>lobbying</category><category>higher-education</category><category>exploitation</category><category>for-profit</category><category>politics-of-education</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Jun 2011 14:19:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gainful Employment Rule is Out: Was it Worth the Wait?</title>
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As has been noted in numerous news stories, the Department made very large concessions to the for-profit higher education industry. As a result, the initial reaction from consumer advocacy groups has been lukewarm at best.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nhillman]]></source><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/03/6778975-gainful-employment-rule-is-out-was-it-worth-the-wait</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/03/6778975-gainful-employment-rule-is-out-was-it-worth-the-wait</guid><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>for-profit</category><category>higher-education-policy</category><category>college-affordability</category><category>gainful-employment</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Jun 2011 14:15:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Do For-Profit Schools Pass the Test?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Students who attend for-profit schools carry more debt than those at public schools and are more likely to default on student loan repayments.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nhillman]]></source><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/01/6762022-do-for-profit-schools-pass-the-test</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/01/6762022-do-for-profit-schools-pass-the-test</guid><category>education</category><category>debt</category><category>higher-education</category><category>exploitation</category><category>default</category><category>for-profit</category><category>college-affordability</category><category>state-policy</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:57:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Democrat Discrimination in Education</title>
<description><![CDATA[Offering the public more is the American way. So the idea that Sen.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/29/6742995-democrat-discrimination-in-education</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/29/6742995-democrat-discrimination-in-education</guid><category>politics</category><category>senator</category><category>public-education</category><category>for-profit</category><category>senator-harkin</category><category>private-sectordemocrat-party</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 17:37:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Political Pressure Tainted Error-Eidden GAO Education Report</title>
<description><![CDATA[A smoking gun document about an error-ridden GAO report puts the murder weapon in a top Democratic senator's hands. GAO issued a slew of corrections in November to an undercover investigation into for-profit colleges requested by Sen.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John S.-1381946]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John S.-1381946]]></source><link>http://js10131979.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/18/6668158-political-pressure-tainted-error-eidden-gao-education-report</link><guid>http://js10131979.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/18/6668158-political-pressure-tainted-error-eidden-gao-education-report</guid><category>report</category><category>errors</category><category>education</category><category>colleges</category><category>progressive</category><category>gao</category><category>tom-harkin</category><category>political-pressure</category><category>for-profit</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 16:04:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Huge Profits for Health Insurers as Americans Put Off Care</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The nation&rsquo;s major health insurers are barreling into a third year of  record profits, enriched in recent months by a lingering recessionary  mind-set among Americans who are postponing or&nbsp;forgoing medical care.
The UnitedHealth Group,  one of the largest commercial i&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beau7890]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Beau7890]]></source><link>http://beau7890.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/13/6640633-huge-profits-for-health-insurers-as-americans-put-off-care</link><guid>http://beau7890.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/13/6640633-huge-profits-for-health-insurers-as-americans-put-off-care</guid><category>business</category><category>insurance</category><category>health-care</category><category>costs</category><category>healthcare</category><category>health-insurance</category><category>profit</category><category>recession</category><category>for-profit</category><category>record-profits</category><category>healthcare-cost</category><category>health-cost</category><category>affordable-care</category><category>high-premium</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 02:26:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Education Is the Last Thing on the Minds of For-Profit Companies</title>
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Instead of protecting the industry, lawmakers should be looking out for constituents who have been ripped off by unscrupulous schools and for the taxpayers who foot the bills for both student aid and loan defaults.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nhillman]]></source><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/13/6636762-education-is-the-last-thing-on-the-minds-of-for-profit-companies</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/13/6636762-education-is-the-last-thing-on-the-minds-of-for-profit-companies</guid><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>nyt</category><category>exploitation</category><category>for-profit</category><category>college-access</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 14:02:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Illinois considers cutting aid to for-profit school students</title>
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Supporters say shifting the funds away from for-profit institutions like DeVry University and the Illinois Institute of Art, both in Chicago, could stave off further tuition hikes at the state's public universities and keep community colleges from raising property taxes to offse&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nhillman]]></source><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/10/6618485-illinois-considers-cutting-aid-to-for-profit-school-students</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/10/6618485-illinois-considers-cutting-aid-to-for-profit-school-students</guid><category>education</category><category>privatization</category><category>higher-education</category><category>efficiency</category><category>financial-aid</category><category>for-profit</category><category>state-policy</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 15:30:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>For-Profit Colleges Shower Democrats with Campaign Dollars </title>
<description><![CDATA[The for-profit college industry&rsquo;s generosity to the Democrats has paid some dividends.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nhillman]]></source><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/29/6556335-for-profit-colleges-shower-democrats-with-campaign-dollars</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/29/6556335-for-profit-colleges-shower-democrats-with-campaign-dollars</guid><category>education</category><category>lobbying</category><category>higher-education</category><category>for-profit</category><category>politics-of-education</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:02:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>For-profit colleges face more state scrutiny</title>
<description><![CDATA[According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, lawmakers in 17 states have introduced bills on for-profit colleges this year, many of them designed to tighten regulation of the schools. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nhillman]]></source><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/19/6495491-for-profit-colleges-face-more-state-scrutiny</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/19/6495491-for-profit-colleges-face-more-state-scrutiny</guid><category>education</category><category>regulation</category><category>higher-education</category><category>for-profit</category><category>ncsl</category><category>college-affordability</category><category>state-policy</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:18:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>State: Community college students have a tough time getting into public universities</title>
<description><![CDATA[Data released Monday by the state's Higher Education Coordinating Board suggest those looking to transfer are just as likely to enroll in the for-profit University of Phoenix than the University of Washington's Seattle campus.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nhillman]]></source><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/12/6457864-state-community-college-students-have-a-tough-time-getting-into-public-universities</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/12/6457864-state-community-college-students-have-a-tough-time-getting-into-public-universities</guid><category>washington</category><category>education</category><category>transfer</category><category>higher-education</category><category>for-profit</category><category>higher-education-policy</category><category>articulation-policy</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:45:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>