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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They should start by publishing the colleges with the most outstanding debt.[/quote]

I don't know the numbers, but there are huge problems with for-profit schools when you consider lower income students. They may rely on those because online courses allow them to work (and take care of families in many cases). The best of them are ok, it appears (I know people who have used them to transition from blue collar factory or restaurant/bar server jobs to professional jobs) but some are known for abusive practices (and sanctioned by DoE in the past--probably nobody will pay any attention now) and for many others what the see as a lifeline to success turns out to be a frayed piece of twine.

I'd like to see in depth research and a detailed breakdown of who owes money, what schools they attended, whether they worked during college (working students have a lower graduation rate and take longer to graduate if they do graduate), etc.[/quote]

I wish I had at my fingertips, but do not. DH sits on an ed board and has told me that many of these borrowers were low income students who dropped out as they were not able to make the finances work and do not have degrees. They now owe large sums - let's say 20K-50K - for someone working minimum wage (a rate that varies widely from state to state). [/quote]

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