This is a dynamite article about the predatory for-profit higher education sector by Glen Ford of Black Agenda Report. He pulls no punches. He writes: "The dominos are falling in the for-profit college racket, a cauldron of corruption that has crushed the dreams of millions of African Americans.... Every year we spend $32 billion on these for-profit institutions. Why not use that money for tuition-free colleges for students who need higher education--and bypass Wall Street?I"For-profit education has diverted many billions of dollars that Black students never actually possessed for even one moment-- but will owe for much of the rest of their lives -- into the accounts of the fabulously wealthy." However, much of the Congressional Black Caucus has succumbed to the bribery of for-profit sugar daddies who, "own every lobbyist in town." |
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)