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September 29, 2009

Episode 26: For-Profit Colleges Under Scrutiny

A much-anticipated report released last week calls for stricter federal oversight of the tests that for-profit colleges use to admit students without high-school diplomas or GED's. Kelly Field and Sara Hebel discuss the report's findings and the prospects for action in Congress and the Education Department.

Kelly Field, The Chronicle's chief Washington reporter, and Sara Hebel, our politics editor, spend a minute (or so) each week discussing the key higher-education debates and behind-the-scenes maneuvering taking place in the nation's capital. Look for new episodes every Tuesday.

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