April 11, 2008

For-Profit Colleges Seek — and Find — New Allies Among House Freshmen

By KELLY FIELD

U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire, a freshman Democrat from Pennsylvania, had some words of encouragement for for-profit colleges at a recent public-policy forum in Washington. In a speech before a group of career-college executives and lobbyists, he hinted that he would look out for the sector's interest in a coming conference between the House of Representatives and the Senate on legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act.

Referring to a provision in the bill that would change the way

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