April 4, 2008

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

By Kelly Field

Washington

Rep. Jason Altmire, a freshman Democrat from Pennsylvania, had some words of encouragement for for-profit colleges at a recent public-policy forum here. In a speech before a group of career-college executives and lobbyists, he hinted that he would look out for the sector's interests 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 how the

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