September 4, 1998

For-Profit Trade Schools Win New Respect in Congress

By STEPHEN BURD

Lawmakers increasingly treat proprietary institutions like traditional colleges
With their effective job-training curricula and flexible schedules for adults, the new crop of for-profit trade schools has attracted swarms of students seeking to enroll, and legions of venture capitalists wanting to invest.

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