February 2, 2001

For-Profit and Nonprofit Colleges Alike Criticize U.S. Rules on Compensating Recruiters

By ANNE MARIE BORREGO

They applaud the law for protecting students, but question how the Education Department applies it

For the sleaziest of colleges, the formula is simple: Send recruiters out to find as many students as possible, and watch the federal financial aid stream in.

Congress and the Education Department got wise to this ploy in the late 1980's,

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