Will Congress Require Colleges to Grade Themselves?

By STEPHEN BURD

Students and parents trying to choose a college can find loads of information from guidebooks, campus visits, and the Internet. Now the major lobbying group

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representing for-profit colleges wants to arm students and parents with another set of guides -- which the federal government

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