For-Profit Colleges Rush to Fill Nursing Gap

Traditional colleges have been slow to meet the growing demand for health-care training

By ELIZABETH F. FARRELL

Officials of South University, a proprietary-college system based in Savannah, Ga., took a calculated risk five years ago. At a time when nursing programs at many traditional colleges were struggling to attract students, South figured that it could...

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