In a tease for a CNBC piece called “Price of Admission: America’s College Debt Crisis,” Brian Moran, the newly elected chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia, makes a brief appearance to defend for-profit colleges, which are once again facing tough scrutiny.
Moran is a lobbyist with the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, whose members include Kaplan Higher Education Corporation, headquartered in Washington, D.C., and Stratford University, headquartered in Falls Church.
“We’re actually fulfilling that need that’s imperative in this economy to give students more skills, more marketable skills,” Moran says.
There was some debate over whether Moran could serve as the party’s chairman while working as a lobbyist; a party lawyer concluded that he could and he was elected to replace outgoing chairman Richard Cranwell on Dec. 4.
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