For-profit schools not the problem with student loan debts

Published May 16, 2014 4:00am ET



Give the Obama administration credit for consistency if nothing else when it comes to targeting the for-profit education sector. In March, the Department of Education proposed new rules (whose public comment period ends May 27) that may put some for-profit schools out of business for no good reason. A federal judge struck down similar rules in 2012, but that didn’t stop the department from trying again. The question is: Why?

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