Essay Plan

3 Sources: 

• “For-Profit Colleges Deserve Some Respect,” Seiden 

By MICHAEL J. SEIDEN. From The Chronicle of Higher Education, Volume 55, Issue 41, Page A80. Michael J. Seiden recently retired as president of Western International University.

• Faculty at For-Profits Allege Constant Pressure to Keep Students Enrolled

By: Kelly Field

http://chronicle.com/article/Pawns-in-the-For-Profit/127424

• Excerpts from Government Accountability Report on For-Profit Universities

August 4, 2010. Report number GAO-10-948T, 'For-Profit Colleges: Undercover Testing Finds Colleges Encouraged Fraud and Engaged in Deceptive and Questionable Marketing Practices.' 

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10948t.pdf

Source Text: 

• “For-Profit Colleges Deserve Some Respect,” Seiden 
• I will focus on Carey’s claim that there are some positives to for-profits
• there are some things that for-profits offer that other colleges do not 
• easily accessible to students with other commitments 
• Quotes: “…they profit by serving students that public and private nonprofit institutions too often ignore.” (55) & “The for-profit Kaplan University recently struck a deal with the California community college system to provide courses that the bankrupt public colleges cannot.” (55)
• This source extends how for-profits provide some positives to their education system. 

• Faculty at For-Profits Allege Constant Pressure to Keep Students Enrolled
• I will focus on Carey’s claim that recruiters are tricking students into enrolling even though they know that there is no way that the student can afford it. 
• Quote: “Horror stories of aggressive recruiters’ inducing students to take out huge loans for nearly worthless degrees…” (53)
• This source illustrates how recruiters are doing anything they need to to succeed at their job, no matter how much it negatively affects the students. 

• Excerpts from Government Accountability Report on For-Profit Universities
• I will focus on Carey’s claim that recruiters will do anything to get students to enroll in classes 
• Quote: “…a large and growing number of graduates of for-profit colleges are having trouble paying those loans back.” (53) 
• This source illustrates how far for-profits will go to make as much money as possible.