In the 74 Million, Mary Nguyen Barry writes:
For higher education experts, it wasn’t hard to see Trump University was a scam back when it opened its proverbial doors in 2005. Trump’s for-profit “University” carried no accreditation, conferred no degrees, and yet made the promise to students: “Just copy exactly what I’ve done and get rich!” …
…But here’s the real story; it’s not just these flagrant cases of fraud that rip off students and families. There are also traditional non-profit and public colleges that get billions in taxpayer subsidies, which dramatically underperform and leave students with debt they cannot repay.
Read more in The Seventy Four.