What Can the Next President Learn from Trump University?

2016 Presidential Elections

February 18, 2016

By Mary Nguyen Barry

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. 

 

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