For-profit colleges wrong solution

http://progressive.org/for-profit-colleges-wrong-solution

For-profit colleges are not the answer to the rising cost of higher education.

This increase is having a disastrous impact on many poor and middle income Americans, and it’s disastrous for Mexican-American and other Latino communities. Over time, this trend will destroy all hope for millions of young people.

Low-income students made up half of all the students in for-profit colleges, with minorities making up 37 percent of that population.

To earn a bachelor’s degree from a for-profit school costs almost four times what one from a state university costs, according to the Education Trust. But despite these exorbitant costs, for-profit schools still scoop up the federal dollars.

**Opinion**

I also believe that overly pushing internet courses is the wrong solution.