Paul Blumenthal: Regulations Lead To Lobbying Surge By The For-profit College Industry

Paul Blumenthal, Huffington Post: Politics
Thu, 03/10/2011 - 1:51pm

This week the for-profit college industry hosts its annual Hill Day, where students and industry representatives come to Washington to talk to their representatives and lobby for industry priorities. The lobbying conference comes as the industry finds itself fighting on all fronts to block a proposed rule meant to rein in what many are calling bad practices by the industry.

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Paul Blumenthal: Regulations Lead To Lobbying Surge By The For-profit College Industry

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