A World of Education...yet to be discovered

Obama Aid Rules Rile For-Profits, Spur Letter Blitz - BusinessWeek: "For-profit colleges are enlisting students and teachers to lobby against proposed limits on student aid, and may at times be using misleading tactics, the U.S. Department of Education said. The proposed government crackdown on aid has generated about 26,000 letters to the department, the most on any topic since 1983.

College representatives and lobbyists also are flocking to lawmakers’ offices in the U.S. capital and their home districts. Donald Graham, chairman and chief executive officer of Washington Post Co., owner of the Kaplan education business as well as the Washington Post newspaper and other media, met Aug. 3 with Senator Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, to discuss the proposed regulations. The newspaper ran an editorial criticizing the department’s efforts to crack down on companies."