When the pandemic hit, consumer advocates and higher education experts issued a grim warning: Predatory for-profit colleges were poised for a revival. A year later, those predictions have proven depressingly accurate. While community colleges have struggled with enrollment, for-profit college attendance has skyrocketed — especially among adult learners. Lax federal oversight during the Trump presidency […]

Aaron Ament
The former chief of U.S. Department of Education’s office of the general counsel under the Obama administration, Aaron Ament is president of The National Student Legal Defense Network.