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Rosa DeLauro: “Nearly 25 percent of all Pell grant dollars...go to for-profits.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2011
Nearly 25 percent of all Pell grant dollars...go to for-profits.
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

DeLauro points out the significant funding for-profit colleges receive from Pell grants.

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