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Tom Harkin: “Your perceptive question goes to the very heart of the business model of many of the for-profit institutions that we…”

On the recordJune 6, 2011
Your perceptive question goes to the very heart of the business model of many of the for-profit institutions that we have investigated.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the importance of understanding the business model of for-profit colleges.

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