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Tom Harkin: Remember three numbers about for-profit schools: 12, 25, and 47.

On the recordJune 11, 2013
Remember three numbers about for-profit schools: 12, 25, and 47.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Highlighting statistics on for-profit colleges' impact on students and federal aid.

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