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On the recordJune 4, 2018
It just seems to me that one class with fewer than 10 percent of the students and 33 percent of the student loan defaults really has a problem that the other types of universities and colleges do not, at least to some extent.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin emphasizes the disproportionate loan default rates of for-profit colleges.

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