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Dick Durbin: “Isn't the bottom line that we want to make sure that, first, schools are accredited, so when they hold themselves out to…”

On the recordDecember 14, 2010
Isn't the bottom line that we want to make sure that, first, schools are accredited, so when they hold themselves out to offer a training program, certificate, degree, they, in fact, are doing that; second, to make sure they are charging a reasonable amount for the education they are offering; third, if you have so many defaults, it basically says your students are just accumulating debt, not accumulating diplomas, and we have to bring that to an end; and they are asking about whether students end up in a job when it is all over, gainful employment. Are any of these unreasonable if the Federal Government is providing 90 percent of the revenues for these schools?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Dec 14, 2010

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Durbin discusses the need for accountability in educational institutions receiving federal funding.

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