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Ayanna Pressley: 98 percent of the programs that failed were at for-profit colleges.

On the recordMay 21, 2019
98 percent of the programs that failed were at for-profit colleges.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Pressley highlights the failure rate of for-profit colleges under the gainful employment rule.

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