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Pramila Jayapal: “For-profit colleges are aggressively marketing specifically to low-income black and Latino students, and on average…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2023
For-profit colleges are aggressively marketing specifically to low-income black and Latino students, and on average for-profits spend $400.00 per student on commercials compared to public colleges spending just $14.00 per student.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Jayapal highlights the predatory marketing practices of for-profit colleges targeting low-income students of color.

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