Yasmeen Qureshi, Sarah Gross, and Lisa Desai, “Screw U: How For-Profit Colleges Rip You Off”
What is ITT? How much did its profits rise from 2007 to 2014?
What strategies would ITT “enrollment counselors” use to get people to enroll? What pressures do they face from ITT management?
What percent of all college students in the U.S. are enrolled in for-profit, private colleges?
Why was ITT singled out in the Harkin Report?
What populations do for-profit schools target?
What percent of students at these institutions take out student loans:
Private, for-profit
Private, non-profit
Public college/university
Community college
What percent of all defaults on college loans are on students who attend for-profit colleges?
How much of all federal loan money is directed toward for-profit schools?
How much of the revenue of the 15 publicly-traded for-profit colleges is based on federal money?
Why are the authors critical of PEAKS?
What kinds of jobs did the ITT graduates find?
How much would going to a Michigan state or community college cost relative to ITT?
