Protect Students and Taxpayers

Lexington Herald Leader

December 7, 2011

Editorial – Test for-profit education; weigh value of state aid

It’s encouraging that some lawmakers want to review Kentucky’s support of for-profit colleges — not to pick on for-profit colleges, but because the legislature has a duty to make sure taxpayers are getting the most value possible from state spending on education.Kentucky is channeling a big chunk of its student financial aid — $97 million since 1999 — to for-profit schools.