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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBill & Hillary and Laureate University, part 2
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-24/bill-clinton-leaves-for-profit-college-position<Former President Bill Clintons role at a for-profit higher education company will end Friday, just as his wife has begun questioning some of the industrys practices from the campaign trail.
Since 2010, Clinton has been honorary chancellor of Laureate International Universities, part of Laureate Education Inc. the worlds largest chain of for-profit colleges. His departure has nothing to do with the campaign, the company and the former president's office said, telling Bloomberg that he had agreed to a five-year term in the position.>
<Clinton's view of the industry fits with her efforts to be seen by voters as a populist defender of the working class. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts,has been outspoken about her concerns, blasting the federal government for "currently subsidizing a for-profit industry that is ripping off young people."
Laureate hired Bill Clinton just as the Obama administration was working on its first try at controversial regulations on gainful employment and as then-Senate HELP Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) launched a series of hearings scrutinizing the industry, which relies heavily on federal student aid grants and loans for revenue.>
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Bill & Hillary and Laureate University, part 2 (Original Post)
BernieforPres2016
Mar 2016
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Merryland
(1,134 posts)1. how can those two stand each other?
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)2. I think there's a clue in there somewhere
Why does Clinton oppose free education at public colleges and universities?
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)4. Do you think there could be any connection
between the Clinton's money grubbing from the sham "for profit university" industry backed and partially owned by Wall Street and her opposition to Bernie's proposal for free tuition to in state public universities? Surely not.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)6. ice cream doesn't make them fat
PonyUp
(1,680 posts)3. knr nt
AzDar
(14,023 posts)5. K & R