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For Illinois students, the promises of for-profit colleges often ring hollow

by Lisa Kurian Philip

Jul 23, 2024

For-profit colleges sell a promise of success to marginalized groups, but often haven't delivered. Now, they may have to pay for it.

Some for-profit colleges, including DeVry University, are under fire for allegedly misleading students.

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Brenda Brooks dropped out of college 40 years ago. Federal rules mean she can’t afford to return.

by Lisa Kurian Philip

Feb 29, 2024

Now 60, she learned that her decades-old GPA disqualifies her from receiving federal loans or grants.

Brooks started college in the 1980s as a young adult with two small children. Like 40 million other Americans, she didn't finish.

Courtesy Brooks

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