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    Private Colleges and Public Debt

    When public community colleges are full, private for-profit colleges are an alternative. But they're costly and require federal loans that students often can't repay.

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    By Warren Olney • May 20, 2011 • 51m Listen

    When public, community colleges are full to the brim, private, for-profit colleges are an alternative. But they cost up to ten times as much and require many students to get federal loans they often cannot repay. We hear why the Department of Education wants to crack down. Also, an update on protests in Syria, and the predatory behavior of men against women in "post-feminist" society.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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