Senators Seek Probe of For-Profit College Rules
18th November 2010
In a letter to the Education Department’s inspector general Wednesday, Mr. Burr of North Carolina and Mr. Coburn of Oklahoma cited public documents indicating the proposed rules were leaked to short-sellers. The department, they wrote, “may have leaked the proposed regulations to parties supporting the Administration’s position and investors who stand to benefit from the failure of the proprietary school sector.”
My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.
Uh, I have a question: Why do we have a Federal Department of Education? Supposedly we have a Federal government of explicitly enumerated powers; I don’t find any mention of ‘education’ in the Constitution.
More to the point: How many people has the Department of Education actually educated?
The schools have ramped up lobbying efforts against the regulations, which would require career colleges and training programs to prove they’re preparing students for gainful employment.
Whoa — there’s a hole with no bottom. Take a look at most PhD programs. I’d like to see some proof that they’re ‘preparing students for gainful employment’. We could start with Harvard. We could start with Black Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Studies, Fashionable-Buzzword-of-the-Moment Studies, and any academic program that FDR never heard of.
For-profit universities have come under scrutiny because they receive federal dollars through financial aid programs, and critics say students are often left with big debts and little education.
Uh, I have a question: Why are there ‘federal dollars’ for ‘financial aid programs’, except maybe for veterans? Where is that in the Constitution?