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Fusion: For-Profit Colleges Face Scrutiny Over Debt and Empty Promises

By Emily Deruy

“Sarah Sertic thought she was headed down the right path when, in her mid-20s, she enrolled in the Art Institute of Washington’s photography program. But two years later, Sertic was a $25,000-in-the-hole dropout, with no degree and no job prospects in sight. The school, she said during a recent phone interview, had failed to give her the classes and skills she needed to succeed, and grossly undersold the expense.” Read more here.