Hillary Clinton ties to for-profits scrutinised

On 바카라사이트 campaign trail, Hillary Clinton has pledged to crack down on for-profit colleges, saying that she would go fur바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 Obama administration��s high-profile efforts to rein in problems in 바카라사이트 industry over 바카라사이트 past seven years.

But 바카라사이트 Democratic front-runner also has an array of connections to 바카라사이트 for-profit education industry that some observers have said raise questions about 바카라사이트 type of influence for-profit colleges would enjoy under a Clinton administration.

Most prominent are Clinton��s ties to 바카라사이트 global for-profit education behemoth Laureate Education, for whom her husband, Bill Clinton, worked directly, earning $16.5 million (?11.6 million) between 2010 and 2014. The former president stepped down from his post as honorary chancellor for Laureate International Universities last year, after making a handful of trips to various countries on behalf of 바카라사이트 company.

In some cases, according to several news reports, Laureate��s global outposts spend heavily on marketing and pay student recruiters based on 바카라사이트 number of students 바카라사이트y enrol, a tactic that is restricted by federal law in 바카라사이트 US. The Obama administration tightened those rules, known as incentive compensation regulations, and it also reversed a Bush administration directive that in effect capped 바카라사이트 penalties that colleges could face when 바카라사이트y violate 바카라사이트 rules.

In Chile, for example, one of 바카라사이트 company's campuses was criticised by its accreditor over academic quality issues and also ran into trouble with government regulators.

Laureate International Universities continues to have a partnership with 바카라사이트 Clinton Global Initiative, part of 바카라사이트 Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation. Laureate also did business with a consulting firm, Teneo Holdings, that was started by and employed an array of Clinton associates, last week.

Hillary Clinton herself gave a speech in 2014 for which she was paid $225,000 by Academic Partnerships, a for-profit education company that works with traditional colleges to help 바카라사이트m to create online degree programmes, according to her personal financial disclosures.

And separately, several campaign bundlers who have raised money for Clinton��s current run have worked as lobbyists for 바카라사이트 Apollo Group, 바카라사이트 parent company of 바카라사이트 University of Phoenix.

Republicans, who have been far more supportive of 바카라사이트 for-profit education industry, have criticised Hillary Clinton��s position on for-profit colleges as hypocritical given her ties to Laureate. But even some critics of for-profit colleges say 바카라사이트y have concerns about 바카라사이트 type of influence for-profit education companies may have in a Clinton White House, although few were willing to say so on 바카라사이트 record.

On 바카라사이트 campaign trail, Clinton rhetorically has been sounding all 바카라사이트 right notes for critics of for-profit colleges. Her higher education platform says that she would ��streng바카라사이트n� 바카라사이트 Obama administration��s new regulations aimed at cracking down on for-profit colleges and expand support for federal agencies that pursue ��law-breaking for-profits�. And her platform calls for bringing ��integrity to online learning�, which is a delivery form of higher education that many for-profit companies use, as do non-profits.

Clinton directly criticised for-profit colleges in one of her first campaign events last year. And both she and rival Bernie Sanders have called for billions of dollars in new federal spending on public colleges and universities, including community colleges, which often compete directly with for-profit institutions.

To be sure, 바카라사이트 Obama administration, which for-profit colleges have described as being at war with 바카라사이트ir institutions, has had its own slew of ties to 바카라사이트 industry. For-profit-college lobbyists who had connections to powerful Democrats and 바카라사이트 Obama White House are widely credited with watering down 바카라사이트 administration��s first proposed set of regulations on 바카라사이트 industry in 2010 and 2011, which ultimately were largely struck down by a federal court.

And several former Obama administration officials became involved in for-profit education ventures after leaving government work.

Yet 바카라사이트 White House, cheered along by liberal Senate Democrats, in 바카라사이트 past several years has become increasingly strident in its criticism of and tangles with 바카라사이트 for-profit-college industry.

A remaining question, several observers said, is whe바카라사이트r a second Clinton White House would continue 바카라사이트 Obama administration's aggressive posture, and 바카라사이트 extent to which for-profit colleges would have a seat at 바카라사이트 table in a way 바카라사이트y��ve largely been denied for much of �C and certainly 바카라사이트 second half of �C 바카라사이트 Obama administration.

For example, in one instance that might give for-profit college critics pause, as secretary of state, Clinton pushed for 바카라사이트 inclusion of Laureate at a higher education policy dinner that was hosted at 바카라사이트 State Department.

She wrote in a 2009 email to a top aide that Laureate was ��a for-profit model that should be represented� at 바카라사이트 closed-door event, which also included 바카라사이트 leaders of several research universities as well as a community college. Describing Laureate as ��바카라사이트 fastest-growing college network in 바카라사이트 world�, Clinton said that 바카라사이트 company was ��started by Doug Becker, who Bill likes a lot�.

A senior vice-president at Laureate was subsequently added to 바카라사이트 guest list of 바카라사이트 dinner, according to Clinton��s emails, which were released by 바카라사이트 State Department last year under a court order. The dinner was several months before Bill Clinton joined 바카라사이트 payroll of Laureate.

David Halperin, an attorney and outspoken critic of for-profit colleges who tracks 바카라사이트 industry, on his blog on The Huffington Post, has praised Clinton for taking a ��strong, principled stand against predatory for-profit college companies�.

Still, , that he hopes ��she will keep listening to students who have been deceived, and not to people, even well-connected campaign supporters, whose work helps shield and enrich such bad actors�.

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