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Re:Making the Grades by beachstartup on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @05:13PM (#11810291)
why single this school out from the rest of their peers? i.e. Phoenix.

the entire system has incentives completely mis-aligned at every level. it you look at how the subsystems of immigration, finance/loans, for-profit education, and corporate sponsorship interact, how could you expect anything other than the corrupt clusterfuck we see today?

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Re:Making the Grades by ivraatiems on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @09:05PM (#11811442)
Right or wrong, I think it might have to do with NPU being a non-profit. There've been plenty of articles on the scumminess of for-profit universities; far fewer on non-profits. Plus, the immigration angle is an item with high public interest today. I think the focus on NPU here (though perhaps warranted given the seriousness of these allegations) is also part of Buzzfeed's pattern of desire for high-profile stories.
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