“Are all for-profit colleges intrinsically bad? Not necessarily. But to have a beneficial rather than parasitic role in Michigan’s communities, they must offer quality education and recognized credentials at a reasonable net cost to the student without exploiting the availability of taxpayer financial aid dollars for their own profit. When schools receive public dollars to deliver educational services at a profit, there is a structural incentive to spend as little as possible on the services in order to increase the profit margin for the company and its shareholders.” [emphasis added]
Michigan League for Public Policy (November 2020)