George Leef, director of research for the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, explains why he disagrees with U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin’s proposal to increase regulation of for-profit colleges. Leef offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 486).
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