Turns out, some Colleges are just expensive paperweight factories
Federal data finally confirms what everyone suspected: if you attend certain For-Profit Colleges, the only thing you'll actually earn is a mountain of debt.
It seems that 500 schools across the United States have mastered the art of selling degrees that nobody can actually use. These institutions aren't exactly focused on the classic ivory tower experience; they are essentially predatory machines that target low-income students to cash in on federal financial aid.
The business model is beautifully simple: entice people with promises of a bright career, take their government-backed loans, and then leave them with no diploma and even less money. The fact that the students aren't paying back their loans isn't a bug—it’s a feature of a system designed to treat education like a high-interest payday loan.
The American dream now comes with a subscription fee that never actually expires.
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