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    Trump Administration Clears For-Profit Colleges To Register Veterans Again

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is no longer blocking several for-profit schools the Federal Trade Commission penalized for deceptive advertising from enrolling GI Bill students.
    by Quil Lawrence Jul 16, 2020 2 minutes
    The Department of Veterans Affairs blocked the University of Phoenix, Perdoceo Education Corporation, Bellevue University and Temple University, from enrolling GI Bill students after the Federal Trade Commission laid enormous penalties on them for deceptive advertising.

    For the second time in two months the Trump administration has sided with the for-profit college industry over a key constituency: veterans. In May, the president vetoed a bipartisan bill promoting debt forgiveness for veterans who were defrauded by for-profit schools. Now, the Department of Veterans Affairs is allowing several repeat-offending schools access to GI Bill money.

    Last year, the Federal Trade Commission laid enormous in one of its online recruiting sites. Another, the University of Phoenix, for misleading students about job placements.

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