Our committee worked hard to add teeth to the rules that govern for-profit colleges , but industry trade groups began to pressure the Department of Education to water down those standards . Whitney Barkley : Government is at last making for - profit colleges accountable . Barkley : Corinthian Colleges are shut down after inflated tuition rates , low graduation rates . Barkley : For - profit colleges charge sky - high tuition without getting students ready for jobs . She says for - profits target and rip off minorities , females , veterans , blue - collar workers .
Whitney Barkley : Government is at last making for - profit colleges accountable . Barkley : Corinthian Colleges are shut down after inflated tuition rates , low graduation rates . Barkley : For - profit colleges charge sky - high tuition without getting students ready for jobs . She says for - profits target and rip off minorities , females , veterans , blue - collar workers .