Students may discover that the value of a degree from a for-profit college can go down as well as up.

In fact, 96% of students attending for-profit college apply for federal student loans compared to 13% at community colleges.

A few years after that, in 2007, the then non-profit institution was acquired by a private investor group and turned into a for-profit college.

At least 24 states attorneys-general are investigating for-profit colleges.

Students from for-profit colleges typically graduate with higher debts than those from traditional universities — and are more likely to default.

It has often been described as a for-profit institution that encourages' students' to take degrees in exchange for money.

Initially a non-profit school founded in 1949, it was purchased by investors who brought it out of bankruptcy, and now operate it as a for-profit institution.

The camps that have mushroomed are for-profit institutions that see their inmates as a source of income.

Many are non-profit private institutions, while others are for-profit institutions.

As opposed with traditional education, for-profit institutions often offer programs that can be completed in two years or under with great flexibility.

It would drive down costs in the process by competing with the for-profit sector.

Eligibility for membership was widened in 1981 to include the private for-profit sector.

The number of for-profit and non-profit providers has become more balanced as the for-profit sector has grown.

Social innovation can take place within government, the for-profit sector, the nonprofit sector (also known as the third sector), or in the spaces between them.