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For-profit college Globe University has been forced to close six campuses in Minnesota and Wisconsin after months of fighting a lawsuit over misleading degrees. 

, an Inside Higher Ed reporter, talked about how for-profit colleges target poorer communities and veterans, and she discussed the changes to their funding.

For-profit Globe schools close as chain awaits fraud lawsuit decision

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Ashley Smith, an Inside Higher Ed reporter, talked about how for-profit colleges target poorer communities and veterans, and she discussed the changes to their funding.

Last week the for-profit college Globe University was forced to close six campuses in Minnesota and Wisconsin after months of fighting a lawsuit over misleading degrees. Ashley Smith, an Inside Higher Ed reporter, talked about how for-profit colleges target poorer communities and veterans, and she discussed the changes to for-profit institutions' funding.

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