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The state Office of Higher Education is hiring its first consumer protection advocate to monitor college recruitment and advertising practices.

The new hire will work with George Roedler, who heads up the registration and licensing section and mediates complaints that students have with schools.

Commissioner Larry Pogemiller says the advocate will identify misleading practices and investigate student complaints.

The position is being added as for-profit colleges in particular face increased national and state scrutiny.

Pogemiller says the person will monitor all higher ed institutions - public, private and for-profit.

The hire appears to signal a change of opinion at the office.

, he told me this about the state's lack of oversight:

The office, he explained, didn't have the resources to launch full investigations.

But the commissioner may have changed his mind following some 

 by the state attorney general. On Friday Pogemiller said:

He said he has received almost 100 applications, and hopes to choose one this month.

Pogemiller said he would consider hiring someone who had previously worked for a for-profit college, as Roedler had.

$ 23.30-$ 34.34 hourly, $ 48,650-$ 71,702 annually

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The state Office of Higher Education is hiring its first consumer protection advocate to monitor college recruitment and advertising practices. The new hire will work with George Roedler, who heads up the registration and licensing section and mediates complaints that students have with schools. Commissioner Larry Pogemiller says the advocate will identify misleading practices and 

The state Office of Higher Education is hiring its first consumer protection advocate to monitor college recruitment and advertising practices. The new hire will work with George Roedler, who heads up the registration and licensing section and mediates complaints that students have with schools. Commissioner Larry Pogemiller says the advocate will identify misleading practices and Read more →


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