Legislation regulating for-profit colleges in Maryland has passed both chambers of the General Assembly, but with amendments that supporters say gut the heart of one of the bills. One bill would require schools to make disclosures about student outcomes, and ...

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Maryland lawmakers will look to tighten regulations on for-profit colleges and career schools, hoping to protect students from falling into a student loan debt hole. Legislation introduced Thursday by Sen. Paul Pinsky, D-Prince George’s, would limit how much of a ...

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Maryland consumer advocates warn that a rule proposal released by the U.S. Department of Education last week could make it harder for students who say they have been defrauded by for-profit colleges to get relief. Secretary Betsy DeVos said the ...

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Legislation expanding protections for students attending for-profit colleges gained final passage in the General Assembly Thursday as the state continues to deal with the fallout of the closures of ITT Technical Institutes and Corinthian Colleges. The Senate bill requires for-profit ...

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Prospective students should know the risks of for-profit colleges and be aware of the possibilities of community colleges when they review their postsecondary education and career training options, a new campaign from the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition said. At a ...

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India Dickens says she completed a medical-assistant certification program at a private career school in 2013. Three years later, she’s still waiting for the school to provide her certificate and is more than $10,000 in debt despite having been told ...

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A recent report by a Washington, D.C., advocacy group has confirmed what many organizations that work with low-income families in the city say they’ve already suspected: getting a mortgage in Baltimore isn’t necessarily about one’s credit score, it’s about race. ...

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A Maryland consumer rights group is giving Baltimore’s 10 largest banks middling scores on its inaugural report card grading the quality of the banks’ service for older adults. M&T Bank received the highest score, a “B,” and BB&T scored the ...

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A Maryland consumer rights group is calling on local banks to provide better protection against financial exploitation of seniors in light of a new report that gave tepid grades to Baltimore’s 10 largest banks for the quality of their care ...

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