the danger is a kind of fast- food-ization of higher education itself. this is an online university. this is what it looks like. correspondent martin smith investigates. you ve been in office now for a year. what have you done to stop this? college, inc. frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. and by reva and david logan. committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund. major funding for this program is provided by the bill & melinda gates foundation. ( phondialing ) hey, willy. michael. could you give me a call when you get a chance?
tonight on frontline. it s education for profit. business is booming. are you thinking about going back to school? they ll find you a loan. it was just such an incredibly simple process. give you a diploma. we educate the students that traditional higher education has given up on. but what are the costs? i really am at a dead end, and the student loans are going to keep mounting, and mounting, and mounting. the danger is a kind of a fast-food-ization of higher education itself. this is an online university. this is what it looks like. correspondent martin smith investigates. you ve been in office now for a year. what have you done to stop this? college inc. ( phone dialing ) hey, willy. michael. could you give me a call when you get a chance? thanks. ( phone dialing ) francisco garcia. how are you, sir? ( laughs ) what s the next step, francisco or bob, in your mind with. with michael? martin smith: meet michael clifford. i didn t see the
tonight on frontline. it s education for profit. business is booming. are you thinking about going back to school? they ll find you a loan. it was just such an incredibly simple process. give you a diploma. we educate the students that traditional higher education has given up on. but what are the costs? i really am at a dead end, and the student loans are going to keep mounting, and mounting, and mounting. the danger is a kind of a fast-food-ization of higher education itself. this is an online university. this is what it looks like. correspondent martin smith investigates. you ve been in office now for a year. what have you done to stop this? college inc. ( phone dialing ) hey, willy. michael. could you give me a call when you get a chance? thanks. ( phone dialing ) francisco garcia. how are you, sir? ( laughs ) what s the next step, francisco or bob, in your mind with. with michael? martin smith: meet michael clifford. i didn t see the
they ll find you a loan. it was just such an incredibly simple process. give you a diploma. we educate the students that traditional higher education has given up on. but what are the costs? i really am at a dead end, and the student loans are going to keep mounting, and mounting, and mounting. the danger is a kind of a fast-food-ization of higher education itself. this is an online university. this is what it looks like. correspondent martin smith investigates. you ve been in office now for a year. what have you done to stop this? college inc. ( phone dialing ) hey, willy. michael. could you give me a call when you get a chance? thanks. ( phone dialing ) francisco garcia. how are you, sir? ( laughs ) what s the next step, francisco or bob, in your mind with. with michael? martin smith: meet michael clifford. i didn t see the email confirmation from them. did they confirm? smith: he calls himself an educational entrepreneur. dennis read on i
( bell rings ) tonight on frontline. it s education for profit. business is booming. are you thinking about going back to school? they ll find you a loan. it was just such an incredibly simple process. give you a diploma. we educate the students that traditional higher education has given up on. but what are the costs? i really am at a dead end, and the student loans are going to keep mounting, and mounting, and mounting. the danger is a kind of a fast-food-ization of higher education itself. this is an online university. this is what it looks like. correspondent martin smith investigates. you ve been in office now for a year. what have you done to stop this? college inc. ( phone dialing ) hey, willy. michael. could you give me a call when you get a chance? thanks. ( phone dialing ) francisco garcia. how are you, sir? ( laughs ) what s the next step, francisco or bob, in your mind with. with michael? martin smith: meet michael clifford. i