Kashia Campbell earned top grades from her patient care technician program at Florida Career College. Florida Career College demanded that she pay more of her loan before it would release her transcript, something she said she had not been told previously. Ms. Campbell’s loan is a tiny fraction of the more than $30 million owed to Florida Career College’s parent company, the International Education Corporation. These school-to-student loans have ensnared hundreds of thousands of students at for-profit colleges. When students borrow directly from a college, they aren’t protected by the same government safeguards they would have if they took out federal loans.

Source: International New York Times March 25, 2021 13:00 UTC