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Panel: Cut ties with accreditor of for-profit schools

By JENNIFER C. KERR and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press
Published: June 24, 2016, 3:42pm

WASHINGTON — An advisory panel to the Education Department has voted to recommend the government sever ties with a group that accredits many of the nation’s for-profit colleges, including schools once owned by the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges Inc. — a critical vote that could lead schools to close their doors and threaten financial aid to hundreds of thousands of students.

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