Failed for-profit’s students could ‘fall through cracks’, MP fears

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#1 Submitted by Dennis A. Ahlburg on September 26, 2019 - 7:52pm

About 1500 students remain unplaced. Of those that have been placed, will all of their courses at GSM be accepted by the new institution or will transferring students only be able to to transfer some courses? Unless courses are freely accepted the cost of a degree will rise and the public cost as well. So the terms of the transfer of students are critical.

Failed for-profit’s students could ‘fall through cracks’, MP fears

HE institutions have offered more than 2,000 places to GSM students, but uncertainty remains over fate of others

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Failed for-profit’s students could ‘fall through cracks’, MP fears

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