For-profit colleges questioned

The nation's for-profit colleges, including those in the Louisville region, are undergoing increasing federal scrutiny over how they perform and operate. A Senate education committee led by Chairman Tom Harkin, met Thursday to discuss how these colleges spend federal dollars. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Education is drafting new rules calling for these colleges to be more open about how they operate and to change their aggressive recruiting tactics, which have included paying recruiters based on how many students they bring in