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Because of this profit motive, some such colleges have in the past been investigated for or been charged with illegally admitting students to falsely obtain government -granting colleges with Accreditation from an agency that is recognized by the U.S. Department Of Education and is authorized to distribute Title IV student financial aid must meet exacting standards. Students wishing to attend a proprietary college should consider the institution's accreditation. It is also typical that a majority of students attending proprietary colleges receive some form of government financial aid, such as Pell Grants and student loans. LIST OF PROPRIETARY COLLEGES
CLASSIFICATION Proprietary colleges are sometimes called ''career colleges'', '' Business College s'', ''proprietary schools'', ''institutes'', or ''for-profit colleges''. However, the term preferred by the Association for Proprietary Colleges is Proprietary colleges. Association for Proprietary Colleges web site Kevin Kinser, assistant professor of Educational Administration and policy at the University At Albany , has proposed a "Multidimensional classification" scheme of for-profit higher education.''For-Profit Institutions Need to be Classified, Too'', by Kevin Kinser, '' Chronicle Of Higher Education '', March 30, 2007, pp. B9-B10. Kinser's classes of proprietary colleges are organized by these criteria: 1. Geographic scope:
2. Ownership dimension:
3. Highest degree granted:
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