Getting the government on your side when you are facing a tough fight in court is a time honored technique in American business, and Kaplan and the for profit industry is no stranger to it. The usual approach is to equate the threat to Kaplan or the for profit industry with injury to society, (i.E. Americans are uneducated and need college degrees), then exaggerate the magnitude of the problem beyond recognition, (i.E. If we don't educate every american we will loose control as a world power) and then claim Kaplan has the answer in online education paid for by student loans. This rhetorical strategy makes it seem as if America is hanging on by a thread to its status as world economic power. All will be lost if it is not already, unless legislation is enacted to protect this altruistic industry and provide a college degree to everyone in America at tax payer expense.
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