An article in the New York Times discusses the plight of low-income women who attended various beauty schools that have since been shutdown for corruption. This case will hopefully generate interest in examining all the schools that collect student loan money, but fail to provide students with value for their debt.

Herman De Jesus, a senior program associate for the New Economy Project, an advocacy organization, said that though the three beauty schools had long been closed, other trade schools continued to prey on students.

“Schools are targeting low-income people and people of color for the sole purpose of drawing down large sums of federal aid dollars,” Mr. De Jesus said. The schools “have no intention of providing them with a quality education.”