[yequalsx]

Perhaps there are reasons for this that have nothing to do with money. Many for-profits have very shady marketing and admissions policies. Almost all of them have very low academic standards. Mostly their money revenue comes from student loans that have very little chance of ever being paid off. Public institutions aren't quite at this stage of immoral behavior. This is why, I presume, that the for-profits are being targeted. Teachers who fail students at for-profits tend to get fired. Their incentives to just pass anyone. Working at a community college I do get nudges to increase the pass rate but I know I'm not getting fired for failing students who don't know enough to pass.

[yummyfajitas]

Many for-profits have very shady marketing and admissions policies. Almost all of them have very low academic standards.

Some non-profits have similar problems. Why exempt them from the rules? If these are real problems, why not pass laws against them and let the chips fall where they may?

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/feature/colle...

Your argument is analogous to this one: "blacks are more likely to rob people, so lets exempt whites from laws against robbery."

[yequalsx]

I wasn't giving an argument. I was giving an explanation on how such a law could be made without it being the product of pressure fom some lobbying.