There's a lot of examples in TFA that are just silly. But there's also a lot of instances where schools don't go far enough. Sorry but if at age 15-18 you hit somebody at class, that's assault. I never understood why someone who is old enough to know the law be allowed to skirt it. If it's against the law when you are 25, it should be against the law when you are 17. Too many kids get away with crap in their teens and continue that into their adult life because they were never corrected.

What's next? Banning cars to stop drunk driving? Go after the people who create a public disturbance, if necessary.

More like identity theft.

Who would have thought. I care about my privacy, but I see no reason to ditch my iPhone 4 over this: 1. It's not accurate 2. It doesn't get sent to Apple 3. Even if it did get sent to Apple, they can use that information to better manage their cell-tower connection code or what have you, I see that as a Win for the consumer. Seriously, it's like people complaining that their credit card keeps track of the date/time/location of their purchases (which I'd be MORE worried about, with the amount of money I spend in liquor stores!).

Our IT sector is already entrenched. Intel alone employs more people in my county than any other employer, and that doesn't include other silicon shops (FEI, etc.) or other innovation based firms (Genentech, or the hundreds of new media/content producers and hosters that aren't a part of the industrial tech scene). Wyden is a good guy, I voted for him. But he's a politician, so he's doing what a politician does.

Welcome ;) In reality this also has to do with our large IT industry here in Oregon, which is expanding as we speak. He doesn't want something as stupid as this draconian law to impede that.

I clicked the story expecting something completely different. Not the "horniest" I was looking for.

21st century version of a protection racket? "Do what we say or we'll beat your connections down."

http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?52,378166 I'm sure there's more exa

I'm not disagreeing that there are problems with the for-profit model (including lack of oversight). What I am saying is that there are people out there (like myself), who have had positive experiences with for-profit schools, such as: 1. Measurable outcomes to demonstrate the effectiveness of the coursework 2. Positive results in career advancement, partially based on the education 3. A feeling of personal accomplishment Saying that any online school is a scam is insulting, just like saying that your University of X_State_01 is full of drunken, womanizing, drunk, frat boys. I welcome more government oversight of for-profit Universities. But I'm also happy with my decision to get my BS from a for-profit University, and use it what I learned over those 4 years in my current position.

One can make the same argument about some brick and mortar colleges as well. I'm a graduate of a "for-profit" University, and found the coursework to be on par with friends that attended "traditional" universities. Having taken both traditional and for-profit/flex/adult classes, I feel that online universities require more effort as far as personal discipline. That said, there are a lot of diploma mills out there that DO fit your description. But don't lump all online Universities together. Last I checked, even Ivy League schools offer online programs now. I'd argue that even major Universities operate with a profit in mind (that may not be purely financial, but personal gain is personal gain).