Obama Aid Rules Rile For-Profits, Spur Letter Blitz

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Matthew Kapral, a student at Education Management Corp.’s Art Institute of Pittsburgh, was walking to class in July when a school representative sat him in front of a computer and coached him on a letter opposing limits on federal student aid to for-profit colleges.

“They kind of started it off with a paragraph, and I added a sentence or two myself,” said Kapral, who estimated that his bachelor’s degree in graphic design will cost him $84,000.