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Strayer Education (STRA) announced after Friday's close a 20% drop in new enrollments, signaling...

Monday, January 10, 2011, 9:07 AM ET
Strayer Education (STRA) announced after Friday's close a 20% drop in new enrollments, signaling continuing struggles for the for-profit education industry, already under government scrutiny for saddling students with debt while not fully preparing them for the workforce. STRA -25.1%, CECO -10.2%, APOL -9.2%, CPLA -9.2%, COCO -8.1%, BPI -6.8% premarket. (PR)

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inthemoney Comments (981)

And these were hot stocks just a year ago. Just goes to show how treacherous investing in the stock market really is.

10 Jan 2011, 09:21 AM Reply Like

Tony Petroski Comments (6373)

inthemoney: More like betting at a casino than investing.

"...already under government scrutiny for saddling students with debt while not fully preparing them for the workforce."

Change "straddling students" to "straddling taxpayers" and you have an accurate assessment of our public school system in general.

10 Jan 2011, 09:41 AM Reply Like

Duude Comments (3280)

"...saddling students with debt while not fully preparing them for the workforce."

Much could be said of the country's secondary school system accept the debt burden is being saddled by taxpayers.

10 Jan 2011, 02:19 PM Reply Like

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