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For Illinois students, the promises of for-profit colleges often ring hollow
Chicago-area resident Nikka Ewing said she was pregnant with her first daughter when she saw a TV commercial for DeVry University, a chain of for-profit colleges with campuses around the country. She said the ad promised a bachelor’s degree in three years …