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Working as a Recruiter at For-Profit University?
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - January 7, 2010 4:26 pm EST
ProPublica has been looking into some of the recruiting techniques at for-profit universities, such as the University of Phoenix. Other big for-profits include Strayer, Everest and ITT, to name a few.
If you have ever worked, or still work, as a recruiter at one of these schools, we’d love to hear about your experiences – good and bad. What was your training like? What techniques did you use? What problems, if any, did you observe? Please contact Sharona Coutts by e-mail (and let her know how she can reach you by phone). If … more…
Read MoreSetting the Record Straight on Our Student Default Rate Story
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - December 24, 2009 3:40 pm EST
University of Phoenix Settles Suit Over Recruitment Practices
by Sharona Coutts and Robin Fields, ProPublica - December 16, 2009 12:10 pm EST
Chart: Three-Year Default Rates on Student Loans
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - December 16, 2009 10:15 am EST
Real Student Default Rates Much Higher Than Previously Known
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - December 16, 2009 9:39 am EST
Share Your Experiences as a Student at For-Profit Colleges
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - December 9, 2009 9:18 am EST
Prominent Political Fundraiser Pleads Guilty in N.Y. Pension Scandal
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - December 4, 2009 12:00 am EST
AIG May Soon Lose Crown as Biggest Bailout Debtor
by Sharona Coutts and Paul Kiel, ProPublica - December 1, 2009 4:20 pm EST
University of Phoenix’s Curious Take on the Law
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - November 11, 2009 8:35 am EST
University of Phoenix Responds to ProPublica/Marketplace Investigation
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - November 5, 2009 5:37 pm EST
At University of Phoenix, Allegations of Enrollment Abuses Persist
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - November 3, 2009 6:00 pm EST
NY’s A.G. Cuomo Proposes Reforms to Pension System
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - October 8, 2009 4:58 pm EST
UBS and the Taxpayers’ Hidden Billions
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - August 25, 2009 8:48 am EST
Should AIG Be Keeping Terms of Deals Secret?
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - July 21, 2009 3:29 pm EST
Earn Like Goldman Sachs, a ProPublica How-To
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - July 16, 2009 2:02 pm EST
Details of Some AIG Sales Kept From Public
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - July 15, 2009 10:20 am EST
How Big is AIG’s Bailout ... Really?
by Sharona Coutts and Paul Kiel, ProPublica - July 7, 2009 12:46 pm EST
AIG Hires Former Critic to Sell Off Assets
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - June 29, 2009 9:00 am EST
With Labor Leader on California Pension Boards, Financial Firms Fattened Union Campaign Fund
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica, and Seth Hettena, Special to ProPublica - June 13, 2009 5:28 pm EST
Can You Pass the SAT of Influence? Our Placement Agent Guide
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - May 18, 2009 9:42 am EST
$20 Million Settlement Sets New Ethic in Pension Deals
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - May 15, 2009 3:39 pm EST
Pension Scandal Prompts Two Resignations in LA
by Seth Hettena, Special to ProPublica and Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - May 7, 2009 9:43 pm EST
New Arrest Heats Up Pension Kickback Scandal
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - April 30, 2009 4:50 pm EST
Decoder: The Pension Fund Scandal
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - April 30, 2009 12:12 pm EST
California Pension Fund to Regulate Placement Agents
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - April 27, 2009 8:35 pm EST
SEC Letters Outline “Informal Inquiry” into California Pension Deals
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - April 24, 2009 9:43 pm EST
Indicted NY Consultant Earned Fees From LA Police and Fire Pension Plan
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - April 24, 2009 11:08 am EST
California Firm Split Fees With Figure in N.Y. Pension Scandal
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - April 22, 2009 7:13 pm EST
Catch-22: Can AIG Repay Taxpayers?
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - April 9, 2009 12:05 pm EST
Catch-22: Can AIG Repay Taxpayers?
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - April 9, 2009 12:05 pm EST
AIG Versus Greenberg: The War Intensifies
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - April 2, 2009 11:23 am EST
AIG Declares War on Former CEO
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - April 1, 2009 10:17 pm EST
How Hard the Fed Looked for AIG’s Potential Losses
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - March 25, 2009 9:37 am EST
Conflicting Accounts About Geithner’s Involvement With AIG Bonuses
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - March 19, 2009 1:00 pm EST
Which Hedge Funds Are Collecting Under the AIG Bailout?
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - March 19, 2009 9:57 am EST
Timeline: AIG and Their Bonuses
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - March 18, 2009 5:13 pm EST
AIG’s Bonus Blow-Up: The Essential Q&A
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - March 18, 2009 5:12 pm EST
AIG Bonus Scandal—Bernanke and Fed Signed Off
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - March 18, 2009 2:09 pm EST
Another $8 Billion Or So on the Line for AIG
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - March 16, 2009 12:10 pm EST
A Mini Mystery in AIG’s Sale of Insurance Subsidiary
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - February 20, 2009 4:36 pm EST
How Serious Are Treasury’s New TARP Lobbying Limits?
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - January 28, 2009 12:11 pm EST
The Wrinkle to Geithner’s Tax Troubles
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - January 14, 2009 11:31 am EST
On the Way Out, the SEC Chief’s Non-Mea Culpa
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - December 24, 2008 11:37 am EST
Another (Little-Noticed) Setback for Gitmo Prosecutors
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - December 8, 2008 5:27 pm EST
Warrantless Wiretapping Used in Terrorist Trial?
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - December 8, 2008 11:45 am EST
IRS Ponders Offshore Tax Shelters—and So Do We
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - December 3, 2008 4:40 pm EST
Midnight Reg Watch: More Conflicts for Investment Advisers
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - December 2, 2008 5:37 pm EST
New Jersey to Goldman Sachs: Please Explain
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - December 2, 2008 3:24 pm EST
A Bailout That Works?
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - November 26, 2008 11:40 am EST
Still ‘Hope’ For Gov’s Homeowners Program?
by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - November 25, 2008 5:18 pm EST
Goldman Sachs Sells New Jersey Bonds, Then Warns of Default
by Dustan McNichol, Newark Star-Ledger and Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - November 24, 2008 1:15 pm EST
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Sharona Coutts graduated with honors from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2008. Prior to that, she worked at Australia’s leading investigative radio program, Background Briefing, at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Coutts worked as a producer and reporter at the ABC on and off from 2002 to 2007 while pursuing a law degree. She clerked for a justice of the High Court of Australia in 2005.
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