for profit
Example Sentences
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A private for-profit company, American Advanced Management, swooped to the rescue of Glenn Medical and a nearby hospital in Colusa County, buying them and keeping them open.
From Los Angeles Times
Atlanta officials think that with for-profit supermarket management they can avoid the failures of some other government grocery experiments.
It was enacted amid a federal crackdown on for-profit colleges that contributed to the closure of several chains accused of fraud, including Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute.
From Seattle Times
Like the Obama rule, the new proposal would apply to all programs at for-profit colleges, but only to certificate programs at traditional universities.
From Seattle Times
That amounts to a death sentence for most programs, especially at for-profit colleges that rely heavily on students who use federal financial aid to pay for tuition.
From Seattle Times
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