From 1998 to 2008, while enrollment at traditional colleges and universities increased just 20%, the for-profit sector grew dramatically, rising more than 230%. Much of the new institutions’ growth came through minority and low-income students, which make up 37% and 50% of the schools’ enrollments, including many veterans.

The following is reprinted courtesy of Jeffrey Seglin, lecturer in public policy and director of the Harvard Kennedy School Communications Program:

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Recent research indicates that, despite the recovery of the American economy and the relative rise in incomes, the median income in the United States remains below what it was at the beginning of the recent recession.