Looks like Mitt Romney wandered off the rhetorical reservation again–this time plugging the sometimes dubious merits of for-profit colleges as a marketplace solution for the soaring cost of higher education. That’s what happened in New Hampshire and Iowa where the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination gave endorsements to Winter Park’s own Full Sail University. Full Sail, which specializes in training students for careers in various entertainment-related fields, is not cheap, sports a spotty graduation rate, and is run by Bill Heavener, a campaign donor and co-chair of Romney’s Florida fund-raising team.
Some advice for Gov. Romney. Do your homework. There’s a reason why for-profit colleges are under siege in Washington. And next time you want to give a Sunshine State school a public shout-out, try that other FSU.