Jeff Brandes files bill aimed at protecting private college students
State Senator Jeff Brandes filed legislation Monday that would put into place a series of protections for students enrolled in private Florida colleges, vocational schools or any other private post-secondary institution. The bill aims to address small private pop-up colleges that notoriously charge high fees on top of a relatively small general tuition leading students to rack up a mountain of student loan debt. Examples of such schools are the big ones like University of Phoenix or Kaiser University, but…