The for-profit Oxford Business College is not affiliated with the prestigious Oxford University, but under the UK’s free-market changes to higher education, it has grown into a fast-growing corner of the British university system. The college recruiters were offering people to get paid to enroll in their business-school education, and this opportunity was spread through Facebook groups and word of mouth. The college transformed into a for-profit juggernaut, with several campuses and over 8,000 students, making millions of dollars for its owners. The college has at least three partnership deals with accredited, publicly funded universities, which provide undergraduate degrees and access to the UK government’s student aid. Through these deals, every new student admitted means tuition money for both the college and its publicly funded partner, creating huge incentives to enroll students. The college has been offering loans for living expenses, which can be pocketed by students without the intention of meaningful study, and the regulator warns that partnership agreements are vulnerable to exploitation. The college has marketing campaigns that sometimes conflict with good academic standards, and some applicants who plagiarized answers on admissions tests were still admitted. The school has
