For-profit education is the "product" that the student (customer) is purchasing. Because they are purchasing it, they are intitled to get what they pay for... The biggiest difference that I see is that they must participate in the service to obtain benefit. From a business stand-point, the for-profit instituition should build "merger" operations between other independent institutions so that when student drop-out, or can not be successful in one discipline, they can be referred to another isnstitution, with a share of the financial revenue between businesses. It like an "up-sell" without holding all of the liability.