For-profit colleges aggressively recruit students and rely heavily on federal financial aid. While this aid allows many to attend college, some students are left with debts they cannot repay if the degrees do not lead to well-paying jobs or the schools provide a subpar education. Critics argue this is an unfair burden on students and taxpayers, and that for-profit schools prioritize profits over student outcomes. Students faced with unusable degrees or inability to repay loans due to the schools' practices deserve recourse from the colleges that arranged their financing.