Some for-profit institutions say they just wanted face-to-face access to their students on military bases like other traditional colleges that operate there.
But veterans' groups and some Democratic senators are upset by a provision approved Tuesday as part of a defense policy bill that essentially eases for-profit colleges' access to military bases.
Those for-profit colleges have argued that they've been denied access to military bases because of Pentagon policy briefs that prohibit institutions from providing counseling services alone, which primarily affects online-based colleges. The problem has had the greatest effect on online-based institutions that enroll significant numbers of military students, like American Public University System, which operates American Military University and American Public University.
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