Issues
What is the GAO?
The U.S. Government Accountability Office [ www.gao.gov ] is the investigative arm of Congress with the responsibility of improving performance and accountability of the federal government for the benefit of the American people. The GAO performed undercover testing of the admissions practices of a random sample of 15 for-profit schools. This testing found fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading conduct at each of the schools visited.
GAO Reports
GAO Undercover Video
GAO Undercover Audio Files
Undercover recordings of visits by GAO agents to for-profit schools.
The files below contain audio recordings of 26 visits to 13 for-profit schools in 2010. GAO visited each school twice, posing once as an applicant who was eligible to receive both grants and loans (Scenario 1), and once as an applicant with a salary and assets that would qualify the applicant only for unsubsidized loans (Scenario 2).
School 1
Scenario 1
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 81.8MB
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 26 seconds
Scenario 2
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 48.6MB
Duration: 53 minutes 10 seconds
School 2
Scenario 1
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 106MB
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 26 seconds
Scenario 2
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 58.8MB
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 15 seconds
School 3
Scenario 1
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 63.9MB
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 48 seconds
Scenario 2
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 102MB
Duration: 55 minutes 52 seconds
School 4
Scenario 1 Not Available
Scenario 2
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 73.8MB
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 41 seconds
School 5
Scenario 1
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 123MB
Duration: 2 hours 14 minutes 26 seconds
Scenario 2
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 54.4MB
Duration: 59 minutes 28 seconds
School 6
Scenario 1
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 32.2MB
Duration: 35 minutes 11 seconds
Scenario 2
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 39MB
Duration: 42 minutes 39 seconds
School 7
Scenario 1
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 334MB
Duration: 3 hours 2 minutes 32 seconds
Scenario 2
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 93.6MB
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 19 seconds
School 8
Scenario 1
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 177MB
Duration: 3 hours 13 minutes 26 seconds
Scenario 2
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 52.6MB
Duration: 57 minutes 31 seconds
School 9
Scenario 1
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 34.3MB
Duration: 37 minutes 29 seconds
Scenario 2
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 27.4MB
Duration: 29 minutes 56 seconds
School 10
Scenario 1
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 45.3MB
Duration: 49 minutes 28 seconds
Scenario 2
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 62.1MB
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 55 seconds
School 11
Scenario 1
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 45.6MB
Duration: 49 minutes 54 seconds
Scenario 2
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 48.7MB
Duration: 53 minutes 13 seconds
School 12
Scenario 1
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 181MB
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 13 seconds
Scenario 2
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 330MB
Duration: 3 hours 13 seconds
School 13
Scenario 1
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 237MB
Duration: 2 hours 9 minutes 30 seconds
Scenario 2
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 208MB
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 59 seconds
School 14
Scenario 1
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 61.5MB
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 13 seconds
Scenario 2
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 78.7MB
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 1 second
School 15
Scenario 1
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 61.9MB
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 38 seconds
Scenario 2
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File Type: MP3
File Size: 83.9MB
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 40 seconds
