Kendrick Harrison, a disabled Army veteran who fought in Iraq, was enrolled at Argosy University, a for-profit college system that suddenly closed in March. When it shut down, Argosy had not paid out quarterly stipends it was obligated to send to students receiving financial aid. It still hasn’t. Harrison’s missing stipend totals nearly $2,500. Without it, he couldn’t pay his rent. He, his wife, and their six children have been evicted from their home. It’s the kids he’s worried about. “I can take it,” he says, “but to them? It’s not fair to them to be uprooted.”
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