Could for-profit colleges be the educational equivalent of the subprime-mortgage market?

That’s one warning raised Thursday by a witness at a Senate hearing, as the schools come under government scrutiny for alleged practices driven more by profit margins than by educational goals.

Although nonprofit institutions still make up the majority of US colleges and universities, enrollment at for-profit colleges has grown by more than 200 percent in the past decade. Their flexible and convenient offerings, including online degrees, have been especially attractive to adult working students.

A family court judge granted a divorce today to Jenny Sanford, the wife of philandering South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.

The court agreed with Jenny Sanford's request to seal the divorce settlement because there were many details included in the agreement that her young children were not aware of.

A family court judge granted a divorce today to Jenny Sanford, the wife of philandering South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.

The court agreed with Jenny Sanford's request to seal the divorce settlement because there were many details included in the agreement that her young children were not aware of.

It seems these days that if a Washington marriage is in the headlines, it because a politician has been caught cheating.

John Edwards' affair and separation from his wife, Elizabeth, and the cheating scandals of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and former N.Y. Gov. Elliot Spitzer, had the tabloids churning and Americans wondering what it is that makes a politician stray from his spouse?

It seems these days that if a Washington marriage is in the headlines, it because a politician has been caught cheating.

John Edwards' affair and separation from his wife, Elizabeth, and the cheating scandals of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and former N.Y. Gov. Elliot Spitzer, had the tabloids churning and Americans wondering what it is that makes a politician stray from his spouse?

It seems these days that if a Washington marriage is in the headlines, it because a politician has been caught cheating.

John Edwards' affair and separation from his wife, Elizabeth, and the cheating scandals of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and former N.Y. Gov. Elliot Spitzer, had the tabloids churning and Americans wondering what it is that makes a politician stray from his spouse?

The estranged wife of South Carolina's adulterous governor said her husband's infidelities make it harder for her to raise morally conscious sons.

'My hope is in the long run they'll be better men for it, better husbands and fathers in the long run,' Jenny Sanford said on 'Good Morning America' today. 'These are weighty subjects to have to discuss with your children.'

South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford recalls how she made the 'leap of faith' to marry husband Gov. Mark Sanford even though the groom refused to promise to be faithful, insisting that the clause be removed from their wedding vows.

'It bothered me to some extent, but ... we were very young, we were in love,' she said in an exclusive interview with Barbara Walters to air on '20/20' Friday. 'I questioned it, but I got past it ... along with other doubts that I had.'

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina legislators will get a briefing on how state revenues are creating a $563 million hole in the proposed spending plan for the next fiscal year as they return to work.

It's one of the first things facing lawmakers Tuesday as they return to Columbia for their January-to-June session.

Closing that gap likely will involve less money for schools, social services, health care and law enforcement. Legislative leaders have said they won't pass a general tax increase, but instead will concentrate on raising the state's reserves as a buffer to future economic slowdowns.

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina legislators will take up a rebuke of Gov. Mark Sanford and try to quickly turn to issues tied to recession-wrecked state finances, new lawsuit limits and property tax breaks.

While they'll talk about tax breaks in the midst of plans to cut state spending by 20 percent, legislators will also talk about raising the nation's lowest cigarette tax.

House Speaker Bobby Harrell expects the House to quickly deal with a resolution rebuking Sanford for travel and spending issues that came to light after his June confession of an affair with an Argentine woman. The censure measure castigates Sanford for 'dereliction in his duties of office, for official misconduct in office and for abuses of power while in office that has brought ridicule and dishonor to himself, the state of South Carolina, and to its citizens.'