Elites so disdain for-profit education these days that perhaps no one who “matters” will complain that the Department of Defense has banned the University of Phoenix from on-base recruiting. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the DoD appears to be responding to Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), who in June sought an investigation into the recruiting practices of the now-hobbled giant online educator. Durbin has been attacking for-profits for years.

The Journal article reported that Durbin wants to go further:

Sen. Durbin said that he will be calling on the Department of Education and the Department of Veterans Affairs to review the Defense Department’s findings to possibly bar Phoenix from enrolling students who are using GI Bill benefits.

The Journal also quoted the head of a veterans’ group as saying that the step was “great and long overdue news” because the school was considered a problem for veterans.

Perhaps UoP was a problem for veterans who took its courses. Maybe the courses weren’t that good. Maybe they cost too much. You don’t have to hold a brief for the University of Phoenix, though, to wonder what the due process for such a ban is, if any. And, equally important, whom will they come for next?