After graduating from high school, Purkayastha enrolled in Manhattan's Baruch College but dropped out during orientation week to focus fulltime on truffles.

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At orientation last week, IMG executives Jarrad Clark and Andrew Serrano, both former volunteers themselves, gave a sort of pep talk to a group of some 60 young adults chosen by the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

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"We had a one-week orientation then we went to our host families and that was kind of shocking, " he says.

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Silber of BMO Capital Markets says that for-profit schools have been responding to the scrutiny with some changes, like the free three-week orientation University of Phoenix started offering this year, to applicants who have fewer than 24 college credits.

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"Currently, the BSA is discussing potentially removing the national membership restriction regarding sexual orientation, " Boy Scouts spokesman Deron Smith said in a written statement announcing the proposed change last week.

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