Oxford, but Not That Oxford: How a Tiny For-Profit School Suddenly Got Big

College recruiters walked immigrant neighborhoods, knocking on doors or stopping people in shopping malls, selling the merits of a business-school education and adding a surprising offer: Get paid to enroll.

“Money, money, money,” said Stefan Lespizanu, a former recruiter for Oxford Business College. “Everybody was saying, ‘Hey, push the money.”

News of the opportunity spread, propelled by Facebook groups and word of mouth. Whole families signed up, helping turn a vocational school…