Frederick M. Hess ("The Irrational Fear of For-Profit Education," op-ed, Dec. 18) highlights the bias against "for-profit" ventures in education. The real driver is the group-think influenced by adoption of the Orwellian "non-profit" label. Distinguishing between "non-profit" and "for-profit" is misleading. For any venture to stay afloat, revenues must meet or exceed expenses. The excess of revenues over expenditures is profit, whether earned by a private or public company. The only significant difference between "for-profit" and "non-profit" is that the former pays taxes on the excess of revenues over expenditures, while...