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60 Minutes Says For-profit Colleges Mislead Students

In a "60 Minutes" piece, broadcast Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005, several colleges owned by Career Education Corporation were accused of misleading students, leaving them with sup-par education and training, while burdening them with thousands of dollars in students loans to repay. Additionally, schools like CEC's Brooks College were said to pressure admissions officers into signing up students clearly unfit for college. During the segment a 60 Minutes producer posed as a would-be student for CEC's Sanford-Brown College. During the admissions interview, which was taped with a hidden camera, the prospective student is admitted for training in healthcare, even though she admits to her admissions counselor that she was a "stoner" in high school and had bad grades. Several former admissions officers described themselves as being no better than "used car salesmen" who were forced to focus only on their sales numbers.

The Career College Association anticipated bad press from the segment. At the end of last week the association warned in its 1,270 member organizations in its weekly e-mail memorandum that the 60 Minutes segment might be aired within the month. Association President Nicholas Glakas reportedly wrote to membership that he would deal with anticipated fall-out while outlining a counter advertising and public relations campaign aimed to Washington D.C. legislators.

CCA is concerned about the image of its members and the estimated 1.8 million students enrolled in them. Specifically, CCA is closely monitoring the efforts to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. Provisions in this legislation should be reviewed to allow students at the for-profit colleges to have access to more federal student loan programs, a spokesman says.

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Career Education Corporation Comments on '60 Minutes' Story

"Career Education Corporation is committed to delivering high quality, career-focused learning to the nearly one hundred thousand men and women who are enrolled in our 82 schools, colleges and institutes. We are disappointed that the CBS television show "60 Minutes" has opted to paint us--and by extension the for-profit education industry--with a broad brush based on a few allegations by primarily former employees."