Career Education Corporation Announces Brooks College Re-Accreditation.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Career Education Corporation (Nasdaq:CECO) today announced that Brooks College's accrediting commission has reaffirmed the college's accreditation at its campuses in Long Beach and Sunnyvale, California and has removed the campuses from probation. The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACCJC) originally placed Brooks College on probation in June 2004, following its re-accreditation review.

Since 1977, Brooks College has been accredited by ACCJC and has dedicated itself to providing a quality education to those students planning careers in fashion design/merchandising, graphic design, interior design, multimedia, animation and network technology. Brooks College's "hands-on" programs are taught by experienced professionals, providing the students with skills to better meet the demands and needs of the job market.

"We are pleased to see that ACCJC recognized the significant progress that we have made over this past year," said Al Nederhood, President of Brooks College. "We appreciate the recommendations that the Commission made to the institution, and we are committed to continuing our work with the Commission to ensure our institution's educational integrity, effectiveness and quality."

Career Education Corporation (www.careered.com) is one of the largest providers of private, for-profit postsecondary education and has a presence in both on-campus and online education. CEC's Colleges, Schools and Universities Group operates over 80 campuses in the U.S., Canada, France, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates and offers doctoral degree, master's degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree and diploma programs in the career-oriented disciplines of business studies, visual communication and design technologies, health education, information technology, and culinary arts. The Online Education Group operates American InterContinental University Online and Colorado Technical University Online and offers a variety of degrees in information technology, business, visual communication and education. CEC's total student population on April 30, 2005 was approximately 96,700 students.

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