June 25, 2012, 12:05 AM
One of the agencies that accredits San Francisco's California Culinary Academy is questioning the veracity of the college's reported job placement rates – ordering the school's parent company to provide audited placement data by September in order to maintain its accreditation...
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January 27, 2012, 12:05 AM
The accreditor that oversees several campuses owned by for-profit college company Career Education Corp. is demanding that it submit more accurate data on its job placement rates as part of a "show-cause" hearing, saying data the firm provided to the accrediting council in December was...
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December 5, 2011, 12:05 AM
A former for-profit college CEO who resigned last month after an investigation revealed the company was inflating job placement rates will receive a compensation package worth more than $5 million under the terms of his separation agreement, according to a recent filing with the U.S....
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November 18, 2011, 12:05 AM
New figures show two California campuses owned by for-profit education firm Career Education Corp. appear to have placed fewer than 65 percent of graduates in jobs – the minimum job placement rate required by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools. And while Career...
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November 7, 2011, 12:05 AM
A for-profit education company with five campuses in California disclosed last week that an investigation by outside counsel found the company was inflating job placement calculations at several of its campuses – just one day after the company announced the CEO’s resignation. The...
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August 10, 2011, 12:05 AM
A for-profit education company with five locations in California has admitted that some of its health education campuses reported inflated job placement rates for its graduates. The announcement comes as the Illinois-based Career Education Corporation has tentatively agreed [PDF...
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