Education Dept. Allows Company to Grow

The Career Education Corporation, which the U.S. Department of Education had barred from opening new campuses during a student-aid investigation, announced last week that department had lifted the 18-month-old freeze.

The announcement was a rare bit of good news for the company, which has been dogged by declining enrollment and continuing questions from accreditors and federal regulators about its admissions and educational practices.

In a January 19 letter to the company, the

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