October 18, 2002

For-Profit Colleges Pull Out of Higher-Education Group

By ANNE MARIE BORREGO

The Career College Association -- the major lobbying group for for-profit colleges -- has withdrawn from the American Council on Education, citing an inability to agree on key goals for the coming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.

The association represents 950 for-profit and career-related institutions, many of which confer degrees, including the University of Phoenix and Corinthian Colleges.

"It became clear to us that being a part of ACE was more of a

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