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Wednesday, February 02, 2005
60 Minutes Says For-profit Colleges Mislead Students - University Business
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.
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