- Brooks College
Brooks College is a system of two
for-profit colleges in Long Beach andSunnyvale, California . They offercareer college programs in a variety of areas. The school in Long Beach is best known for itsfashion design and fashion marketing programs (and their ads on late-night television). These schools are owned by theCareer Education Corporation and accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of theWestern Association of Schools and Colleges .Controversy
Brooks College was the subject of an unfavorable examination of for-profit trade schools in the
CBS news magazine "60 Minutes ". Three recent graduates who were in the top of their class were interviewed. They were unable to find jobs in the fields in which they were trained for and they blamed Brooks College for making misrepresentations to them regarding placement statistics among other things. [ [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/31/60minutes/main670479.shtml "For-Profit College: Costly Lesson Career Education Corporation"] ,CBS News , January 30, 2005]chool Closure
In June 2007, Career Education Corporation announced that it will close both campuses of Brooks college. The Sunnyvale campus is scheduled to close in March 2008, while the Long Beach campus will continue until March 2009. [ [http://chronicle.com/news/article/2593/career-education-corp-will-close-3-colleges-it-has-tried-to-sell "Career Education Corp Will Close 3 Colleges It Has Tried to Sell" Chronical of Higher Education, June 29, 2007] ] Shortly after this announcement, San Francisco's Academy of Art University announced that Brooks College students who enroll at the academy can transfer up to 66 units for BFA programs and up to 33 units for AA programs. [ [http://www.academyart.edu/admissions/undergraduate.html Academy of Art University website] ]
The property in Long Beach being leased by Brooks College was sold to the
California State University, Long Beach Foundation for future use as CSULB student housing. [ [http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_6625398 Press-Telegram, August 15, 2007] ] Brooks College will remain at the location until its closure in March 2009.References
External links
* [http://www.brookscollege.edu/ Brooks College Long Beach]
* [http://www.brookssv.com/ Brooks College - Sunnyvale]
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