Walter Pryor Joins Career Education Corporation

Career Education Corporation (CEC) (NASDAQ: CECO), a global provider of post-secondary education programs and services, today announced the hiring of Walter Pryor as Vice President of Government Affairs.

Pryor is an attorney with extensive experience in Washington, D.C., most recently as principal and general counsel of The Podesta Group. He served as legislative director to Sen. Mark Pryor from 2003 to 2006. Before that, he was deputy director and managing attorney for the National Association of Attorneys General and a member of the Justice Department during the administration of President Bill Clinton.

“We are excited to be adding Walter’s significant experience to our organization at a time when proprietary post-secondary education is focused on demonstrating the value it provides to educating students,” said Gary E. McCullough, president and chief executive officer. “These are difficult economic times when access to post-secondary education for underserved student populations is critical to meeting the President’s goals for additional college graduates. Walter will lead our efforts to work with lawmakers and administration officials to demonstrate the strong value our schools provide to students and to ensure student access to proprietary post-secondary education.”

Robert M. McNamara, Jr., senior vice president for government relations at CEC, will work with Pryor during a period of transition. McNamara plans to retire in June 2011. “With his vast legal and political experience, Bob has been a tremendous asset to our company and a driving force behind many internal processes that have created the strict compliance culture that exists across our schools today. I’m pleased he has agreed to work with his successor during this transition before enjoying his retirement,” McCullough said.

Pryor received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, and a political science degree from Hendrix College. He began his career as a litigator in private practice with two Washington, D.C., law firms.

About Career Education Corporation

The colleges, schools and universities that are part of the Career Education Corporation ("CEC") family offer high-quality education to a diverse student population of more than 116,000 students across the world in a variety of career-oriented disciplines. The approximately 90 campuses that serve these students are located throughout the U.S. and in France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Monaco, and offer doctoral, master's, bachelor's and associate degrees and diploma and certificate programs. Approximately 40 percent of CEC’s students attend the web-based virtual campuses of American InterContinental University, Colorado Technical University, International Academy of Design & Technology and Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts.

CEC is an industry leader whose brands are recognized globally. Those brands include, among others, American InterContinental University ("AIU"); Brooks Institute; Colorado Technical University ("CTU"); Harrington College of Design; INSEEC Group ("INSEEC") Schools, including the International University of Monaco ("IUM"); International Academy of Design & Technology ("IADT"); Istituto Marangoni; Le Cordon Bleu North America ("LCB"); and Sanford-Brown Institutes and Colleges. Through our schools, CEC is committed to providing quality education, enabling students to graduate and pursue rewarding career opportunities.

For more information, see CEC's website at www.careered.com. The website includes a detailed listing of individual campus locations and web links to CEC's colleges, schools, and universities. CEC does not guarantee employment or salary.

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