AIU Online Opens Portland Admissions Center
May 25 2004 - 5:33PM
PR Newswire (US)
AIU Online Opens Portland Admissions Center Expects to Employ 400
in First Year; Open House for Prospective Employees on May 26
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- American
InterContinental University (AIU) Online, one of the nation's
fastest-growing universities, announced today that it has opened a
regional admissions center in Portland, Ore., its first facility
outside the Chicago area. AIU Online expects to employ as many as
400 Portland-area residents during the center's first year of
operation. "AIU Online is growing rapidly and our new Portland
facility will play a pivotal role in our student recruitment
initiatives," said Nick Fluge, chief operating officer of AIU
Online and president of the Online Education Group of parent
company Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ:CECO). "AIU Online has
grown significantly since its launch three years ago, with more
than 14,000 students currently enrolled. Portland has a
high-quality work force and is an ideal place for us to establish a
major admissions center to meet future growth demands." Fluge said
AIU Online already employs more than 70 people at the Portland
center and is actively recruiting admissions advisors. The position
entails working with potential students to help determine their
educational needs and guide them through the university application
and acceptance process. AIU Online will host an open house for
prospective admissions advisors on May 26 at 7:00 p.m. (Pacific) at
14600 NW Greenbrier Parkway, Beaverton, Ore., 97006. "Last year,
AIU Online generated more than 880,000 leads," Fluge said. "We
expect to generate even more leads this year, and we'll need an
increasing number of admissions representatives in differing time
zones to meet the information and planning needs of our prospective
students." The new admissions center is the second major facility
to be opened by AIU Online's parent Career Education Corporation in
the Portland area. CEC acquired Western Culinary Institute in 1996
and has overseen its significant expansion, including its
introduction of the world-renowned Le Cordon Bleu culinary arts
program and its new campus in the Galleria. Fluge served as
president of WCI from 1989 to 1996 and was instrumental in
developing the Le Cordon Bleu partnership for CEC in 1999. He also
serves as chief operating officer for LCB Schools of North America.
Greg Ogdahl, also a former president of Western Culinary Institute,
has been named regional director of the new center. Located at
Cornell Oaks Corporate Center in Beaverton, Ore., the center is
readily accessible by public transportation. Hours of operation
will be Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.
to 6 p.m.; and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Interested individuals
can apply at http://www.aiujobs.com/ . AIU Online offers online
degrees in Business Administration, Information Technology,
Education, Criminal Justice, Healthcare Management, Human Resource
Management, Marketing and Visual Communications. For more
information visit http://www.aiuonline.edu/ . American
InterContinental University is a wholly owned subsidiary of Career
Education Corporation (NASDAQ:CECO). CEC ( http://www.careered.com/
) is the world's largest on-campus provider of private, for-profit
postsecondary education and has a rapidly-growing presence in
online education. CEC's Colleges, Schools and Universities Group
operates 79 campuses in the U.S., Canada, France, the United
Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates and had approximately 85,300
students as of April 30, 2004. AIU Online is the Web- based virtual
campus of American InterContinental University, an international
university with onsite campuses located in Atlanta, GA; Los
Angeles, CA; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Houston, TX; London, England; and
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. American InterContinental University
has been educating students for more than 30 years and is
regionally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools. The number of employees AIU Online expects to employ at
its Portland admissions center mentioned in this release is a
"forward-looking statement." It is based upon various assumptions,
and certain risks and uncertainties could cause the number of
employees at the Portland admissions center to differ materially
from the figure stated in the release. Factors that could cause
such differences include delays associated with opening the new
admissions center, a lack of qualified applicants, changes in
general economic conditions and those matters disclosed in Career
Education Corporation's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Career Education Corporation assumes no obligation to
update this forward-looking statement. DATASOURCE: American
InterContinental University CONTACT: Bart Levitt of AIU Online,
+1-847-851-5105, Web site: http://www.careered.com/
http://www.aiujobs.com/ http://www.aiuonline.edu/
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