SAN DIEGO, Jan. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgepoint
Education, Inc. (NYSE: BPI), a provider of postsecondary education
services focused on providing higher access to higher education,
has announced plans to open a new location in Denver, Colo. When it opens, the Bridgepoint
Education office expects to bring more than 500 new jobs to the
Denver area.
Bridgepoint Education plans to occupy office space located in
downtown Denver. The office space
is expected to be used to support student services for Bridgepoint
Education's universities, Ashford
University and University of the Rockies.
"We're looking forward to becoming an active part of the
Denver community," said
Bridgepoint Education chief administrative officer Rocky Sheng. "Not only do we believe that
Bridgepoint Education will make a significant financial impact on
Denver in terms of added jobs and
tax revenue, but we also intend to be responsible corporate
citizens and have a positive influence on Denver, just as we have in the communities of
our other locations."
The Denver location would add
to Bridgepoint Education's current facilities now operating in four
states. The company also has locations in San Diego, Calif., Colorado Springs, Colo., Clinton, Iowa, and Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
"Bridgepoint Education will bring needed jobs to Denver and surely boost our state's
highly-educated workforce," said Colorado Governor John
Hickenlooper. "We welcome the contribution Bridgepoint
Education will make to Colorado's
economic revival."
About Bridgepoint Education
Bridgepoint Education's postsecondary education services focus
on offering associate's, bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs
in such disciplines as business, education, psychology, social
sciences and health sciences. Bridgepoint Education's regionally
accredited academic institutions – Ashford
University and University of the Rockies – deliver their
programs online as well as at traditional campuses located in
Clinton, Iowa, and Colorado Springs, Colorado. For more
information about Bridgepoint Education, visit
www.bridgepointeducation.com or call Shari
Rodriguez, associate vice president of Public Relations, at
858.668.2580.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, including statements regarding the planned operations of
Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (the "Company") in Denver, Colo. Forward-looking statements are
based on information available at the time those statements are
made and management's good faith belief as of that time with
respect to future events, and are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual events to differ materially
from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking
statements.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the
statements are made. You should not put undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no obligation to
update forward-looking statements to reflect actual results,
changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting
forward-looking information, except to the extent required by
applicable securities laws. If the Company does update one or more
forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that the
Company will make additional updates with respect to those or other
forward-looking statements.
Contact: Shari Rodriguez,
Associate Vice President of Public Relations
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858.668.2580 –
shari.rodriguez@bridgepointeducation.com
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SOURCE Bridgepoint Education, Inc.