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Brightwood College, formerly Kaplan College, was a system of for-profit colleges in the United States, owned and operated by Education Corporation of America. Main qualifications offered included health, business, criminal justice, information technology, nursing and professional training (trades) programs. [1]
Kaplan University ( KU) was a private online for-profit university owned by Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company. It was predominantly a distance learning institution, maintaining 14 ground locations across the United States. The university was named in honor of Stanley H. Kaplan, [3] who founded Kaplan Test Prep. [4]
The California Community Colleges is a postsecondary education system in the U.S. state of California. [1] Despite its plural name, the system is consistently referred to in California law as a singular entity. [1] The system includes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and 73 community college districts.
Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (CCi) was a for-profit post-secondary education company in North America. Its subsidiaries offered career-oriented diploma and degree programs in health care, business, criminal justice, transportation technology and maintenance, construction trades, and information technology. [1] A remnant of the schools was owned by ...
Wrightwood is a census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California. It sits at an elevation of 6,000 feet (1,800 m). The population was 4,525 at the 2010 census, [3] up from the population of 3,837 at the 2000 census. [4] Wrightwood is located 77 miles (124 km) northeast of Los Angeles. [5]
USA Today portrayed the school's collapse as part of a trend, highlighting the losses of other for-profit colleges, including Brightwood College (2018), Vatterott College (2018), and Virginia College (2018). In 2019, Betsy DeVos was criticized for allowing five failing for-profit colleges to avoid posting a letter of credit.
Kaplan College is a postsecondary institution providing career-focused education programs. In 2000, Kaplan, Inc. launched its higher education focus with the acquisition of Quest Education Corp. (now known as Kaplan Higher Education). The Davenport, Iowa-based Quest College was the first campus to change its name to Kaplan College.
The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California.Headquartered in Oakland, the system is composed of its ten campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz, along with numerous research centers and academic abroad centers.