Jill DeAtley of Career Education Corporation, Elected ACICS Commissioner
Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ:CECO) announced today that Jill DeAtley, Vice President of Regulatory Review for CEC, is a newly-elected commissioner for the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) effective January 2009. DeAtley’s term will run for five years. There are 15 commissioners serving on the ACICS Board of Directors.
DeAtley has nearly 20 years of experience as a regulator, a student ombudsman, and a compliance administrator. She began her career in private career education in 1989 as an Accreditation Coordinator at ACICS where she coordinated more than 200 evaluation visits and held responsibilities in nearly all operational aspects of the Council while serving as a member of the senior management team.
DeAtley joined CEC in 2001. In her present position as Vice President of Regulatory Review, she manages compliance activities for CEC schools and provides technical assistance in interpreting state and accreditation regulations. She also provides training on regulatory compliance issues to various internal and external constituencies.
Recently appointed to the U.S. Department of Education’s IPEDS Technical Review Panel, DeAtley is also a member of the Governing Board of The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
“I look forward to the opportunity as a Commissioner to share my experience in training, technical assistance and mentoring to assist schools in understanding and meeting the agency’s expectations,” said DeAtley.
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 population of approximately 90,000 students across the world in a variety of career-oriented disciplines. The more than 75 campuses that serve these students are located throughout the U.S. and in France, Italy, and the United Kingdom, and offer doctoral, master’s, bachelor’s, and associate degrees and diploma and certificate programs. Approximately one third of students attend the web-based virtual campuses of American InterContinental University Online and Colorado Technical University Online.
CEC is an industry leader whose gold-standard brands are recognized globally. Those brands include Le Cordon Bleu Schools North America; Harrington College of Design; Brooks Institute; International Academy of Design & Technology; American InterContinental University; Colorado Technical University and Sanford-Brown Institutes and Colleges. Through its schools, CEC is committed to providing quality education, enabling students to graduate and pursue rewarding careers.
For more information, see the company’s website at http://www.careered.com. The company’s website includes a detailed listing of individual campus locations and web links to its more than 75 colleges, schools, and universities.