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ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On April 19, 2012, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan unveiled Investing in America's Future: A Blueprint for Transforming Career and Technical Education, outlining the Obama Administration's proposal for reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins). The National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) and the Association for Career and Technical...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (NYSE: UTI), the leading provider of automotive technician training, announced today that it will report its financial results for the fiscal 2012 second quarter ended March 31, 2012, on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, after market close. UTI will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on the same day to discuss its fiscal 2012 second quarter financial results and operating performance....
PHOENIX, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Motorcycle Mechanics Institute (MMI) has recently added a significant amount of training aids to its manufacturer-specific training programs. Harley-Davidson® and Kawasaki Motors have contributed more than 300 motorsports units to the MMI Phoenix and Orlando campuses, which students will work on directly in the labs. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120404/LA81841) Harley-Davidson donated more than 65 H-D motorcycles and...
CARMEL, Ind., March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ITT Educational Services, Inc. (NYSE: ESI), a leading provider of post-secondary degree programs, today announced that it intends to release 2012 first quarter results before the market opens on Thursday, April 26, 2012. ITT/ESI also will conduct a conference call with financial analysts on April 26 beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET to discuss the information released. The public is invited to listen to a live webcast of the conference call. It...
NEW YORK, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LearningExpress, LLC announced today that it is partnering with the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges (FAPSC) to provide more than 240,000 students with online career guidance and job search support. FAPSC is providing online access to Job & Career Accelerator, Computer Skills and LearningExpress Library to more than 200 career schools and colleges. "The online job and career support tools from LearningExpress...
MOORESVILLE, N.C., March 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NASCAR Technical Institute (NTI) is powering, most literally, the 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, placing NASCAR spec engines built and maintained by NTI students into Revolution Racing (Rev Racing), Hattori Racing Enterprises (HRE) and X-Team Racing cars. The alliance includes an NTI sponsorship of one of Rev Racing's car for the entire 2012 K&N season, and one HRE car at the first race of the season, on March 17, at...
CARMEL, Ind., March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ITT Educational Services, Inc. (NYSE:ESI), a leading provider of technology-oriented degree programs, will make an investor presentation on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. MT at the 14th Annual Credit Suisse Global Services Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. Presenting will be Kevin M. Modany, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The presentation will be webcast live and available afterward in an archived version until June 11, 2012....
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (NYSE: UTI), the leading provider of automotive technician training, will be presenting at the 14th Annual Credit Suisse Global Services Conference at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Monday, March 12, 2012, at 2:00 PM EDT. Kim McWaters, chief executive officer, and Eugene Putnam, president and chief financial officer, will be presenting. A webcast of the presentation will be posted on the UTI...
DULUTH, Ga., March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI), an IACET approved, nationally accredited, distance training institution dedicated exclusively to the child care and education workforce, offers new users the trial course CCEI690: Rainbows and Rembrandts: Enhancing Art in the Preschool Classroom at no cost in March in recognition of Youth Art Month. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111019/MM90221LOGO ) Art programs continue to be reduced or...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (NYSE: UTI), the leading provider of automotive technician training, announced today that its board of directors instituted a quarterly cash dividend on UTI common stock of $0.10 per share, payable on March 30, 2012, to common stockholders of record as of March 15, 2012. "Notwithstanding the economic and regulatory headwinds UTI is facing, instituting an on-going quarterly cash dividend is...
