Instructors Win Career Education Corporation Educator of the Year Awards

Twelve finalists represent CEC campuses from across the country
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.--(Business Wire)--Four outstanding educators received Career Education Corporation's
(NASDAQ:CECO) "Educator of the Year" award, Gary E. McCullough,
president and CEO of Career Education, said today. Faculty from across
the nation were selected and submitted for consideration to CEC. Out
of 5196 instructors employed by schools, colleges and universities
owned by CEC, 105 were recommended for consideration at the campus
level in 2007. After independent judging, eight finalists and four
winners were selected in four categories: Teaching, Professional
Growth, Leadership and Student Success.

"I am extremely proud of the caliber of instructors throughout the
CEC system," said Dr. Donna Gray, vice president of academic affairs
for CEC. "The winners of this award demonstrate a focus not only on
student learning and how to best achieve it, but also a continued
interest in professional development and community service."

The Four Educator of the Year Award Winners for 2007

Christopher Broughton, a photography teacher at Brooks Institute
in Santa Barbara, California, received the 2007 Excellence in Teaching
award. Because the field of photography has changed so drastically
with the use of new technology, Broughton completely rewrote the
foundational photography class--all the while teaching a normal class
load. Broughton included step-by-step guides to new software, and then
taught it to both new students and future course faculty. Evaluations
by the students were used to adjust and fine-tune the course, and the
availability of tutoring further enhanced the student learning
environment.

Jane Nickles, of Texas Culinary Academy in Austin, Texas, won the
2007 Professional Growth award for her work in the area of "Wine and
Beverage." The award recognizes the development of expertise in either
the field of teaching or in the subject that one teaches, benefitting
both the student and the teacher by strengthening the classroom
experience. Nickles received a grant from the Wine and Food Foundation
of Texas in April 2007 to support further research and writing about
her favorite subject, the pairing of wine and food. An instructor at
The Texas Culinary Academy for more than nine years, for the last
three years Nickles has taught the "Wine and Beverage" class as part
of the Associate of Applied Sciences degree in Le Cordon Bleu Culinary
Arts.

The winner of the 2007 Leadership award was Raymond Wesolowski of
the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute (PCI) in Pittsburgh. The
Leadership award recognizes positive role modeling and collaboration
with peers and the outside community; the ability to lead new projects
while assuming responsibility for the outcome; interest in the
improvement of campus life and volunteerism; and the demonstration of
a high level of professionalism. Raymond, a 1991 graduate of PCI,
joined the teaching staff in 1998. Many of the chefs who had taught
him as a student helped Raymond to become a lead instructor over the
last next ten years. Chef Ray thus has the unique perspective of being
on both the delivering and receiving side of the curriculum. As result
of Chef Ray's participation as a culinary judge in a yearly fundraiser
for the Lupus Center of Pittsburgh, PCI students were offered the
opportunity to volunteer with the 25 restaurants that were submitting
food for the competition.

Valmore Brown, of Le Cordon Bleu - Miami, received the 2007
Student Success award. Student Success means those activities that
help a student reach his or her goals - graduation and placement. Some
of these activities may include academic support and counseling,
attendance at orientation and graduation and other student events, or
promotion of and involvement with students in community awareness.
Brown was recognized for his consistent efforts to support his
students, both in and outside the classroom. Whether it was
sponsorship of an extracurricular club or extra time in the kitchen to
perfect a student's technique, Brown went above and beyond to help his
students achieve their goals.

"We are honored by the passion these instructors demonstrated in
their respective classrooms," said McCullough. "Their passion
translates into a superior experience for students, which is
ultimately our goal."

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 Canada, 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 our 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.

Career Education Corporation
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Lynne Baker, 847/851-7006
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