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- ↑ "Steve Bostic Urges Stockholders to Vote to Restore Integrity and Sound Educational Values at Career Education Corp. to Protect the Value of Their Investment; Urges Fellow Stockholders to Vote the BLUE Proxy Card, The Free Library, May 10, 2006".
- ↑ Department of Education Program Review of Collins College filed July 14, 2004
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- ↑ "Career Education announces the U.S. Department of Education lifts growth restrictions". Reuters. January 22, 2007 – via www.reuters.com.
- ↑ Collins College 2013-2014 course catalog, published January 2013.
- ↑ "Arizona State Board for Private Secondary Education, retrieved July 9, 2014". Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
