Brooks College Explained

Brooks College was a for-profit college in Long Beach and Sunnyvale, California. Brooks College closed in 2008 after 35 years.

History

Brooks College had two campuses owned by Career Education Corporation: in Long Beach, California, and in Sunnyvale, California.[1]

Brooks College was founded in 1964 as Collegiate Inn to provide student housing to California State University, Long Beach. It reorganized as Brooks College for Women in 1971. In 1974, the name changed to simply Brooks College.[2]

In 2007, Career Education Corporation announced that it would close Brooks College, and began attempting to sell Brooks College because of accreditation problems and "scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Education".[3]

The Sunnyvale operation closed in June 2008;[4] the Long Beach campus closed in December 2008.[5] [6] A 2009 exposé by CBS News reporter Steve Croft said Brooks College was "facing allegations that it deceived investors, the federal government, and students, who say they've been taught a very expensive lesson".[7]

The property in Long Beach that was leased by Brooks College was sold to the California State University, Long Beach Foundation for use as CSULB student housing.[8] [9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: McAllister . Robert . Brooks to Shutter Campuses in Long Beach, Sunnyvale . 22 September 2022 . California Apparel News . August 17, 2007.
  2. Web site: 2004 . Evaluation Report for the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges . 23 September 2022 . The report of the ACCJC visiting team relates only to the Brooks College campuses in Long Beach and Sunnyvale, and has no bearing whatsoever on the accreditation status of any other Career Education Corporation schools..
  3. Web site: 2007-09-27 . Career Education Corp. Will Close 3 Colleges It Has Tried to Sell . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927185223/https://www.chronicle.com/news/article/2593/career-education-corp-will-close-3-colleges-it-has-tried-to-sell . 2007-09-27 . June 29, 2007 . Chronicle of Higher Education.
  4. Web site: Brooks College Sunnyvale . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090203083116/http://www.brookssv.com/ . February 3, 2009 . brookssv.com . As of June 24, 2008 the Brooks Sunnyvale Campus is no longer open..
  5. Web site: 2008-12-31 . End of the year is the end of the line for Brooks College . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161031175354/http://www.presstelegram.com/technology/20081231/end-of-the-year-is-the-end-of-the-line-for-brooks-college . 2016-10-31 . 2022-09-20 . Press Telegram .
  6. News: Fisher . Marla Jo . CSULB to buy Brooks College site . 22 September 2022 . The Orange County Register . August 14, 2007.
  7. Web site: Leung . Rebecca . February 11, 2009 . For-Profit College: Costly Lesson . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111230150037/https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/31/60minutes/main670479.shtml . 2011-12-30 . 2022-10-14 . CBS News.
  8. Web site: 2007-08-14 . CSULB buying Brooks campus . 2022-09-15.
  9. News: CSULB buys Brooks College campus for $11.1 million . 22 September 2022 . Daily 49er . California State University, Long Beach . August 16, 2007.

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