Brooks College was a
for-profit college in
Long Beach
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California.
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and
Sunnyvale, California. Brooks College closed in 2008 after 35 years.
History
Brooks College had two campuses owned by
Career Education Corporation
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in Long Beach, California, and in Sunnyvale, California.
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.
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
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The Sunnyvale operation closed in June 2008; the Long Beach campus closed in December 2008. 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".
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.
See also
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Diploma mill
A diploma mill (also known as a degree mill) is a company or organization that claims to be a higher education institution but provides illegitimate academic degrees and diplomas for a fee. The degrees can be fabricated (made-up), falsified (fake ...
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Defunct private universities and colleges in California
Universities and colleges in Los Angeles County, California
Universities and colleges in Santa Clara County, California
Education in Long Beach, California
Education in Sunnyvale, California
Educational institutions disestablished in 2008