Career Education Colleges and Universities

Career Education Colleges and Universities is a Washington, D.C. based trade organization that represented about 1,500 for-profit colleges as of January 2011.[4] From 2010 to July 2016, it was known as the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, also known by the acronym APSCU;[2] before that, it was called the Career College Association, but changed its name in 2010.[5] As of July 2015, most large for-profit college chains had left the group in the previous year.[6]

Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities
AbbreviationAPSCU
TypeTrade organization
PurposeRepresenting for-profit colleges
HeadquartersWashington, DC
Membership
600+ for-profit colleges[1]
President
Steve Gunderson
Websitewww.career.org
Formerly called
Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (2010-2016) [2] earlier, Career College Association[3]

The organization engages in extensive lobbying, and has vocally opposed the Obama administration's attempts to regulate for-profit colleges. Its president, Steve Gunderson, a former Republican congressman, has said that the laws proposed by Obama are "evidence of an ideological declaration of war against the private sector’s involvement in the delivery of postsecondary education."[7] In 2012, the Association brought a lawsuit against a United States Department of Education initiative aimed at improving the quality of degrees issued by for-profit colleges, which ended with Judge Rudolph Contreras striking down the regulations, which he called "arbitrary and capricious".[8] In 2014, the Association brought a second lawsuit challenging similar regulations (79 FR 64890).[9]

References
  1. "APSCU Member School Listing". APSCU website. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz "Trade Group of For-Profit Colleges Once Again Changes Its Name" Chronicle of Higher Education, June 6, 2016. Accessed June 8, 2016
  3. Lederman, Doug (20 June 2011). "Changeover for Career College Group". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. Anderson, Nick (22 January 2011). "For-profit college group sues to block federal rules". The Washington Post. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  5. Blumenstyk, Goldie (9 June 2010). "Career College Association to Change Its Name". Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  6. Fain, Paul (15 July 2015). "For-Profit Group and Big Chains Part Ways". Inside Higher Education. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  7. Bidwell, Allie (14 March 2014). "Protecting Students or Waging War? New Rule Threatens For-Profits". US News & World Report. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  8. Breslow, Jason (2 July 2012). "Judge Blocks Key Provision of "Gainful Employment" Rules". PBS. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  9. Hefling, Kimberly (November 6, 2014). "For-profit colleges aim to fight regulation with new lawsuit". PBS NewsHour.


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