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Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (CCi) was a large for-profit post-secondary education company in North America. Its subsidiaries offered career-oriented diploma and degree programs in health care, business, criminal justice, transportation technology and maintenance, construction trades, and information technology.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Corinthian Colleges Inc. )〕 At its largest, CCi had over 100 Everest, Heald and WyoTech campuses throughout the United States and Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Corinthian Colleges Inc. - North America Campus Locations )〕 Corinthian's campuses in Canada closed on February 19, 2015 after the Ontario government suspended their operation license. After a series of legal challenges by state and federal agencies, on April 26, 2015 Corinthian Colleges announced that they would cease operations at all remaining US locations effective April 27, 2015. The closure affected more than 16,000 students and employees. On May 4, 2015, Corinthian Colleges, Inc. and twenty four of its subsidiaries filed a chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. ==History== Corinthian Colleges was founded in February 1995. The five founders — David Moore, Paul St. Pierre, Frank McCord, Dennis Devereux, and Lloyd Holland — were executives at National Education Centers, Inc. (NECI), a for-profit operator of vocational schools based in Irvine, California. The founders planned to acquire schools that were fundamentally sound, but which for one reason or another were performing below their potential.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Corinthian Colleges, Inc. – FundingUniverse )〕 Historically, CCi grew rapidly through acquisitions and through organic growth, including opening new branch campuses, remodeling, expanding or relocating existing campuses, and adopting curricula into existing colleges.〔 ;Acquired schools The following institutes and colleges were acquired:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CCi Directory )〕 * American Motorcycle Institute * Ashmead College * Blair College * Bryman College * Bryman Institute * Duff's Business Institute * Florida Metropolitan University * Georgia Medical Institute * Kee Business College * Las Vegas College * National Institute of Technology * National School of Technology * Olympia Career Training Institute * Olympia College * Parks College * Rochester Business Institute * Tampa College * Western Business College Corinthian Colleges faced numerous investigations and lawsuits, including a federal criminal investigation. The California Attorney General, Kamala Harris, stated that Corinthian Colleges targeted single parents who were close to the poverty level, a demographic that its internal documents described as "composed of 'isolated,' 'impatient,' individuals with 'low self-esteem,' who have 'few people in their lives who care about them' and who are 'stuck' and 'unable to see and plan well for future,' through aggressive and persistent internet and telemarketing campaigns and through television ads on daytime shows like Jerry Springer and Maury Povich.'" On July 3, 2014 the US Department of Education (DoE) and CCi reached an agreement for CCi to execute a controlled shut-down of 12 of its USA schools and a sale of 85 other schools with transition funding supplied by DoE and monitored by an independent monitor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Corinthian Colleges to sell 85 U.S. campuses and close 12 under new agreement )〕 The announcement leaves the eventual status of the Canadian schools undetermined,〔〔 however as of 19 February 2015, their operation license has been suspended by the Ontario government, resulting in the immediate closure of all Canadian campuses. In February 2015, Educational Credit Management Corporation (ECMC), a non-profit, took ownership of more than half of Corinthian Colleges' campuses. ECMC also agreed to forgive student debt on Corinthian College's Genesis loans after a series of years.〔http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2015/02/03/heres-how-a-debt-collector-plans-to-turn-around-failing-for-profit-colleges/〕 On April 26, 2015, Corinthian Colleges announced that they would cease operations at all remaining locations effective April 27 which would affect more than 16,000 students and employees. The remaining campuses include 13 Everest College and WyoTech campuses in California, along with 10 Heald College campuses in California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Everest College Phoenix, Everest College Tempe, and Everest Institute in Rochester, N.Y. On May 4, 2015, Corinthian filed for bankruptcy in Delaware. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Corinthian Colleges」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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