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.[1]
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]
^ ab"Evaluation Report for the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges". 2004. Retrieved 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.
^"Brooks College Sunnyvale". brookssv.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. As of June 24, 2008 the Brooks Sunnyvale Campus is no longer open.