Consulting

Abacus Business Services specializes in helping owners sell their schools, prepare them for sale or expand through acquisitions. Our services include preparing marketing packages and sales price evaluating, finding prospective buyers or sellers, advising owners contemplating selling, assisting with negotiations, locating acquisition financing, and assisting with issues arising with due diligence, the definitive agreement and closing. We work with our clients from start
to finish.

Affiliated Computer Services
One World Trade Center, Suite 2200
Long Beach, California 90831
Contact: Ms. Heather Ficarra, Vice President
Phone: 315-738-2237
Fax: 315-824-1257
heather.ficarra@acs-inc.com
www.acs-inc.com

ACS, a Fortune 500 company with more than 40, 000 people supporting operations in nearly 100 countries, provides business process and information technology outsourcing solutions to world-class commercial and government clients.

Almich & Associates
1900 MacArthur Blvd
Suite 610
Irvine, California 92612
Contact: Mr. Robin Almich, Managing Partner
Phone: 949-475-5410
Fax: 949-475-5412
leighann@almichcpa.com
www.almichcpa.com

Almich & Associates is a Certified Public Accounting and Business Services firm that specializes in the education, healthcare and non-profit industries. We offer a variety of valuable accounting and business solutions and have been nationally acknowledged as one of the foremost experts providing professional services in this highly regulated market. Some of our services include Financial Statement Analysis and Financial Statement Audits; Title IV Planning and Audits; Income Tax Planning and Preparation Services; Acquisition; Divestiture and Change of Ownership Planning and Implementation.

Baker Willis, LLC
99 Nearwater Lane
Darien, Connecticut 06820
Contact: Mr. Wilder Baker, Principal
Phone: 917-853-2669
Fax: 203-431-8442
wbaker@bakerwillis.com
www.bakerwillis.com

BakerWillis is a strategic marketing consultancy dedicated to helping schools, colleges and universities define missions, review goals, and improve processes and results. Our role is to help define an institution's positioning and guide the development of its brand. To do this, we apply well-proven business and marketing disciplines from the for-profit-sector, where we have considerable expertise, to home more productive strategies and tactics. We believe that surest path to strong results is for individuals and institutions to reach together for distant, inspired, desired, and well-understood goals.

Boston Search Group, Inc.
224 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Contact: Mr. Ralph Protsik, Managing Director
Phone: 617-277-4333
Fax: 781-735-0562
rprotsik@bostonsearchgroup.com
www.bostonsearchgroup.com

Retained executive search services for the private career education industry.

Burns Employment Service, Inc.
9233 Ward Parkway, Suite 394
Kansas City, Missouri 64114-3311
Contact: Mr. Kevin Burns, Managing Director - Education Division
Phone: 816-361-6444
Fax: 816-361-7747
Toll free: 866-822-8767
kburns@burnsemployment.com

Burns Employment Service, Inc., is a management recruiting and executive search consulting firm. The education division specializes in the private postsecondary education marketplace nationwide and can effectively assist schools with all management level employment needs.

Clairvest Group, Inc.
22 St.Clair Ave. East
Toronto, Ontario M4T 253
Contact: Mr. Dennis Dussin, Associate
Phone: 416-925-9270
Fax: 416-925-5753
dennisd@clairvest.com
www.clairvest.com

Clairvest is a private equity firm that forms investment partnerships with entrepreneurial corporations in a variety of industries. We traditionally invest $10 to $20 million in our partners' businesses, and prefer to take a minority shareholder position. We seek to be a value-added investor supporting a management team in the education industry that is aggressively growing a business, either organically or through acquisition.

Collegis, Inc.
15 Salt Creek Lane
Suite 410
Hinsdale, Illinois 60521
Contact: Mr. George Fogel, Director of Corporate Development
Phone: 630-455-9960
gfogel@collegis.com
www.collegis.com

Collegis is a leading provider of technology, education and business services to higher education institutions with over $95 million in 2002 revenue and 920 employees. We provide turnkey online learning programs including off the shelf courses, customized content, faculty training, marketing and student recruitment. In addition, Collegis provides complete IT outsourcing services included management and hosting of student information systems and other relevant applications. For selected clients, financing is also available.

David S. Shefrin and Associates, LLC
7950 East Redfield Road, Suite 120
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260-6913
Contact: Mr. David Shefrin
Phone: 408-556-0631
Fax: 480-556-0638
mail@dshefrin.com
www.careercschoolconsulting.com

Founded in 1994, David S. Shefrin and Associates assists career college owners in the purchase and sale of career colleges, recruitment of management personnel and consulting services. Offices are located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Trumbull, Connecticut.

Dow Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC
1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036-6802
Contact: Mr. Michael Goldstein, Member
Phone: 202-776-2000
Fax: 202-776-2222
mgoldstein@dlalaw.com

Dow, Lohnes & Albertson offers comprehensive legal services to all segments of the education industry. Services for career colleges include advice on student financial aid, accreditation, licensure, acquisitions, finance, telecommunications, and information technology.

Education Systems & Solutions, LLC
5521 Greenville
Ste. 104-268
Dallas, Texas 75206
Contact: Mr. Stephen & Jan Friedheim, Strategic Coaches
Phone: 214-827-5403
Fax: 214-887-4810
jfriedheim@aol.com
sfriedheim@aol.com

Education Systems & Solutions provides management strategies relating to administration, admissions, accreditation, curriculum development, marketing, retention, placement, and public relations. The principals have over 60 years of combined experience on the front lines of career college operations, as well as having served in the major national leadership positions. References and proposals provided upon request.

Eduventures, Inc.
20 Park Plaza, Suite 1300
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Contact: Mr. Brian Bright, M.Ed.
              Manager, Business Development
Phone: 617-426-5622 ext. 17
bbright@eduventures.com
www.edventures.com

The worldwide authority on the education industry, Eduventures supports the growth of organizations operating in the pre-K-12, postsecondary, and corporate learning markets. Eduventures' market forecasts, competitive assessments, analysis and insight necessary to develop and execute organizational strategy. Founded in 1993, Eduventures is privately held and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Executive Search Group
750 Boston Neck Road, Suite 12
Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882
Contact: Mr. Michael Cobb
Phone: 401-788-9373
Fax: 401-788-0707
esearch@att.net
www.esearchgroup.net

Executive Search Group (ESG) has nearly 20 years experience in the education/recruiting fields. The company conducts executive searches for proprietary, college, and university positions, such as presidents, COO's, executive directors, corporate management, regional directors, school presidents/directors, directors of admissions, academic deans/directors of education, directors of financial aid and various management and staffing positions. ESG specializes in the Brokerage, Purchase & Sale of Career Colleges. We will assist owners and buyers in the sale and purchase of their institutions.

Hogtrails, LLC
12157 W. Linebaugh Ave, #316
Tampa, Florida 33626
Contact: Mr. L. Paul Wittwer, Managing Partner
Phone: 813-767-3044
Fax: 813-891-0482
paul@hogtrails.com
www.hogtrails.com

JBL Associates, Inc.
6900 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 606
Bethesda, Maryland 20815-6114
Contact: Dr. John Lee, President
Phone: 301-654-5154
Fax: 301-654-6242
jbl@jblassoc.com

JBL Associates, Inc., a policy research company, has a long history with the private career school industry. JBL has produced reports on topics including student loan defaults, economic value of private career schools to their community and state, and strategies for improving student persistence.

Jopling, Inc.
3 Gateway Center, Suite 1840
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
Contact: J. Mark Jopling, President
Phone: 412-765-3044
Fax: 412-765-3497
mjopling@joplinginc.com
www.joplinginc.com

Jopling, Inc. is an investment banking boutique that specializes in advising owners of private postsecondary schools.

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1743
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Contact: Mr. Christopher J. O'Brien, Senior Vice President
Phone: 312-904-6570
Fax: 312-606-8423
chris.o'brien@abnamro.com
www.lasallebanks.com

LaSalle Banks is one of the largest middle market commercial banks in the Midwest. Through our Educational Services Division, we offer financial products and service (e.g. lines of credit, term loans, leasing, cash management services, advisory services, investment services and trust services) tailored to the needs of participants in the post secondary education industry.

Lead Advantage, LLC
1519 S. Bowman Rd., Suite A
Little Rock, Arkansas 72211
Contact: Mr. Phillip Moore, Managing Partner
Phone: 501-225-3824
Fax: 501-225-8163
phillip@leadadvantage.us

Lead Advantage, L.L.C. is a direct response advertising agency. We produce the very best in television production, media placement, and recruiter training. Our media department is among the best in the country and our "Look Live" commercials really make the phone ring. Dianne Mooney, an expert in recruiter training, will visit your campus, evaluate your recruiters, and then provide them with the training needed to convert those valuable leads to starts. Lead Advantage, a full service agency, provides television production, media placement, recruiter training, direct mail, website design, and hosting. If you are looking for leads and improved conversion rates call the pros at Lead Advantage.

MaxKnowledge, Inc.
601 N. Parkcenter Dr., Suite 208
Santa Ana, California 92705
Contact: Mr. Amir Moghadam, Ph.D., Executive Director
Phone: 714-505-0901
Fax: 714-505-1517
amirm@maxknowledge.com
www.maxknowledge.com

MaxKnowledge - The Learning Center for Career Schools - offers:
1) online and "blended" training courses to efficiently enhance the knowledge and skills of career school personnel; 2) hosted e-learning solutions designed specifically for career schools. Our courses cover a wide variety of subjects related to proprietary school operations. We also offer a large selection of free online tutorials and discussion forums. Our e-learning services include customized e-learning sites at rates comparable to ordinary web hosting.

The Pacific Institute
1230 South Southlake Drive
Hollywood, Florida 33019-1825
Contact: Dr. Joseph Pace, National/International Director, Education Initiative
Phone: 954-926-5669
Fax: 954-926-5667
drjpace@msn.com

The Pacific Institute, a world leader in high achievement, peak performance, and change management training, has designed a process for career schools. The process, Success Strategies for Effective Schools, results in greater student success and increased admissions and retention rates.

Path Partners LLC
609 South Rose Avenue
Bloomington, Indiana 47401
Contact: Mr. David M. Grenat, Managing Director
Phone: 812-335-1966
Fax: 812-335-1967
dmg@pathpartnersllc.com
www.pathpartnersllc.com

Path Partners provides business valuation services to career colleges with a variety of assignment contexts including contemplated or actual ownership changes, management stock option grants and estate planning for owners of schools. The firm additionally provides origination, transaction advisory and private capitol formation services required to successfully execute sales, divestitures, acquisitions and mergers of career schools.

People Resources, Inc.
9338 Olive Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63132
Contact: Janet Mug, MA, LPC, CEAP, President & Owner
Phone: 314-222-4020 x3015
Toll Free: 866-500-2327 x3015
jmug@peopleresourceseap.com
www.peopleresourceseap.com

People Resources, Inc. People Resources has focused over twenty years on developing and delivering customized Student Resource Program (SRP) services for adult students and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services for employees worldwide. Our Student Resource Program (SRP) is designed for career colleges to enhance student retention and graduation rates. The SRP program can support the documentations process for reaccredidation, meet student needs, and provide a better return on student acquisition costs.

Student Resource Program services are delivered through First Clinical Coordination with licensed professionals (24-7), 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Confidential telephone coaching and counseling and face to face counseling are provided where the student resides. In addition to the counseling options, extensive web based services are available. By providing direct access to all available resources, students can have solutions to life's unexpected events and crises. This full access approach allows students to find around-the-clock solutions for a wide range of personal, housing, financial and family difficulties. This full access approach will increase the number of students seeking services, thereby addressing the students' personal worries and challenges in a confidential manner and improving the overall success rate of students.

Quad Ventures, LLC
650 Fifth Ave, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10019
Contact: Mr. Lincoln E. Frank, Partner
Phone: 212-724-2200
Fax: 212-724-4310
lincoln@quadventures.com
www.quadventures.com

Quad Ventures' mission is to apply the unique expertise of our Principals to the rapidly transforming education industry.

Quad Ventures was formed to make private equity investments primarily in education and corporate training companies. We believe that the education industry presents a compelling opportunity to make superior investments while developing products and services that significantly improve the education of students and workers.

Training Masters, Inc.
1017 Country Club Road
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011
Contact: Dr. Rita Girondi, President
Phone: 877-885-3276
Fax: 800-882-8574
docrita@trainingmasters.com
www.trainingmasters.com

Training Masters is a training and consulting company specializing in products and services designed for career schools and colleges. With a focus on helping schools increase efficiency and effectiveness, Training Masters' distinction is its direct experience in successfully operating and owning schools. The Training Masters team consists of experts in career school management, administration, communications, technology as well as instructor, full-staff and leadership training. Working with the total school effort^TM; concept and numerous tools for improving starts, retention and other key operational areas, Training masters brings best practices to schools and keeps compliance and profitability in focus. STARS (Student Tracking, Accounting and Record System) is a complete administrative software solution that combines information technology tolls with internal procedures to create a proven, comprehensive school operational system. PIE (Pursuing International Excellence) is a computer-based interactive instructor training program that presents relevant instructional topics in a modular design to deliver in group sessions or as an individual, self study approach. Topics include active learning, motivational strategies, classroom management, adult learning and more. Numerous other services and tools are available that support schools' goals.

Wonderlic, Inc.
1795 North Butterfield Road
Libertyville, Illinois 60048
Contact: Mr. Justin Long, Director, Educational Relations
Phone: 800-323-3742
Fax: 847-680-9492
justin.long@wonderlic.com
www.wonderlic.com

Wonderlic, Inc. has been a leader in the test publishing, consulting, and information gathering business since 1937. Wonderlic is a founding member of the association of test publishers and approved by both the U.S. Department of Education and the American Council of Education. Over 130 million individuals have taken Wonderlic assessments and satisfaction surveys at nearly 60,000 schools, government agencies
and businesses worldwide.

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