Brooks Institute of Photography

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The Brooks Institute of Photography is a for-profit college based in Santa Barbara, California specializing in still and motion picture photography and in graphic design. The school is owned by the Career Education Corporation.

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[edit] History

Brooks Institute of Photography was founded in 1945 by Ernest H. Brooks, Sr. After financial troubles, the school was sold by Ernest H. Brooks, Jr. to Career Education Corporation (CEC) in the 1990s. Since then, CEC has invested considerably to boost student attendance, including the purchase of a former production studio in which to base the school's film program.

[edit] Majors

The Brooks Institute of Photography offers four majors

  • Professional Photography - offered in Santa Barbara
  • Film and Video Production - offered in Ventura
  • Visual Journalism - offered in Ventura
  • Visual Communication - offered in Ventura

All majors have access to a wide array of equipment and facilities from cameras to full editing systems.

[edit] Controversy

The school and its parent company, Career Education Corporation, met some criticism over claims made to prospective students about job placement rates. The California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education (BPPVE) released the results of an investigation, and announced Brooks must refund "equitable restitution" to students enrolled at the school from May of 1999 to the present and the school was given "conditional approval" to operate for the next two years with a hearing scheduled for February 2006.

The hearing resulted in the judge determining that BPPVE had not complied with the mandatory provisions of the Education Code, and that it had wrongly denied Brooks Institute an opportunity to contest the Bureau's action prior to the time it was imposed. The California Department of Consumer Affairs (which oversees BPPVE) later reached the same conclusion as the court.[1]

According to the official report, BPPVE's actions against Brooks "violate[d] the most basic principles of Due Process as found in the Federal and State Constitutions, as well as the Administrative Procedures Act and the Bureau's own enabling legislation and regulations."[2]

[edit] External links

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