Accrediting agency questions S.F. culinary school’s job placement rates

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Many culinary students may not be getting accurate information from their schools about job placement rates. Photo by Ed Castillo/Flickr.

By Erica Perez, Bay Citizen

One of the agencies that accredits San Francisco’s California Culinary Academy is questioning the veracity of the college’s reported job placement rates – ordering the school’s parent company to provide audited placement data by September in order to maintain its accreditation status.

The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges issued the order to Career Education Corp., a Schaumburg, Ill.-based for-profit college company, earlier this month. California Culinary Academy is one of 10 schools included in the directive, according to a recent company filing.

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