For-Profit Education on the Skids

Kevin Kennedy submits:Beleaguered school stocks got some relief Friday after new regulations proposed by the U.S. Dept. of Education weren’t as tough as expected. It's not really enough to make them attractive yet, but it's a start.Publicly-traded stocks in the U.S.-based education and training services industry jumped an average of more than 3.8% Friday.

Investor's Business Daily - School stocks fell broadly, including Career Education (NMS:CECO), down 9%; Corinthian Colleges (NMS:COCO), down 7.5%; Grand Canyon Education (NMS:LOPE), down 6%; Apollo Group (NMS:APOL), down 4%; Strayer Education (NMS:STRA), down 4% and DeVry , down 3%. American Public Education (NMS:APEI) fell 5% during the day and 29% after hours. It beat Q2 EPS estimates but sales fell short.

By BubbleBustInvesting:After rallying for almost a decade, the stocks of private for-profit colleges like Apollo (APOL), DeVry (DV), Corinthian College (COCO),and Strayer College (STRA) are on a prolonged c

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By BubbleBustInvesting:After being in the doghouse for more than two years, for-profit colleges such as Apollo (APOL), DeVry (DV), Corinthian College (COCO), and Strayer College (STRA) are rallying today -

By Mariusz Skonieczny: When the economy is struggling and jobs are being lost, it is not surprising to see people enroll in school to increase their chances of finding employment. This is exactly what happened during the recession. Consequently, for-profit education was one of the best performing sectors in the stock market.

ZenPrime submits:We turned our attention to the for-profit education industry. While never having invested in the industry, we have followed Strayer Education, Inc. for the last few years since it turned up on one of our screens. Looking solely at the fundamentals of Strayer and several of its competitors, we wonder if any of them would make potentially attractive investments. For this comparison, we looked at Strayer Education, Inc.

Vince Martin submits:It's been a volatile run for stocks in the for-profit education sector.