U.S. EDUCATION CORPORATION

U.S. Education Corporation was formed in partnership with leading education industry executives to acquire, develop, and grow private career colleges throughout the Western United States. ClearLight Partners provided initial funding for U.S. Education in June 2002 to fund the acquisition of Silicon Valley College, an allied healthcare and information technology school in the San Francisco Bay area. In 2003, ClearLight Partners provided U.S. Education additional capital for, and assistance wit... h, three acquisitions including Western Career College (February 2003), American Institute of Healthcare Technology (October 2003), and Apollo College(December 2003). As a result, U.S. Education grew from a four-campus school in Northern California to a leading career education company with seventeen campuses across the Western U.S. and a dominant position in allied healthcare training. ClearLight Partners has provided active assistance to U.S. Education in evaluating and executing acquisitions, arranging debt financing, strategic planning, and filling key management positions. ClearLight exited its investment in U.S. Education in 2008.More