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                                                                    Exhibit 23.4

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use in this 
registration statement of our report dated October 24, 1997, on the financial 
statements of WESTERN CULINARY INSTITUTE (a division of Phillips Educational 
Group of Portland, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Phillips Colleges, Inc.) 
included herein and to all references to our Firm included in this registration 
statement.

                                       Arthur Andersen LLP

Chicago, Illinois
December 31, 1997

