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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SCHEDULE 14A<BR>
(Rule&nbsp;14a-101)</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Filed by the Registrant &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Check the appropriate box:



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Preliminary Proxy Statement



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Confidential, For Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule&nbsp;14a-6(e)(2))



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Definitive Proxy Statement



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Definitive Additional Materials



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167; 240.14a-12



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION</B><BR>
<I>(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</I>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Steve Bostic</B><BR>
<I>(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant)</I>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; No fee required.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.



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    <TD>Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</TD>
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    <TD>Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to
Exchange Act Rule&nbsp;0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and
state how it was determined):</TD>
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    <TD>Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(5)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Total fee paid:</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fee paid previously with preliminary material:


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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule&nbsp;0-11(a)(2) and
identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous
filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.</TD>
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    <TD>Filing Party:</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>&#091;The following
invitation is being sent to a select group of institutional
stockholders holding substantial positions in Career Education
Corporation common stock&#093;</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>R. Steven Bostic</B><BR>
70 Gruber Lane, Suite&nbsp;220<BR>
St. Simons Island, Georgia 31522-2862



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;7, 2005



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF</B><BR>
<B>CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Re: Career Education Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;)


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Fellow Company Stockholder:



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;My name is Steve Bostic and I am the beneficial owner of 1,081,340 shares of the Company&#146;s
common stock. I would be honored if you and/or your representatives would attend a brief meeting
to discuss our mutual interests as stockholders of the Company, as well as the three stockholder
proposals that I will be presenting at the Company&#146;s annual meeting of stockholders to be held on
May&nbsp;20, 2005.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The meeting at which I request your attendance will be held next Wednesday, April&nbsp;13, 2005, at
2:00 p.m., local time, at the following address:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 30%">The Delamer Greenwich Harbor<BR>
500 Steamboat Road<BR>
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I hope you will make every effort to attend this meeting. I feel it will be valuable to all
of us to have an open discussion on our mutual interests as stockholders of the Company and on my
stockholder proposals.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Please RSVP to my assistant, Cindy Gardere, at (912)&nbsp;638-7373 if you plan to attend this
meeting and, of course, please feel free to contact me directly at this same number should you have
any questions.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 50%">Sincerely,


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 50%">/s/ <I>Steve Bostic</I>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 50%">Steve Bostic


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>IMPORTANT INFORMATION</B>:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">On March&nbsp;23, 2005, Mr.&nbsp;Bostic filed a preliminary proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange
Commission relating to his solicitation of proxies from stockholders of Career Education
Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) with respect to the Company&#146;s 2005 Annual Meeting scheduled for May&nbsp;20,
2005. Mr.&nbsp;Bostic will file with the Commission, and will furnish to the Company&#146;s stockholders, a
definitive proxy statement regarding his solicitation of proxies from the Company&#146;s stockholders
with respect to the 2005 Annual Meeting. Mr.&nbsp;Bostic also may file additional proxy solicitation
materials. MR. BOSTIC ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS TO READ THE PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT, THE
DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY ADDITIONAL PROXY SOLICITATION MATERIALS CAREFULLY WHEN THEY
BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Mr.&nbsp;Bostic&#146;s preliminary proxy statement is, and the definitive proxy statement and other proxy
solicitation materials will be, available for free at the Securities and Exchange Commission&#146;s
Internet web site at <U>www.sec.gov</U>. You may also obtain a free copy of Mr.&nbsp;Bostic&#146;s definitive proxy
statement, when it becomes available, and other proxy solicitation materials by writing to Mr.
Bostic at 70 Gruber Lane, Suite&nbsp;220, St. Simons Island, Georgia 31522-2862.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PARTICIPANT INFORMATION</B>:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Mr.&nbsp;Bostic has an interest in the solicitation of proxies with respect to the 2005 Annual Meeting
of the Company arising from his beneficial ownership of the common stock of the Company. Mr.
Bostic is the beneficial owner of 1,081,340 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock.




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