Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appointseach of Jeffrey D. Ayers, Greg E. Jansen and Gail B. Rago,
signing singly,the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any
other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes, passwords,
and passphrases enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings
with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the
SEC;

2.execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Career
Education Corporation ("CEC"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act  of 1934, as amended,
and the rules thereunder;

3.do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Forms 3, 4  or 5, complete and execute any amendment
or amendments thereto, and file such  form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock  exchange or similar
authority; and

4.take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in, CEC
securities, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed on this 18th day of May, 2012

	/s/Anthony Mitchell
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           Anthony Mitchell
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