CAREER EDUCATION CORP
EXHIBIT 10.14
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<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Exhibit&nbsp;10.14  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE<BR>
CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION<BR>
1998 EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>WHEREAS</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>, Career Education Corporation (the "Company") has established and maintains the Career Education
Corporation 1998 Employee Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), effective as of April&nbsp;1, 1998, as amended on July&nbsp;29, 1998, February&nbsp;17, 1999, January&nbsp;24, 2000,
April&nbsp;5, 2002, and May&nbsp;19, 2003; and </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT
SIZE=2><B>WHEREAS</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>, the Company desires to further amend the Plan to increase the total number of shares of Common Stock (unless otherwise stated in
this Amendment, defined terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan) reserved and available for distribution pursuant to Awards under the Plan; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT
SIZE=2><B>NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> that, pursuant to the power and authority reserved to the Company by Section&nbsp;13.1 of the Plan, and
pursuant to the authority delegated to the Committee, the Plan be and hereby is amended, effective February&nbsp;27, 2004, in the following manner: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;4.1
is amended by deleting its first sentence and replacing it with the following: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>"4.1</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2><I>Number of Shares</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the adjustment under Section&nbsp;4.6, the total number of shares of Common Stock reserved
and available for distribution pursuant to Awards under the Plan shall be 22,800,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance as of the Effective Date." </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except
as provided herein, the Plan shall remain in full force and effect. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT
SIZE=2><B>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>, the Company has caused this amendment to be executed effective as of the 27th day of February, 2004. </FONT></P>

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/s/ John M. Larson</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> John M. Larson<BR>
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