WEST ORANGE, N.J., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (Nasdaq: LINC) announced today that the company's Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of John J. Petillo, PhD, a Board member since December 3, 2003, effective as of today. Dr. Petillo, who was also a member of the Audit Committee, resigned to fulfill other business obligations. The company has begun a search for a replacement.

Mr. Petillo commented: "I regret that I had to step down from the Lincoln Board due to the constraints of my current business schedule. I have enjoyed my time on the Board and believe the company is well-positioned as one of the nation's leading providers of for-profit, post-secondary education."

David Carney, Chairman and CEO, commented, "We appreciate John's contributions to our Board during the past two years. We have benefited from his business knowledge and strategic insight. We wish him the best of luck in all of his business endeavors."

About Lincoln Educational Services Corporation

Lincoln is a leading and diversified for-profit provider of career- oriented post-secondary education. It offers recent high school graduates and working adults degree and diploma programs in four principal areas of study: automotive technology, skilled trades, business and information technology and health sciences (which includes programs for medical administrative assistants, medical assistants, pharmacy technicians and massage therapists). Lincoln has provided the workforce with skilled technicians since its inception in 1946. Lincoln currently operates 34 campuses in 15 states under eight brands: Lincoln Technical Institute, The Cittone Institute, CEI, Denver Automotive and Diesel College, Nashville Auto-Diesel College, Southwestern College, New England Technical Institute and Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts and Sciences. Lincoln has a combined enrollment of approximately 19,000 students as of September 30, 2005.

SOURCE Lincoln Educational Services Corporation

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