Shares of some top education companies are up at noon:
Apollo Group rose $.70 or 1.3 percent, to $55.11.
Career Education rose $.72 or 2.5 percent, to $29.65.
DeVry rose $1.43 or 2.4 percent, to $61.00.
Strayer Education rose $.39 or .2 percent, to $235.42.