Shares of some top education companies are up at noon:
Apollo Group rose $1.75 or 2.5 percent, to $70.79.
Career Education rose $1.08 or 7.2 percent, to $16.04.
DeVry rose $.63 or 1.2 percent, to $55.09.
Strayer Education rose $.84 or .4 percent, to $220.40.