POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
 appoints each of Marilynn J. Cason and Debra S. Rouse, signing singly,
 the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
 in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
 director of  DeVry Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3,
 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on
 behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or
 desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
 thereto, and timely file such form with the United States
 Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
 similar authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
 connection with the foregoing that 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, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
 undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
 Exchange Act of 1934.

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 securities issued by
the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
 delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

AUGUST 15, 2002

JAMES A. DUGAN
JAMES A. DUGAN