Lebanon College (Nh) Announces Intent To Closed

Maggie Cassidy too John P. Gregg study for the W. Lebanese Republic Valley News that Lebanon College cancelled autumn classes too intends to close.  Lebanon College was founded inwards 1956 too operated equally a two-year not-for-profit institution.

Update...

The Valley News editorial on August 23, 2014 focuses on the closing.

Charlotte Albright of Vermont Public Radio provided an update article alongside an well clip on September 8, 2014.

Katharine Gibbs: Beyond White Gloves

Gilda DiCarli interviews Rose Doherty nigh her recent book, Katharine Gibbs: Beyond White Gloves, on the Needham Youtube Channel.  The mass is available through a publish of vendors.  

Doherty joined the faculty of the Katherine Gibbs School inward Boston inward the belatedly 1970's in addition to afterward served equally an academic dean in addition to board fellow member until the schoolhouse unopen inward 2011.  She brings a unique perspective inward her description of both Gibbs in addition to the schools she operated.  Doherty has likewise fix an interesting spider web site alongside links to a diversity of resources.

Gibbs Schools traced their roots to a career schoolhouse founded inward Rhode Island inward 1911.  Schools were afterward opened inward Boston, New York in addition to other cities.  Doherty identifies several distinct periods inward the history:  from the founding until the croak of Gibbs inward 1934; identify unit of measurement ownership until 1968; in addition to a concluding menstruum of corporate ownership.

Eckerd College History (Fl)

Eckerd College offers a pose out of interesting pages highlighting the institution's history.  A post bill of fare archive includes images documenting changes inwards the campus.  The site likewise offers a timeline together with you tin rank notice order On Solid Rock: The Founding Vision of Florida Presbyterian / Eckerd College written by Stephanie Kadel Taras, Ph.D., a 1989 graduate of Eckerd College together with granddaughter of the founding president.

Eckerd College was founded inwards 1960 inwards St. Petersburg, FL.  It was initially knows equally Florida Presbyterian College together with adopted the advert of Eckerd College inwards 1972.

Philanthropy Inward The History Of American Higher Education

I was lately fortunate to uncovering a re-create of Philanthropy inwards the History of American Higher Education yesteryear Jesse Brundage Sears amongst an introduction yesteryear Roger Geiger.  You tin uncovering copies inwards a multifariousness of formats at the Internet Archive.  New copies of the mass tin yet hold out acquired through the website of Transaction Publishers or yous tin uncovering used copies.

Rating Colleges Inward 1911

Libby Nelson authored a Vox article this calendar week on an essay past times Kendric Babcock inward 1911 to variety institutions past times the character of their undergraduate program. 

The article includes links to the original document at the Internet Archive and to a 1984 article past times David S. Webster for History of Education Quarterly.