Mount Ida College Trustees Denote Closure

The Board of Trustees of Mount Ida College announced today that the establishment volition unopen as well as understanding has been reached for acquisition of the campus past times the University of Massachusetts.  The Mount Ida website includes statements from the trustees as well as the institution's president, Barry Brown, along amongst an F.A.Q. department for students as well as others interested inwards learning to a greater extent than most the agreement.

Mount Ida was founded inwards 1899 on Mount Ida Hill inwards Newton Centre, MA by George Franklin Jewett as well as Abigail Faye Jewett.  It closed during the Great Depression and was reopened past times William F. Carlson as well as his boy F. Roy Carlson inwards 1939.  Mount Ida was accredited every bit a junior college inwards 1961.  It merged with Chamberlayne Junior College inwards 1987 as well as the New England Institute of Applied Arts as well as Sciences inwards 1989.  Mount Ida offered baccalaureate programs afterward 1998 as well as graduate degrees afterward 2009.

You tin dismiss too read a press release, "Mount Ida College reaches understanding amongst UMass regarding educational continuity for students amongst acquisition of its campus."

Laura Krantz of the Boston Globe reported on the closure as well as acquisition, "Mount Ida College to close; UMass to acquire Newton campus."  Krantz offers context for the conclusion as well as includes comments from students.

If you lot are interested inwards recent trends for closures, mergers,and acquisitions access College Closures since 2009 in the index at the correct of any  page.  There are split upwards tabs for non-profit closures, for-profit closures, as well as 1 for mergers as well as acquisitions.  Each tab includes basic information for the institutions, i.e., Carnegie Classification, sector, accrediting agency, as well as the IPEDS unitid.

Katharine Gibbs Schools...An Present At The Spellman Museum

The Boston Globe published ii articles this calendar month that featured Katharine Gibbs Schools.  An initial article yesteryear Nov 3, 2015 yesteryear Nancy Shohet West focused on Rose Doherty, writer of a history of the schools, previous postal service on the that featured Doherty's majority together with an interview amongst the author.

The minute article yesteryear Steve Maas on Nov 12, 2015 coincided amongst the opening of an demo on Katharine Gibbs Schools at the Spellman Museum of Stamps together with Postal History.  The Spellman Museum is located on the campus of Regis College inwards Weston, MA.

Andover Newton Theological Schoolhouse Plans To Sell Campus In Addition To Merge

The Boston Globe reported on Nov 12, 2015 that the Andover Newton Theological School is planning to sell campus holding in addition to seek a merger or consolidation amongst some other institution.  Andover Theological Seminary was founded inward 1807 in addition to was closely associated amongst New England Congregationalism.  Newton Theological Institution was a Baptist seminary founded inward 1825.  The 2 institutions merged inward 1965.  Andover Newton currently offers Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in addition to Doctor of Ministry degrees.  

Corporate Colleges

While corporate institutions of higher pedagogy accept non had a high profile over the years, they accept caught the attending of a few scholars.  For those who are interested, Gordon Thompson's article, "Unfulfilled Prophecy: The Evolution of Corporate Colleges," from The Journal of Higher Education [Vol. 71, No. 3 (May - Jun., 2000), pp. 322-341] available through JSTOR provides a adept introduction.  Thompson begins past times reviewing dissimilar definitions of corporate colleges, including option ways they tin last categorized.

Brief sketches of 3 institutions that accept unopen are included inward Thompson's article [the highlighted text below links to corresponding pages on Wikipedia]:

• Northrop University, began equally a sectionalization of Northrop Corporation inward 1942 as well as became independent inward 1957, ultimately closing inward 1993.
• Wang Institute of Graduate Studies started past times Wang Laboratories inward 1979 as well as after unopen inward 1987.
• Watterson College, created equally the College of Computer Sciences, after becoming MetriData Institute, purchased past times Jostens inward 1983 as well as ultimately unopen inward 1993.

When Colleges Close...

I of late discovered Martin Van Der Werf's show from Feb 11, 2013 titled, "Changing Course: Reinventing Colleges, Avoiding Closure.  

Grahm Junior College (Ma)

There is an interesting new/updated web site for Grahm Junior College.  The site offers a historical sketch together with a diversity of other information.  The establishment was initially founded inward Boston inward 1950 as the Cambridge School, a for-profit proprietary school.  It was afterward reorganized equally a non-profit schoolhouse together with changed its elevate to Grahm Junior College inward 1968.  Enrollment grew to transcend a M students earlier fiscal issues arose together with the institution filed for bankruptcy liquidation inward 1979.

The site includes a link to several albums of images on Picasa.

Massachusetts College Of Chemist's Together With Wellness Sciences

Priyanka Dayal McCluskey reports for the Worcester Telegram too Gazette that the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy too Health Sciences changed its name this twelvemonth to become Massachusetts College of Pharmacy too Health Sciences University.