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The Education Corporation of America headquarter in Birmingham, AL  announced today that it will close more than 75 sites  that enroll roughly 20,000 students.  The company began the process of notifying students and employees.  The sites include those operating as Brightwood College, Brightwood Career Institute, Ecotech Institute, Golf Academy of America and Virginia College. You can read more at Inside Higher Ed  in an article that was posted earlier today, " Large For-Profit Chain to Close ."  WSFA-TV in Montgomery, AL posted a short video with an article, " Virginia College closing in Montgomery, nationwide ." KCRA-TV in Sacramento, CA posted " Brightwood College closing Modesto, Sacramento campuses " on its website. Thirty-two sites are listed for Brightwood College in eight states on the  IPEDS College Navigator  site and twenty-seven sites in eleven states are listed for Virginia Colleges. Brightwood College Sites Virginia ...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is preparing to celebrate the 225th anniversary of its founding commemorating when William Richardson Davie laid the cornerstone of Old East, becoming the first public university in America on October 12, 1793.  You can visit the Campaign for Carolina web pages for a timeline, links to profiles of many Tar Heels , and information of various iconic locations and buildings on the campus . 

Harrison College abruptly closed last week.  Harrison was headquartered in Indianapolis and offered programs through ten sites in Indiana: Anderson, Columbus, Elkhart, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis (3), Lafayette, and Terre Haute.  Two additional sites in Morrisville, NC and Grove City, OH will also close. The history of Harrison College is traced to Marion, IN and Marion Business College that began operation in the 1890s.  Marion Business College served as the initial institution in 1902 for what later became known as Indiana Business College.  Logansport Business College was purchased and Kokomo Business College was begun in 1902. IBC grew in the early 20th century to include other schools that operated under their respective names or collectively as IBC: Municie Business College, Anderson Business College, Columbus Business College, Richmond Business College, Lafayette Business College, Crawfordsville Business College, Washington Business Colle...

Asheville Today  published a fascinating historical sketch of Black Mountain College on July 11, 2018, " #TBT: The history of Black Mountain College ."  The article includes a reflection on the degree to which the college influenced present day Asheville.

King's College, a small for-profit institution in Charlotte, North Caroline announced that it will be closing .  The institution was founded in 1901 in Raleigh, NC.  Courses were offered in Charlotte the following year in 1902.  Current enrollment is roughly 350 students. If you are interested in recent trends for closures, mergers,and acquisitions  access  College Closures since 2009  in the index at the right of any  College History Garden  page.  There are separate tabs for non-profit closures, for-profit closures, and one for mergers and acquisitions.  Each tab includes basic information for the institutions, i.e., Carnegie Classification, sector, accrediting agency, and the IPEDS unitid. advertisement for King's Business College from  The Progressive Farmer (Winston-Salem, NC) on January 26, 1904 Postcard King's Business College in Raleigh, NC source: North Carolina Postcard collection, University of North Carolina at Chap...

The Stanly News & Press published, " College has served Stanly since 1971 ," with an historical sketch of Stanly Community College of Albemarle, North Carolina written by Toby Thorpe. The institution initially offered classes in 1969 as the Stanly Adult Education Center.  In 1971 it became the Stanly Technical Institute.  The institution was renamed as Stanly Technical College in 1979 and Stanly Community College in 1986 as programs expanded and enrollment grew.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published " A 'symbol of the life of the University '" to coincide with the upcoming March 16th commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the planting of Davie Poplar Jr. in McCorkle Place.  It is a tradition to maintain a succession of descendants of the original Davie Poplar which was growing when the university was founded in 1790.   The royal line of trees have been cherished by the University for generations.  The story was written by Kelsey Porter and is accompanied with a short video by Rob Holliday that can be accessed vie YouTube, " Davie Poplar, Jr. Turns 100 ."  Porter and Holliday are affiliated with University Communications at the institution.

A variety of student yearbooks are now available in the North Carolina College and University Yearbooks collection at DigitalNC .  Brief descriptions of resources for three nursing and health sciences institutions were posted on the Digital North Carolina Blog along with links to the respective collections . The Cabarrus College of Health Sciences collection includes yearbooks from 1948-2005.  The institution was founded in 1942 as Cabarrus County Hospital School of Nursing.  The name changed to the Louise Harkey School of Nursing in 1992 and the current name was adopted in 1996 after expansion of academic programs.  The Mercy School of Nursing collection includes yearbooks from 1948-1998.  The Mercy Hospital School of Nursing was founded by the Sisters of Mercy.  It was acquired by Carolinas Healthcare in 1995 and ultimately closed in 2016. The Rex Hospital School of Nursing Collection includes yearbooks from 1923-1974, photographs, scrapbooks, brochur...