Showing posts with label Arkansas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arkansas. Show all posts

Heritage College Is Closing Alongside Sites Inward 10 States


KWCH-TV inwards Wichita, KS, KMBC-TV inwards Kansas City, MO in addition to a release of other intelligence outlets reported today on the closure of Heritage College.  Heritage was a mortal for-profit in addition to offered certificates in addition to associates degrees inwards a diverseness of wellness help fields.
 If you lot are interested inwards recent trends for closures, access College Closures since 2009 in the index at the correct of any  page.  The establishment operated sites inwards 10 cities in addition to all look to bring closed.

Williams Baptist College Celebrates 75Th Anniversary

Williams Baptist College inwards Walnut Ridge, AR is celebrating its 75th anniversary.  The establishment was founded inwards 1941 equally Southern Baptist College together with was initially located in Pocahontas, AR.  The campus was relocated inwards 1947 to a erstwhile World War II armed services base of operations at Walnut Ridge.  WBC began equally a two-year college.  Baccalaureate programs were added afterwards 1984. The elevate was changed to Williams Baptist College, inwards honor of its founder, inwards 1991.  The establishment enrolls roughly 550 students.

Catholic Higher Didactics Inwards The American South, 1830-1930

Kathryn Mary Wrightson's 2003 Ph.D. dissertation for the University of Georgia, Toward a History of Catholic Higher Education inwards the American South:  Essays on Sources in addition to Context, is available for those interested inwards the history of southern colleges.  The writer identified fifty-five Catholic institutions that opened during the catamenia betwixt 1830-1930.  Ten of these are withal operating in addition to the others tended to unopen later on brief periods due to the isolation in addition to poverty of the areas served.

Wrightson begins amongst an overview of 19th century religious life inwards the region.  The 3rd chapter provides brief historical sketches of the Catholic colleges founded inwards nine states.  The 4th in addition to 5th chapters focus respectively on the structures in addition to "souls" of Catholic colleges.  She concludes past times analyzing institutional success in addition to closure inwards a multifariousness of ways.  Wrightson equally good includes comments on the acre of available sources for data in addition to offers useful suggestions for additional research.