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.

An Land Of Students In Addition To Other Images From The Bowden Postcard Collection

Miami University Library Digital Archives posted a release of collections on Flicker amongst photographs too images that may live on of interest. One, the Bowden Postcard Collection includes over 2,100 erstwhile postcards that include hospitals, factories, hotels, etc. Most of the images of colleges too universities are Ohio institutions similar Ohio Northern University, Ohio University, Miami University, Mt. Union, too Baldwin-Wallice.  There are too a few that convey shut or merged, including Oxford Women's College too Western College inward Oxford, OH that merged amongst Miami University, too others from exterior Ohio that include Amherst College, Adrian College, too St. Joseph's College (IN).

History Of Springfield College (Ma)

Chris Theos wrote an interesting article for The Springfield Student on Feb 19, 2015 highlighting the presidents who accept served the institution.  

The establishment has a number of changes inwards name since it was founded inwards 1885 equally the School for Christian Workers.  The mention was changed inwards 1890 to YMCA Training School in addition to the International YMCA Training School i twelvemonth later.  In 1912 it adopted the mention of International YMCA College.  Then inwards 1954 the mention was changed to Springfield College.

Springfield College maintains web page alongside links to an impressive array of historical resources. One of the pages includes links to seven texts on the institution's history from the Springfield College Digital Collection.