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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 Florence-Lauderdale Public Library Digital Archive posted a couple of historical sketches on Facebook for Southern Female University and Florence University for Women . Text from the posts follows for those without access to Facebook: Florence’s Southern Female University . In its Friday, July 11, 1890 issue, the newly-founded *Florence Times* stated: “Florence already has buildings of which she may feel justly proud, but when the Baptist University is completed it will be the most magnificent structure in the city.” The *Times* was referring to the Southern Female University, under the auspices of the Baptist Church, which was then under construction near the water tower on Seymour Avenue, which in 1890 was a mile or two outside town. The Southern Female University was created in 1889 by the Alabama Baptists led by Rev. Dr. JB Hawthorne and the Hon. William B. Wood and the Florence Educational, Land and Development Co. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Rouss...

The Alabama Pioneers website offers a number of posts on higher education institutions that include historical sketches written by Donna R. Causey.  Each post includes photographs and notes on sources for the information. Judson College in Marion, Alabama is the fifth oldest women’s college in the United States opened its doors on January 7, 1839 Here is the way young women attending college dressed around 1900 when they went on an outing May 23, 1973 – one of the oldest university buildings in Alabama was destroyed by a tornado  -- Old Southern University founded in 1856 and later merged with Birmingham College to form Birmingham Southern College Troy once burned to the ground in 1901 and was rebuilt, now it’s a thriving college town Summerfield – Beautiful, rare of a forgotten college and community in Alabama  -- Centennary Institute and Summerfield College Do you know the name of the college in Alabama (still exists) that was once the leading college in the South ? --...

The Selma Times-Journal  published this week that, " Concordia College Alabama to close at the end of spring semester ."  Reporter Blake Deshazo visited  with  Dr. James Lyons, chief transition officer and interim president for the college, who had shared the news with faculty, staff, and students on Wednesday.  Concordia is a historically black Lutheran College with approximately 400 students. Deshazo of The Times-Journal previously reported the institution was facing financial pressure on February 6, 2018 that " Concordia College in need of investors to remain open ." The institution was founded as Alabama Lutheran Academy & College in 1922 .   Alabama Luther College graduated its first class of four women in 1926, but discontinued the college program for a time during the Depression and it was renamed Alabama Lutheran Academy.  College coursework was added back and the name changed to Alabama Lutheran Academy and College.   Then ...