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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 Sedalia (MO) Democrat published a couple of articles on Central Business College, " Life at Central Business College in 1932 ," and " Central Business College alums praise education ." The proprietary institution was founded by C.W. Robbins in 1883 and closed in 1968. Robbins also operated the Sedalia Telegraph School as division of Central Business College. Robbins purchased the Missouri School of Telegraphy in 1907. He then purchased the Western Telegraph Institute of Sedalia the following year. He combined all three schools as Sedalia Telegraph School until closing out the program in 1917. The telegraph school enrolled both women and men and offered courses besides telegraphy in railway bookkeeping, spelling, penmanship, and station management.     A dvertisement for Central Business College from the Sedalia Weekly Bazoo, June 11, 1898. Advertisement from the Sedalia Weekly Bazoo on April 13, 1886. Advertisement for Missouri School of Telegraphy from the...

An advertisement for Polytechnic Business College of Oakland, CA was printed in The Carson City (Nevada) Daily Appeal  on this date one hundred years ago, December 5, 1917.  The building image actually appears to be Polytechnic College of Engineering.  Both institutions were founded in 1898 and occupied buildings one block apart in Oakland.  The Polytechnic College of Engineering was located at 13th and Madison Streets, while the Polytechnic Business College was on 12th and Harrison Streets.  Willis E. Gibson and H.C. Ingram were listed as owners of the institutions. Five days later, The Daily Appeal also printed an advertisement for the Polytechnic College of Engineering, on December 10, 1917 . Advertisements with a brief description and two photographs of classrooms from the Polytechnic College of Engineering were included in the 1941 Polk's Guide to Oakland, found on the Oakland Wiki project. Consider leaving a comment below if you know when these institut...