Heald College
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| Motto | Get in. Get out. Get ahead. |
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| Active | 1863–2015 |
| President | Eeva Deshon (last) |
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| Campuses | 12 campuses & online |
| Website | heald.edu |
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Heald College was a regionally accredited for-profit, business-career college with multiple campuses in California, and one campus in Oregon and Hawaii.[1] The school offered courses in the fields of healthcare, business, legal, and technology. Beginning in 2012, the school also offered full online degrees. Heald College was owned by parent company Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit education company known for its other career-college brands, Everest College and WyoTech.[2]
Heald closed their doors for good when Corinthian Colleges shuttered all of their campuses on April 27, 2015.[3]
Due to findings by the Department of Education of misrepresented job placement rates at certain programs[4] of Heald college from July 2010 - 2015, the Department has made students of these programs eligible to have their debts cancelled[5] if they fill out the Department's online attestation form,[6] or mail in a printable[7] attestation form.
History
The college was founded[8] in San Francisco, California, by Edward Payson Heald, on August 8, 1863, and known for many years as "Heald's Business College".[9]
In 2001, it changed its name from Heald Colleges to Heald College. A few years after that, in 2007, the then non-profit institution was acquired by a private investor group and turned into a for-profit college.[10]
In November 2009, Corinthian Colleges, Inc., purchased Heald College's parent company for $395 million, simultaneously announcing plans to begin in 2011 offering online-only courses leading to degree programs based entirely on online-only coursework. However, Corinthian planned to retain the Heald name, as well as its faculty and staff.[11]
Accreditation
From 1983 until its closure, Heald College had regional accreditation from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).[12] Heald offered Associate in Applied Sciences degrees[13] and Associate of Arts degrees, diplomas or certificates.
In addition, in July 2012, Heald College received accreditation from the Western Associate of Schools and Colleges accrediting commission for Senior Colleges and Universities (WASC Sr.).[14]
Campus locations
Heald College campuses were located in 12 cities:
- Concord, California
- Fresno, California
- Hayward, California
- Modesto, California
- Rancho Cordova, California
- Roseville, California
- Salinas, California
- San Francisco, California
- Milpitas, California
- Stockton, California
- Portland, Oregon
- Honolulu, Hawaii
In addition to Heald's physical locations, they also operated an online program that offered 7 different degrees.[15]
Notable alumni
- Victor "Trader Vic" Bergeron, restaurateur
- Michael H. de Young, San Francisco Chronicle newspaper publisher and museum founder
- George Christopher, former Mayor of San Francisco
- A.P. Giannini, banker, founder of Transamerica and the Bank of Italy and cofounder/cocreator of Bank of America
- William Gorham, engineer at Hitachi during World War II[16]
- Fred Swanton (1862–1940) mayor of Santa Cruz, California and developer of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk[17]
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