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Chocolate-brown Mackie College

Brown Mackie Higher logo
Blazon	Private for-profit higher organization
Active	1892 (1892)–2017 (2017)
President	Danny Finuf (1995–2016)
Students	vii,773 (2016)[1]
Location	Cincinnati , Ohio , Us
Website	brownmackie.edu

Chocolate-brown Mackie College was a private for-profit higher system in the Usa. The colleges offered available'south degrees, acquaintance degrees, and certificates in programs including early on childhood education, data applied science, wellness sciences, and legal studies. Brownish Mackie'due south schools were most recently endemic past Education Management Corporation (EDMC).

In 2016, 22 of 27 Brown Mackie campuses closed as Chocolate-brown Mackie's parent company faced major legal and fiscal problems related to consumer fraud.^{[1] [2] [three] [iv] [v]} The Akron campus was airtight in September 2016 and the remaining campuses were sold to the Dream Center Foundation in 2017.^{[iii] [half dozen]}

Several Brown Mackie colleges were nationally accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, which later on lost its accreditation ability.^[vii]

History [edit]

Brown Mackie College was founded in 1892 in Salina, Kansas^[eight] as the Kansas Wesleyan School of Business.^[9] In 1938, two of its former instructors, Perry Due east. Brown and A.B. Mackie, incorporated the school as The Chocolate-brown Mackie School of Business organisation.^[10] The schoolhouse was licensed by the Kansas Lath of Regents to grant associate degrees in 1986.^[11]

Between the 1930s and 1990s the school in Salina, and other schools that would subsequently carry the Brown Mackie name, were managed by several dissimilar organizations before beingness purchased by American Teaching Centers (AEC) in 1993.^[12] In 2003, Pedagogy Direction Corporation (EDMC) acquired eighteen schools from AEC, including the original Brown Mackie College, and rebranded them all under the Dark-brown Mackie name the post-obit year.^[eight] Throughout the mid-to-belatedly 2000s, the university system was expanded with the structure of new Brown Mackie colleges.^[eight] EDMC reported that it owned 28 Brown Mackie College campuses and enrolled 17,000 students in May 2013.^[13]

In June 2016, EDMC appear plans to shut all but four Brown Mackie campuses due to severe drops in enrollment post-obit lawsuits that cost the college system millions, damaged its reputation, and puts its accreditation in jeopardy.^{[14] [ane]} Enrolled students were allowed to stop their degrees prior to closing.^[xv]

Legal issues [edit]

In 2007, ii whistleblowers filed a lawsuit claiming that Brown Mackie recruiters received perks based on the number of students they were able to enroll, regardless of whether the student's success or completion of the programme.^{[sixteen] [17] [18] [19] [twenty]} Though the company denied these allegations, EDMC and the Obama administration reached a $95.5 million settlement with the Justice Section in 2015.^[17]

In 2011, some other lawsuit was filed in one case once again alleging Brown Mackie illegally incentivized meeting recruitment goals.^[21] This example reached a settlement in 2015 wherein EDMC agreed to reform recruiting practices, including disclosure of the transferability of Brown Mackie credits, more accurate representations of expected graduate outcomes, and more detailed information about taking out federal loans to help pay for a Dark-brown Mackie education.^{[21] [17]} Brown Mackie was also required to forgive $102.8 million in loans for students who enrolled briefly between 2006 and 2014 and were given misleading data well-nigh taking out federal loans.^{[22] [21] [23]} More than 80,000 students were impacted by this settlement.^[22] Each qualifying former student and each of the credit reporting agencies were to be notified of the settlement, and the settlement volition be paid through 2022.^[24]

In 2016, eleven onetime Brown Mackie nursing students in Tucson, Arizona, sued the schoolhouse for consumer fraud. The plaintiffs alleged that the poor preparation they received left them unable to exist gainfully employed.^[five] The plaintiffs expected to graduate in 2015 until a state nursing lath investigation institute some of the school's faculty were unqualified and were using veterinarian supplies to teach students how to care for human patients.^[5] The Arizona Land Board of Nursing barred the Chocolate-brown Mackie students from taking the practical nurses licensing exam and ordered the school to retrain the students at the visitor'south expense.^[25] Brownish Mackie was barred from enrolling new nursing students for two years following the incident, though the college system was shut downward before the program could resume.^[26]

Academics [edit]

Brown Mackie colleges offered degrees at the bachelor's and associate level as well as academic certificates.^[27] Areas of study at the schools included nursing, early childhood education, business and engineering, healthcare and wellness, legal studies and construction trades.^[28]

First in the leap of 2012, Chocolate-brown Mackie began replacing traditional textbooks with digital textbooks as function of their new Student Advantage Program, which outfits incoming students with iPads in an effort to relieve students about $200 each term. ^{[29] [xxx]} Within a year, 13,000 students had opted in. ^{[31] [27]}

In 2014, Brown Mackie teamed up with the Smart Horizons and Cengage to help nontraditional, low-income students, such every bit high school dropouts, stop their high school caste.^[32] The program was offered on 8 Brown Mackie campuses, including Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Miami, Phoenix, St. Louis, North County, and Louisville. ^[33]

Some campuses offered options for distance education.^[34]

Campuses [edit]

Akron, Ohio – founded in 1980 as Southern Ohio College Albuquerque, New Mexico – founded in 2010[35] [36] [37] Atlanta, Georgia – founded in 2003 every bit Asher Schoolhouse of Business[15] [38] Birmingham, Alabama – founded in 2010[39] [xl] Boise, Idaho – founded in 2008[41] [42] Cincinnati, Ohio – founded in 1927 every bit The American Education Middle (AEC) Southern Ohio College – Cincinnati, OH[43] [44] Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas – founded in 2012[45] [46] Findlay, Ohio – founded in 1926[47] [48] Fort Wayne, Indiana – founded in 1882 as Fort Wayne Commercial Higher, later known as Michiana College. Acquired by Brown Mackie in 2004.[49] [50] Greenville, South Carolina – founded in 2009[51] [52] Hopkinsville, Kentucky – founded in 1995 as RETS Medical & Business organization Constitute. Caused by Brown Mackie in 2003/2004.[53] [54] (sold to Ross Higher) Indianapolis, Indiana – founded in 2008[55] [56] Kansas Urban center, Kansas – founded in 1892; this location was a branch of the Salina campus[57] [58] Louisville, Kentucky – founded in 1972 equally the RETS Institute of Applied science. Acquired past Chocolate-brown Mackie in 2004.[59] [58] Merrillville, Indiana – founded in 1890 every bit LaPorte Business College, later renamed Republic Business College. Subsequently known as the Reese Schoolhouse of Business concern and the Commonwealth Business Higher before taking on the Brown Mackie name in 1984.[60] [61] Miami, Florida – founded in 2005[62] [63] Michigan Urban center, Indiana – founded in 1890 equally LaPorte Concern Higher, later renamed Commonwealth Business Higher. Subsequently known as the Reese School of Business and the Republic Business College before taking on the Brown Mackie name in 1984.[64] [65]

North Canton, Ohio – founded in 1984 as the National Electronics Found. Purchased by Southern Ohio College in 2002 prior to condign a Brownish Mackie location in 2004.[66] [67] (sold to Ross College) Northern Kentucky – opened in 1981 as a Southern Ohio College branch[68] [58] Oklahoma Metropolis, Oklahoma – founded in 2011[69] [58] Phoenix, Arizona – founded in 2009[70] [58] Quad Cities, Iowa – founded in 1985 as Commonwealth Business organization Higher[71] [67] (sold to Ross Higher) Salina, Kansas – the start Dark-brown Mackie location. founded in 1892 as Kansas Wesleyan College and later on known as the Kansas Wesleyan School of Business organization. Changed ownership in 1938 and became the Brown Mackie School of Business; renamed Chocolate-brown Mackie in 2003.[72] [73] San Antonio, Texas – founded in 2010[74] [75] Due south Bend, Indiana – established in 1882 equally South Curve Commercial College, afterward known every bit S Bend College of Commerce, S Bend Business organization Higher, and Michiana College of Commerce before condign a Chocolate-brown Mackie location in 2004[76] [77] St. Louis, Missouri – founded in 2009[78] [79] Tucson, Arizona – founded in 1972 as Chaparral College. Acquired past EDMC and renamed Chocolate-brown Mackie in 2007.[lxxx] [81] Tulsa, Oklahoma – founded 1927 as part of the South Ohio College. Caused by EDMC in 2003 and renamed Brown Mackie in 2004. Was a branch of the Art Institute of Phoenix.[82] [83]

Athletics [edit]

The official name for the Dark-brown Mackie College – Salina teams was the Lions.^[84] The Lions participated in 3 sports, baseball, basketball, and softball.^[84] They were part of the National Junior College Athletic Clan and were an affiliate member of the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference.^[85]

The Kansas City campus briefly fielded athletic programs under the nickname "Cougars."

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External links [edit]

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