The Memphis College of Art announced on October 24, 2017 that it will no longer admit new students and plans to close in 2020.
The institution was initially founded in 1936 as the Memphis Art School. It was incorporated as the Mid-South School of Fine Arts and later changed its name that first year to The Memphis Academy of Arts. The name changed in 1985 to Memphis College of Art.
If you are interested in recent trends for closures and mergers, access College Closures since 2009 in the index at the right of any College History Garden page. There are separate tabs for non-profit and for-profit closures. Each tab includes basic information for each institution, i.e., Carnegie Classification, sector, accrediting agency, and the IPEDS unitid.
Interesting article in the Daily Memphian, "The art of closing: MCA takes high road to the end."
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