Newbury College was founded in 1962 as Newbury School of Business. The name changed to Newbury Junior College in 1971. Holliston Junior College in Holliston, MA and the Boston branch of Bryant & Stratton were later acquired in 1978. Then in 1982, Newbury School of Business acquired the upper campus of the former Cardinal Cushing College and began consolidation of programs on this site in Brookline, MA. In 1985, the name was changed to Newbury College.
Your can read more in an article from the Boston Globe, "Newbury College to shut down in the spring," with reporting by Laura Krantz and Deirdre Fernandes that was published December 14, 2018.
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.
Reporting from Arianna MacNeill of Boston.com on February 22, 2019, Newbury College, closing this spring, puts its campus up for sale
ReplyDeletePost with audio by WBUR and reporter Fred Thys on May 10, 2019, Newbury College Is Closing. Alumni Say It Gave Them A Chance When No One Else Would.
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