College History Garden

    Delgado Community College in New Orleans recently honored the institution's founder, Isaac Delgado, on November 23, 2021. The date w...

Dillard University in New Orleans, LA is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding in 1869.  You can visit the 150th anniversary w...

The Education Corporation of America headquarter in Birmingham, AL  announced today that it will close more than 75 sites  that enroll rou...

WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge, LA reports that Our Lady of the Lake College will change its name to become Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Uni...

New Orleans City Business reports that Our Lady of Holy Cross College is changing its name to the University of Holy Cross. The in...

An article by Olivia McClure in The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana focuses on efforts to bring new life to site of the former Leland...

The history of the University of Louisiana at Monroe is featured in a five-minute video segment from KNOE-TV that aired January 29, 2015...

Kathryn Mary Wrightson's 2003 Ph.D. dissertation for the University of Georgia, Toward a History of Catholic Higher Education in the ...

This table below includes institutions that have closed, merged, or changed their names.  If you note a need for changing or updating inform...

Eric Platt's book is available through Amazon  and will be a good addition to your reading list if you want to know about  Jesuit c...

An article by Steven Ward in the March 24, 2014 issue of The Advocate [Baton Rouge, LA] focuses on Leland College and hopes for a museum ...

The Old New Orleans blog offers a page of images highlighting Soule Business College .  The institution was founded in 1856 and closed in...

Several boards devoted to the Newcomb College Institute of Tulane University are available on Pinterest.   The History of Newcomb Wome...

The Proprietary Schools Section of Louisiana's Board of Regents maintains academic records for many closed proprietary schools. There...

  R. Eric Platt’s Ph.D. dissertation, Sacrifice and Survival: The Historiographic Role of Identity and Mission in Jesuit Higher Education...

John Pope's article in the September 1st issue of The Times-Picayune covers the dismissal of a law suit seeking to reopen Newcomb Coll...