College History Garden

Unity College announced in late February that it is changing its name to Unity Environmental University . Dr. Melik Peter Khoury, President ...

Beal College in Bangor, Maine announced that it is now Beal University . The institution was founded as Bangor Business School in 1891 by Ma...

Ray Routhier reported for the Portland Press Herald  of a  merger between Maine College of Art and Salt Institute  for Documentary Studie...

Ray Routhier reported for the Portland, ME Press Herald on October 20, 2015 that talks moved to a more formal stage with representative...

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

The Maine Memory Network includes a collection of images featuring Westbrook Seminary .  Founded by Universalists, the institution was ini...

There is a certain ebb and flow in the number of articles calling for significant changes or highlighting the financial stress of small co...

  There is an admittedly small group of people who spend a lot of time thinking about colleges that have closed....and it sometimes seems...

Foster's Daily Democrat published an article yesterday relating that Rick Schneider is updating the history of the former Nasson Colle...

Eric Russell reports in the Bangor Daily News that the University College of Bangor is considering the 12th name change since the instituti...

The Maine Department of Education (MDOE) seeks to acquire academic records of closed institutions in the state. MDOE may also be able to he...

Two interesting video segments on the history of Husson University in Bangor, Maine are available off the website of WABI, Channel 5 . Cori...

Nasson, the Seventy Years , by Albert L. Prosser, with an epilogue by Richard D'Abate is available through the Nasson College Alumni As...