WXXI public radio provided interesting reporting on January 20, 2025 in "Marist College officially becomes "Marist University," with reporting by Jesse King.
Administrators of Jamestown Business College announced this week that the institution will no longer enroll students.
You can read more in two articles by Eric Tichy of the Jamestown Post-Journal, "Founded In 1886, Jamestown Business College Plans Closure" from February 2, 2024 and "Jamestown Business College Traces Roots To City’s Earliest Days" published February 3, 2024.
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.
Mount Saint Vincent was founded as the Academy of Mount Saint Vincent in 1847 by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of New York. The Academy was located with the Motherhouse at McGowan’s Pass at the northeast corner of what is now Central Park. The campus moved to Riverdale, N.Y. overlooking the Hudson River in 1859. The institutional charter was amended in 1911 to change the name to the College of Mount Saint Vincent
Nazareth College in Rochester, NY changed its name to become Nazareth University. Nazareth was founded in 1924 by the Sisters of St. Joseph.
Medaille University in Buffalo, NY announced this week that it will be closing. You can read more in "Medaille University to close at the end of August," posted by Spectrum News 1 and the Medaille website offers information on teachout agreements and other resources.
Medaille University was founded in 1875 as the Institute of the Sisters of St. Joseph. It became Mount St. Joseph Normal School in 1927, Mount St. Joseph Teachers College in 1937, and Mount St. Joseph College in 1964. It was then recharted in 1968 as non-sectarian Medaille College. The college requested and received approval in May 2022 from the New York State Education Department Board of Regents for an amendment to Medaille’s charter to operate as a university.
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.
Cazenovia was founded as the Seminary of the Genesee Conference, the second Methodist seminary to be established in the United States. The name changed several times, first to the Seminary of the Genesee and Oneida conferences, later to the Oneida Conference Seminary, then to the Central New York Conference Seminary. In 1894 it became Cazenovia Seminary.
In 1942 formed a new non-church-related board was created for Cazenovia Junior College. When the College received accreditation in 1961 from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, it dropped the "Junior" and became Cazenovia College for Women. In 1982 the trustees voted to return to coeducation and name change to Cazenovia College. In November 1988, the New York State Board of Regents awarded Cazenovia College the right to offer baccalaureate degrees and in May 2019, the State approved a change to the College’s charter to include graduate programs.
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.
Visit the Celebrating 50 Years web page for details on a gala planned for December 4th and links to historical information, including a timeline of key institutional milestones.
Touro operates as a global institution—with 35 schools in five states and four countries.
In 2018, Nyack College announced the intention to sell its 107-acre campus in Nyack and then moved its academic programs to its Lower Manhattan campus.
You can read more in "Nyack College changes its name after 50 years," with reporting by Michael Gryboski.
The institution held its first classes in 1951 and is affiliated with the Basilian Fathers.
You can click on the Index to Institutions by State that have closed, merged, or changed their names link at the right to find a file with a list of institutional changes for New York or other states.
The institution was initially founded in 1952 by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt and offered a teacher preparation program for religious women. Lay students were admitted after 1957 and Dominican was coed after 1967.
Dominican currently enrolls 1,700 students.
You can visit Adelphi's 125th anniversary page for more information including an anniversary video, "Building Tomorrow Together," timeline of key events, then & now photographs, and much more.
The institution was founded in 1908 by the Grey Nuns. It became coeducational in 1971 and added graduate programs after 1986. You can visit the Mission & History page to learn more about the founding and growth of D'Youville, including a short YouTube video,"Marguerite d'Youville History & Mission."
Utica College has now changed its name to Utica University. The name change comes after the New York state Board of Regents changing the definition of university earlier in 2022.
The institution was founded as a branch campus of Syracuse University in 1946 to serve veterans, looking to better their lives through higher education, after returning from World War II. Utica received its independent charter in 1995 and operates as a comprehensive, independent, private institution.
Binghamton U. is wrapping up its 75 anniversary this month and the university's blog featured "Binghamton University at 75: A Photo Flashback" by Madeline Loiaconi on December 3, 2021.
In 1950, the name was changed to Harpur College and it was incorporated into the State University of New York. It moved to Binghamton, NY in 1961 and the name changed to SUNY Binghamton in 1965.
You can read more about the institution's history in a post by Katie Ellis on June 4, 2021, "Happy 75th Anniversary Binghamton University!"
St. John's was founded in 1870 by the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian Fathers). The institution became St. John's University in Brooklyn in 1933. The name changed to St. John's University in 1954 and the institution transitioned from two Brooklyn campuses to a location in Queens between 1955 & 1972. In 1971 St. John's merged with Notre Dame College of Staten Island.
A joint statement with Iona College is also posted indicating that Iona will acquire Concordia’s Bronxville campus and provide continued education for Concordia’s students through a teach-out plan, enabling most students to continue their degrees to completion at Iona.
In the joint statement Iona says that it plans to "...utilize the Concordia campus to develop a leading school of health sciences, furthering Iona’s strategic investments in the field, and continuing Concordia’s legacy of excellence in health sciences education."
