College History Garden

 Pacific Northwest College of Art will merge with Willamette University after boards of the two institutions approved the deal last week. Th...

Canby Bible College in Canby, Oregon announced that it will be closing. The institution was founded in 1998. You can visit the institution...

Northwest Christian University in Eugene, Oregon will change its name to become Bushnell University. The institution was founded in 1895 a...

The Board of Trustees of Linfield College voted this past weekend to change the name of the institution to Linfield University. You can re...

The Board of Trustees for the Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC) in Portland, OR announced this last week that they approved a resol...

Update  On December 14, 2018, The Oregonian reported, " No merger for Pacific Northwest College of Art, Oregon College of Art and Craf...

The Board of Trustees for Marylhurst University announced this past week on May 17, 2018 that the institution will close.  The Marylhurst...

Oregon State University is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding in 1868 as Oregon State Agricultural College.  At the time,...

The Corvallis (OR) Gazette-Times published a feature article highlighting Oregon State University campus architecture, " John Benne...

Warner Pacific College in Portland, OR announced that it has become Warner Pacific University .  The institution was founded in 1937 in S...

Inside Higher Ed reports on December 17, 2015 that Le Cordon Bleu Colleges of Culinary Art will no longer accept new students and inte...

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

Two very interesting histories of Columbia Christian College and Cascade College in Portland, OR are available on the web site of Oklahom...

Gerhard Flood's History and Educational Program of the Portland Labor College  provides extensive details relating to the founding and ...

The Benton County (Oregon) Historical Society and Museum offers information on two colleges that operated in the community, Philomath Col...

The Oregon Department of Education provides contact information to request transcripts. Licensed private career schools are required to mai...

Leaders of Cascade College recently announced their plans to close at the end of the 2008-09 spring semester. Formerly known as Columbia ...

The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization offers a list of closed institutions with addresses and contact information for academic records.