Heald College (1863 –2015) was a

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for-profit

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with its main campus in

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. It offered courses in the fields of healthcare, business, legal, and technology. Beginning in 2012, it also offered full online degrees. Heald College was owned by

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company that also operated

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and

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. Heald College closed for good when Corinthian Colleges shuttered all of their campuses on April 27, 2015. At the time of its closure, the college had campuses in twelve cities, in addition to its online program.

History

The college was founded in

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, by Edward Payson Heald, on August 8, 1863, and known for many years as "Heald's Business College". In 1875, due to demand for training in mining and civil engineering, Heald created “The School of Engineering and Mining” located at 425 McAllister Street. In 1913 the McAllister Street location was purchased by the City of San Francisco to become the new City Hall. At that time Heald moved the school into a new building at Van Ness and Post where it remained until August 1983, when the Engineering College Division was closed, and the Heald Technical Division was relocated to a new facility at Yerba Buena West. In 2001, it changed its name from Heald Colleges to Heald College. In 2007, the then non-profit institution was acquired by a private investor group and turned into a for-profit college. In November 2009, Corinthian Colleges, Inc. purchased Heald College's parent company for $395 million, simultaneously announcing plans to begin in 2011 offering online-only courses leading to degree programs based entirely on online coursework. However, Corinthian planned to retain the Heald name, as well as its faculty and staff. In 2015, due to findings by the

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of misrepresented job placement rates in certain programs at Corinthian Colleges, including Heald, after July 2010, the department made students of these programs eligible to have their debts cancelled if they submitted an attestation form. Corinthian was assessed a fine of $30 million, and shut down all its campuses, including Heald, on April 27, 2015. Corinthian had sold some of its campuses. At the time of closure, in addition to its online program, Heald had campuses in Hawaii, Oregon, and ten locations in California:

Accreditation

From 1983 until its closure, Heald College was

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by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the

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(WASC). Heald offered

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s degrees and

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s or certificates. In addition, in July 2012, Heald College received accreditation from the Western Associate of Schools and Colleges accrediting commission for Senior Colleges and Universities (WASC Sr.).

Notable alumni

* A.P. Giannini (1870–1949), banker, founder of Transamerica and the

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and co-founder/co-creator of

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. *

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(1907–2000), former

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. * Victor Jules "Trader Vic" Bergeron (1902–1984), restaurateur. *

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(1849–1925), ''

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'' newspaper publisher and museum founder. *

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(1917–2002), photographer. * William Gorham (1888–1949), businessman, engineer at

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during World War II, contributing to founding of

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. * Fred Swanton (1862–1940) former mayor of

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, and founder of

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.* * Edward Keating Strobridge (1869-1946) California state assemblyman from 1907 to 1909, then state senator for eight years. After that, he worked for Alameda County as the “sealer of weights and measures” for 27 year. Stepson of James Harvey Strobridge.

References

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* {{authority control 1863 establishments in California 2015 disestablishments in California Corinthian Colleges Educational institutions established in 1863 Educational institutions disestablished in 2015 Former for-profit universities and colleges in the United States Schools accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Universities and colleges in San Francisco