Henry Cogswell College is a former private institution of higher learning that was based in

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from 1979 to 2006. The college offered

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s in

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administration,

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, digital arts,

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, mechanical engineering technology, and professional management. It was named after

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crusader

Henry D. Cogswell Henry Daniel Cogswell (March 3, 1820 – July 8, 1900) was an American dentist and a crusader in the temperance movement. Cogswell and his wife Caroline also founded Cogswell College in San Jose, California. Henry Cogswell College, Another campus ...

. Historically, the college had an enrollment of 300 students that relied mainly on

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-related tuition.

History

Henry Cogswell College was founded in 1979 in

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as Cogswell College North (at the time, an affiliate of

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), largely to provide engineering education to local

employees. The college also operated night and summer classes at

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before permanently moving to south Kirkland. The college moved to Everett, located near Boeing's largest assembly plant, in 1996, leasing space in a former

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department store. In 2000, the college moved into the historic

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in downtown Everett, spending $2 million to renovate the 1917-built office building. Off-campus classes were also held at a Boeing facility in the south

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(about 30 miles from Everett) to accommodate students living in that area. Limited classes continued to be offered at the Boeing facility even after the main campus moved to Everett. The institution closed on September 1, 2006, due to a decline in enrollment and substantial deficit.

References

External links

Cogswell College North newspaper ad from 1984
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