Brown College (Minnesota)
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| Established: | 1946 |
| Type: | Private, For Profit |
| Location: | Mendota Heights, MN,, USA |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Website: | www.browncollege.edu |
Brown College is a for-profit school and is a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation. It is located in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, near Minneapolis/St. Paul. It offers programs in the areas of Broadcasting, Design, Technology, Business Management and Criminal Justice.
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[edit] History
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The school was originally established in 1946 as the American Institute of the Air by Richard and Helen Brown. The college originally occupied a seven-building campus on East Lake Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The initial campus was made up of old business buildings that were remodeled and refurbished. In 1954, the school changed its name to Brown Institute and then in 2001, it became Brown College. Richard and Helen retired in 1978 but were active participants in Brown events until their deaths in 1994. In July 1986, due to enrollment increases and the lack of space that resulted, the school moved to a brand new facility on Lake Street and Hiawatha Avenue in Minneapolis. In 1997, it relocated again to a Mendota Heights, again due to space needs. Brown College further expanded in October 2001 when it opened its Brooklyn Center, a second campus in a suburb of the northwestern Twin Cities.
In April 2003, Career Education Corporation canceled the Electronics Technology program at Brown College. Electronics was one of the first programs established after the Broadcasting program, and was one of the programs that built Brown's reputation nation-wide.
Career Education Corporation formed a partnership with Le Cordon Bleu, Paris, in January 1999. Brown was the first college in North America to include a Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Program. February 2005, Le Cordon Bleu began operating as a separate entity.
[edit] Accreditation
Brown College is nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT), which accredits for-profit schools. Brown College does not have regional accreditation thus many regionally accredited schools are reluctant to accept their credits in transfer or recognize their degrees for entry into graduate programs.[1][2][3][4]
[edit] Academics
Brown College has three schools offers Bachelor’s and Associate’s degrees in the following areas:
- School of Broadcasting – Communication Studies Program, Radio Broadcasting Program and Television Production Program
- School of Design – Digital Photography, Interior Design, Visual communications Program, Graphic Design Program and Multimedia Program
- School of Technology – Game Design & Development Program, Information Technology Program and Network Development Program and Software Development Program
- Business Management – Business Management Program
- Criminal Justice – Criminal Justice Program[5]
[edit] Campus
Brown College is located in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, with a branch campus in Brooklyn Center.
Brown’s campus in Mendota Heights occupies an 18-acre (73,000 m2) site and includes a Learning Resource Center with computers, study space, laptops and printers.
Brown College has a radio station named the Voice of Brown College or simply known as the VBC. Students in their 5th quarter operate the studio and during times when no one is in class, students will pull on-air shifts.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Chuck Hagel - U.S. senator from Nebraska (Radio Broadcasting)
- Rod Grams - U.S. congressman from Minnesota (Radio Broadcasting)
- Jeff Dubay - radio personality (Radio Broadcasting)
- Dan Cole - KFAN personality (Radio Broadcasting)
- Bree Walker - radio/television personality (Radio Broadcasting)[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Demanding Credit, Inside Higher Education website, dated Oct. 19, 2005 by Scott Jaschik
- ^ Tussling Over Transfer of Credit, Inside Higher Education website, February 26, 2007 by Doug Lederman
- ^ What is the Difference Between Regional and National Accreditation, Yahoo! Education website
- ^ Types of Accreditation, Education USA website
- ^ Brown College - Mendota Heights, Minnesota – Visual Communications-Graphic Design Program, Massage Therapy Program
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