Kaplan College

Kaplan College

Kaplan College is a system of for-profit colleges in the United States and is a subsidiary of Kaplan Inc. and Kaplan Higher Education.Cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/05/12/daily45.html|title=Kaplan College Opens Queensgate Campus|accessdate=2008-06-10|year=2008-05-15|work=Cincinnati Business Courier] Kaplan College offers career training for the healthcare industry.

Kaplan Inc. purchased the American Institute of Commerce, a business training school founded in 1937, and renamed it Kaplan College. Kaplan then used it as a base for all its online programs: financial planning, paralegal studies, health care and criminal justice. Educational Medical, Inc. became Quest Educational Corporation in 1998, which was subsequently acquired by Washington Post Company-controlled Kaplan in 2000.

As of April 2004, Kaplan owned 64 campuses, including Hesser College in New Hampshire and CEI College in California.Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03E6DB163AF936A15757C0A9629C8B63|title=The Alternative Universe: A Guide|accessdate=2008-06-10|year=2004-04-25|author=Julie Flaherty|work=The New York Times] California locations operated under the Maric College brand 2004-2008, then as Kaplan Colleges. Kaplan launched web-based universities in April 2000,Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/10/online.college.idg/index.html|title=Kaplan is Starting an Online College -- Minus the Keggers|accessdate=2008-06-10|publisher=CNN|year=2000-04-10|author=Mark Healy] and in 2007, Kaplan College merged with Hamilton Business Colleges/Hamilton College (Iowa).Cite web|url=http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2008/05/12/news/business/doc48212f5037ad1673668484.txt|title=Hamilton Technical College Stays on the Cutting Edge of Technology|accessdate=2008-06-10|year=2008-05-12|author=Susan Anderson|work=Quad-City Times] In June 2008, Las Vegas-based Heritage College was folded into the Kaplan College brand. [cite web |url=http://www.saycampuslife.com/2008/07/01/heritage-college-is-now-kaplan-college/ | title= Heritage College Is Now Kaplan College |date=2008-07-01 |accessdate=2008-08-05 |work=SayCampusLife]

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External links

* [http://www.kaplancollege.com/ Official Site]



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