Harris School of Business

Harris School of Business is a for-profit college with locations in the northeast United States. It is a subsidiary of Premier Education Group. Harris School of Business was founded in 1965 to provide post-secondary educations in allied health and business management.[1]

History

The Harris School of Business began as a small employment service founded by Ethel S. Harris.[2] When Harris’ husband Dr. Arnold Harris died in 1957, she was left to raise three children on her own. As a way to support herself, she opened the employment service in 1959. The employment service was started as an agency for the unemployed to get connected with job opportunities.[3]

By 1965, training programs were introduced thus beginning the Harris School of Business. The school first became accredited in 1978. The original location in Cherry Hill has now expanded to a total of seven campuses in four different states.

Shortly before Harris’ death, the Camden County Commission on Women honored her as a “Women Who Made a Difference in the Field of Business” in 1993.[4]

Premier Education Group has faced allegations of fraudulently misrepresenting school accreditations and certifications, and of unprofessional academic practices. A federal lawsuit by seven former employees charges that school officials routinely misled students about their career prospects, and falsified records to enroll them and keep them enrolled, so that they could continue to get government grant and loan dollars. In 2014, a principal owner of Premier was Andrew N. Yao, who was convicted of fraud and served time in federal prison.[5]

Accreditation

The Harris School of Business first became an accredited education facility in 1978. The Danbury, CT, Upper Darby, PA and Cherry Hill, Linwood, and Hamilton, NJ campuses were formerly accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools. These locations and the Wilmington, DE campus are accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training.[6] Both the Dover, DE and Voorhees, NJ campuses are accredited through the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC).[7] The Surgical Technology program offered at these two campuses is programmatically accredited by The Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES).

Campuses

The Harris School has campuses at Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Linwood, New Jersey, Voorhees Township, New Jersey; Wilmington, Delaware, Dover, Delaware; Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, and Danbury, Connecticut.

Campus closings

Harris School of Business is in the process of closing its campus in Danbury, Connecticut. [8]

References
  1. "About Us - Harris School of Business". www.harrisschool.edu.
  2. "Remembering Our Founder, Ethel S. Harris - Harris School of Business". www.harrisschool.edu.
  3. http://www.harrisschool.edu/SiteData/docs/HarrisCata/19a97eb42dd10c86/Harris%20Catalog%20-%20NJ%20-%20PA%20Complete.pdf
  4. "Archives - Philly.com". articles.philly.com.
  5. Pérez-Peña, Richard (19 February 2014). "Federal Lawsuit Accuses For-Profit Schools of Fraud" – via www.nytimes.com.
  6. http://www.harrisschool.edu/SiteData/docs/HarrisCata/c4c62eb02dd17f6e/Harris%20Catalog%20-%20Wilmington%20Complete.pdf
  7. http://www.harrisschool.edu/SiteData/docs/HarrisCata/a9451f034af7c902/Harris%20Catalog%20-%20Dover-Voorhees%20Complete.pdf
  8. http://www.phillytrib.com/news/local_news/brightwood-career-institute-closes-in-the-middle-of-final-exams/article_5cee4cd4-384c-57da-a4b2-2025bc54b46e.html
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