Bryant & Stratton College is a for-profit college with campuses in New York, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin, and an online campus. Founded in 1854, the college offers two-year programs at all campuses and four-year programs at selected campuses. This school began as a business institute, but now is an accredited degree-granting college. Bryant & Stratton College is approved by the New York State Board of Regents and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education - an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education. Influenced by nineteenth century educator Platt Spencer, the school became well-known, and notable early students of the school include John D. Rockefeller and Henry Ford.
History
John Collins Bryant, Henry Beadman Bryant, and Henry Dwight Stratton were early graduates of Folsom Business College in Cleveland, Ohio, which they later purchased from the owner of the school, Ezekiel G. Folsom, who founded his school in 1848. Folsom was a former student of Platt Rogers Spencer who developed a standardized style of writing useful in business transactions before the invention of the typewriter. Platt Spencer also played a role in the formation of Bryant & Stratton College serving as a partner and teacher at the school which originally focused on bookkeeping and standardized penmanship. Bryant & Stratton College was organized in 1854 to provide practical workplace education, and was formerly known as Bryant and Stratton Business Institute.
In addition to purchasing the Cleveland school, Bryant and Stratton established a number of business schools that operated under the name of Bryant & Stratton & Co's chain of International Commercial Colleges in most major US cities. By 1864 as many as 50 schools existed. Tuition was $40 for an entire program of study.
Notable alumni
- Harold J. Arthur (Albany Business College), Governor of Vermont
- Murdock A. Campbell (Albany Business College), Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard
- Ricky Charles, Grenada international soccer player
- Armando Dugand (Albany Business College), Colombian scientist
- Henry Ford, billionaire, philanthropist
- William J. Grattan (Albany Business College), member of the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate
- Douglas Hudson (Albany Business College), member of the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate
- Otto F. Hunziker, dairy pioneer
- Shalrie Joseph, major league soccer player
- Erastus C. Knight, Mayor of Buffalo 1902-1905
- Jesse Peterson, Industrialist and Presidential Elector
- R. J. Reynolds, tobacco manufacturer
- Samak Sundaravej, Thailand prime minister (2008)
- Aldo Tatangelo, mayor of Laredo, Texas from 1978 to 1990; plastics manufacturer and native of Providence, Rhode Island
- J. Millard Tawes, Governor of Maryland 1959-1967
List of campuses
Bryant & Stratton College locations
New York
- Albany, New York
- Amherst, New York
- Buffalo, New York (referred to as Downtown campus, this was the original Bryant and Stratton location)
- Greece, New York
- Henrietta, New York
- Orchard Park, New York (referred to as Southtowns)
- North Syracuse, New York
- Downtown Syracuse, New York
Ohio
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Eastlake, Ohio (Moved from Willoughby Hills in August, 2008)
- Parma, Ohio
- Akron, Ohio (Coming in January 2012)
Virginia
- Hampton, Virginia
- Richmond, Virginia
- Virginia Beach, Virginia
Wisconsin
- Bayshore (Glendale)
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Online
- The college also provides selected degrees over the Internet. It was the first college to host an on-line graduation ceremony on Second Life.
References
External links
- Bryant & Stratton College Website
- Association of Proprietary Colleges Website
- Early Bryant & Stratton Newspaper Advertisement
- Bryant & Stratton College 150 Year Anniversary History Video
- Meaning and Practice of Commercial Education
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