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Lehigh Valley College was a college owned by Career Education Corporation, a for-profit educational company. The college was located near Allentown, Pennsylvania, in Center Valley which is approximately 55 miles (89 km) outside of Philadelphia and offered associate degree programs in a variety of vocational areas, including criminal justice, graphic design and accounting.

History



Lehigh Valley College, formerly known as Allentown Business School, was founded in 1869 as primarily a secretarial school. Since then, it has expanded and moved four times to accommodate a larger student body and greater selection of programs. The school has operated under at least five owners. Career Education Corporation bought it in 1995 and added programs, doubled enrollment and raised tuition.

In July 2003 it moved to its present location, a 30-acre (120,000 m2) campus in Center Valley, Pennsylvania with 97,000 square feet (9,000 m2) of facility space which includes 40 classrooms, 2 art studios, a photo/video studio, 4 Mac labs, 5 PC labs, library, and wireless internet.

In November 2006, Career Education Corporation announced plans to sell several of its schools including Lehigh Valley College.

On March 20, 2009, the Board of Trustees of Penn State University approved the purchase of the property for $12 million.

The purchase will not affect a state attorney general probe into the Lehigh Valley College school.

Programs


Lehigh Valley College - Penn State Lehigh Valley Home Page - Started with the Penn State system as an extension in 1912. Relocated to a 40-  acre plot near Fogelsville in 1968 as the Allentown campus. Became known as ...

Similar to other CEC owned institutions, Lehigh Valley College offered associate degree programs in Criminal Justice; Fashion Merchandising; Graphic Design; Health Information Technology; Management/Marketing; Massage Therapy; Medical Assisting; Network Support; and Visual Communications. No new students were accepted after February, 2008, although currently enrolled students were allowed to complete their programs.

Controversy


Lehigh Valley College - Penn State Berks Home Page - Originally the Wyomissing Polytechnic Institute, until becoming part of the Penn   State system in 1958. Moved to its present Spring Township location in 1972.

The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office demanded records from the school covering its financial aid policies, recruitment practices and student complaints in July 2005 in connection with a probe of the school by its consumer protection division.

In August 2005, the Allentown Morning Call newspaper published the results of its investigation of Lehigh Valley College, which cited several alleged issues with the school including misleading and aggressive admission tactics, comparably high tuition costs, minimal transferability of credits, deceptive job placement statistics, inadequate job placement assistance, and weak quality of instruction.

References


Lehigh Valley College - New Barnes & Noble company to operate Lehigh Valley college ... - Mar 2, 2015 ... Four Lehigh Valley college bookstores will be part of a new Barnes & Noble   company. The bookseller on Thursday announced plans to turn ...
  1. ^ a b School company finds misconduct, but probe by Lehigh Valley College's parent clears senior management, May 10, 2005
  2. ^ a b Lehigh Valley College website, Our History
  3. ^ Career Education Corp · 8-K/A · For 11/14/06
  4. ^ Board approves purchase of new location for Lehigh Valley campus
  5. ^ Lehigh Valley College closing; state investigation will go on. Company says it can't find buyer. Students will be able to finish. The Morning Call, Jeanne Bonner, February 16, 2008
  6. ^ Lehigh Valley College facing state probe State attorney general's consumer protection bureau wants details on school's financial aid policies, recruitment practices Allentown Morning Call, by Christina Gostomski, August 3, 2005
  7. ^ School's pursuit of profit leaves students behind - Former Allentown Business Schools uses hard-sell admission tactics that lead to crushing debt, unfulfilled dreams, some say. Allentown Morning Call, by Sam Kennedy, April 24, 2005

External links


Lehigh Valley College - Lehigh Valley College Connection | Sigal Museum - Lehigh Valley College Connections Through this college connections initiative,   students, individually and as class units receive free admission, free research, ...
  • Lehigh Valley College Official Web Site


Lehigh Valley College - How much do Lehigh Valley college presidents make ... - Dec 8, 2014 ... Former Lehigh University president Alice Gast was the 50th highest paid private   college president in 2012. (lehighvalleylive.com File Photo).

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