Gibbs College
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Katharine Gibbs College was a for-profit institution of higher learning based in the United States of America, founded by Katharine Gibbs.
It was first founded in 1911 as the Providence School in Rhode Island, an institution that focused on the career education of young women.[1] A few years later, the institution expanded with satellite campuses in Boston, Massachusetts, New York City and Montclair, New Jersey, and was renamed for its founder. It specialized in education in industries such as design, business administration, computer technology, criminal justice, and health care.
The college was nationally accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools.[2]
Crowell Collier and Macmillan acquired Katharine Gibbs School in 1968.[3] In 1989, Macmillan sold the schools to Phillips Colleges. K-III Communications acquired the school from Phillips in 1994.[4] In 1997, The Career Education Corporation (CEC) acquired the Gibbs Group. In 2009, it shut down its campuses after a failed effort to sell the Gibbs franchise.