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Bristol University was a private university in Anaheim, California. It was established in 1991 as Kensington College. It became a university in 2011 and was renamed Bristol University. It closed in 2017 after several years of financial challenges.
Former names | Kensington College |
|---|---|
| Type | Private university |
| Active | 1991–2017 |
| Accreditation | ACICS |
| Location | , 33°47′44″N 117°52′58″W |
| Nickname | Bears |
Sporting affiliations | USCAA |
| Website | website (archive) |
Bristol was founded in Santa Ana as Kensington College in 1991.[1] In 2009, the school initiated an MBA program.[2] In 2011, the school moved to Anaheim and was renamed Bristol University. The first graduating class of Bristol was in 2014.[3]
In November of 2014 Bristol University was sued by its recruitment firm. In April of 2017, Bristol University lost its lawsuit as a result of two of its representatives, Gene A. Raltz and Lourdes Cruz, admitting to lying under penalties of perjury, leaving Bristol University with a guilty verdict and ordered to pay a significant sum which lead them to file for bankruptcy in 2017.
In April 2015, the US Department of Education placed Bristol on a program called Heightened Cash Monitoring, which delays cash payments to universities because they were out of compliance with distance learning regulations.[4] In September 2015, the Department of Education informed Bristol they were no longer eligible to participate in federal financial aid programs, because the school disclosed a material change in ownership twenty five days late.[5]
The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools denied the institution accreditation on December 22, 2015.[6] As this prevented the school from accepting new students, Bristol filed a suit in federal court and was granted relief, reinstating their accreditation in 2016.[7][8] Bristol's position that the accrediting agency engaged in negligence by failing to follow the proper procedures in removing their accreditation.[9] However, the judgment was later overruled [10] Bristol filed for bankruptcy in 2017, closing its doors the same year.[11]
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The school reported the average cost to earn a bachelor's degree from 2014 to 2017 was approximately $47,400, and took an average of 31 months to complete.[12]
The school at one time supported sixteen sports teams, competing in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association as the Bears.[13] Despite the school's small size, both the men's and women's basketball teams played several games against much larger NCAA Division I teams, including 5 games in the 2015 season alone.[14] Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, track[15] and volleyball. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and volleyball.[16]
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- Jeron Roberts, professional basketball for the Israeli National basketball team served as athletic director.[17]
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