DUBOIS, Pa. (EYT) — DuBois Business College has announced it is permanently closing all four of its campus locations effective September 22, 2016.
The following statement was issued by DuBois Business College on Tuesday:
The Board of Directors of DuBois Business College has made the difficult decision to close all of the College’s four campus locations in DuBois, Huntingdon, Oil City, and Philipsburg. This will happen at the end of the current term, effective September 22, 2016. Current DBC students will be provided assistance in finding another institution where their credits will be recognized, and they will be able to complete their college studies.
DBC administration has developed formal teach-out plans with South Hills School of Business and Technology in State College, Altoona, and Lewistown as well as with Pittsburgh Technical College (which has on-line options) and with Laurel Business Institute in Meadville. The DBC teach-out plan assures that DBC students will be immediately welcomed at these institutions. Butler County Community College has also offered assistance.
The closing of DuBois Business College follows the August 24 closing of Cambria-Rowe Business College. Both DuBois Business College and Cambria-Rowe were accredited through the Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).
DBC is taking this final action now because of issues with the accrediting agency ACICS and its role within the government bureaus that regulate student financial aid.
According to Jackie Syktich, DBC president and CEO, “We are a small private business college with an extraordinary personal dedication to our students. We have a proud history, with more than 130 years of service to students and employers in western Pennsylvania.”
“Our main campus in DuBois has been in operation since 1885. Over the decades as a private college, DBC has educated many of this region’s most respected business leaders and entrepreneurs. Employers throughout the area looked to DBC as a source for highly qualified employees in fields such as accounting and office management, computers, IT maintenance and security, administrative and clinical medical assisting, legal assisting, graphic / web design and more. Our graduates have built businesses, created jobs and contributed much to our local communities.”
“We know DBC’s closing will have a significant economic impact on our local economy. We employed approximately 50 faculty and staff, many of whom have worked at DBC for several decades.
“We express sincere gratitude to the thousands of students as well as the hundreds of employers who have relied on DuBois Business College and have been a part of our extended “family” for the last 131 years.”
