Description
Harrison College is a nationally accredited college with more than 75,000 graduates. We offer a unique learning environment for students who want to pursue a career-focused, quality education and complete their degree in a student-centered atmosphere. In order to achieve your goals, we believe it's important for us to take the time to get to know you. In fact, our students are often surprised at the one-on-one attention they receive here as compared to other institutions. You'll experience it throughout every stage of your Harrison experience – from our Admissions Representatives to our Career Services staff and financial aid analysts to our course instructors. Each of us believes it is our goal to help you achieve yours.
And that’s how “we change lives, one student at a time.”
School/Higher Education Center history
While many career colleges are run by large anonymous corporations, Harrison College remains today – as it was when it opened in Marion in 1902 – a family-owned educational institution. A former educator, Charles Cring, started Marion Business College because he saw that a diversifying Indiana economy needed trained workers. The needed skills in 1902 were shorthand, typing, penmanship, English, bookkeeping and accounting. He built his school based on educating his students in those areas, helping them be marketable in the world of business. By 1913, the college extended from Elkhart in the north to Columbus in the south. This school was the model for the multiple campuses which became known as Indiana Business College, and more recently, Harrison College. Harrison was also a leader in educating women. While much of the office work from 1900 to 1920 was performed by men, women were making strong inroads…and Harrison was there to teach them.....
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