Bradford College (United States)
President Jean Scott | | |
Academic staff | 33 Fulltime | |
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Administrative staff | 133 | |
Students | 600 | |
Location | , , 42°45′56″N 71°04′48″W / 42.765454°N 71.080009°W | |
Campus | Suburban |
Bradford College was a college in the part of
On November 19, 1999, its board of trustees announced that the 197-year-old liberal arts institution would close in May 2000. The former campus is now home to Northpoint Bible College.
History
Bradford College traces its origins to Bradford Academy, which was founded in 1803, making it the 3rd oldest
During the 1990s, annual budget shortfalls of more than $1 million, combined with declining enrollment and revenues and resulting losses due to competition from larger regional institutions, sealed the school's fate. In 1997, the school incurred an $18 million debt when it refinanced old debt and sought funds to build new dormitories.
After 197 years, Bradford College was closed in 2000, leaving substantial debt. In late 2007, the remaining endowment of $3.6 million was awarded to Hampshire College, an alternative liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts.[3] With the closing, 33 full-time professors and 133 employees, were left without jobs.
Property sold
According to the Assemblies of God denomination, an affiliate of Hobby Lobby stores (founder: David Green) purchased the former Bradford College campus in 2007. Renovation needed to be done before a new school opened on the campus.[4] An estimated $5 million worth of repairs and upgrades were needed before the campus reopened for the fall semester of 2008. Green and his affiliates covered the cost of repairs. The 18-acre (73,000 m2), multimillion-dollar campus, was then given to Zion Bible College, the Assemblies of God Bible school previously located at the former campus of the Barrington College in Barrington, Rhode Island.
Notable alumni
- George H. Atkinson, missionary in Oregon
- Sarah Charlesworth, artist
- Alice Blanchard Coleman, missionary society leader and writer
- Andre Dubus III, author, son of Bradford faculty Andre Dubus; attended briefly
- Esther Forbes, author of Johnny Tremain and other works
- Ann Hasseltine Judson, 19th-century Christian missionary to Asia
- John Taylor Jones, early missionary to Thailand
- Nayef Samhat, president of Wofford College
- Lucy Goodale Thurston, 19th-century Christian Hawaiian missionary
- Portia Washington Pittman, daughter of Booker T. Washington & the institution's first African-American graduate
Notable faculty
- Douglas Huebler, artist
- Andre Dubus, writer
- Marion Coats Graves
Notes and references
- ^ Massachusetts Board of Education; George A. Walton (1877), "Report on Academies: Bradford Academy", Annual Report...1875-76, Boston – via Internet Archive
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ George Adams (1853). "Education in Massachusetts: Incorporated Academies". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Printed by Damrell and Moore.
- ^ http://www.hampshire.edu/newsletter/200712/index.html#Anchor_CAMPUS
- ^ Jill Harmacinski (2007-09-17). "Bradford College to change hands today; Deal allows Zion Bible College to move onto campus". The Eagle-Tribune Online. North Andover, Mass. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2011-11-29.