Bramson ORT College
Type | Private |
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Established | 1979, closed on January 2017 |
Dean | College Closed |
Director | Last director David Kanani |
Location | before closing: Forest Hills, Queens , , |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | World ORT, ORT America |
Website | Bramsonort.edu |
Bramson ORT College was a
History
Bramson ORT was established in 1942 to serve refugees and immigrants during World War II. In 1979, Bramson ORT Training Center became Bramson ORT Technical Institute. It officially became a Bramson ORT College in 1996 to provide quality technical post-secondary education and to meet the educational and career needs of the New York Community.[1] Bramson ORT lost its accreditation January 10, 2017 and shut down its operations in February 2017.
World ORT
The World Organization for Educational Resources and Technological Training (World ORT) operates a worldwide network of over 800 schools and training centers with an enrollment of more than 200,000 students in 60 countries. World ORT is the world's largest Jewish education and vocational training non-governmental organization. In 2007, American ORT and Women's American ORT merged to create ORT America, a Jewish organization. ORT America oversees the following ORT programs in the United States:
- Bramson ORT College (New York, NY)
- Los Angeles ORT College (Los Angeles, CA)
- Chicago ORT Technical Institute (Skokie, IL).
ORT (Organization for Educational Resource &Technological Training) is an international organization which strives to bring economic self-sufficiency to world Jewry. Since the establishment of the organization in 1880, ORT schools have provided vocational and technical education to more than two million people.[citation needed]
Programs
Bramson ORT college collaborated with B'derech, an organization run by Civil Court Judge
Facilities
Originally based in
Accreditation
Bramson ORT College was accredited by the Board of Regents of the
On January 18, 2017, officials representing Bramson alerted the U.S. Department of Education of the cessation of operations as a degree-granting institution on February 20, 2017, and that instruction at their Forest Hills and Brooklyn locations in New York would end.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Popper, Nathaniel. "ORT’s Nonsectarian Work Booms", The Forward, August 11, 2006. Accessed August 5, 2008.
- ^ "ORT's Helping Hand For Haredim". Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ^ Brenner, Yermi (20 August 2013). "Brooklyn GED Program Seeks To Help Put Haredi Men 'On the Path' to Employment: B'Derech Offers Secular Skills For a Competitive Job Market". Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ^ Directory of Colleges and Universities Accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and the Commissioner of Education Archived 2008-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, New York State Education Department. Accessed August 5, 2008.
- ^ "Bramson ORT College | the best distance learning associate degree program of all New York City colleges". Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2006-08-29.
- ^ "Fact Sheet: School Closure - Bramson ORT College Locations in New York" (PDF). Federal Student Aid. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 27, 2017.