{{Short description|For-profit business college in San Francisco, California}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use American English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox university | name = Heald College | image = Heald-est-1863-horizontal-634.png | former_name = Heald's Business College,<br> Heald School of Engineering and Mining,<br> Heald Colleges,<br> Heald College of Engineering | motto = ''Get in. Get out. Get ahead.'' | type = Private for-profit business{{ndash}}career college | established = 1863 | closed = 2015 | president = Eeva Deshon (last) | city = San Francisco | state = California | country = United States | free_label = Campuses | free = 12 campuses & online | website = [http://www.healdcollege.com Heald College Homepage] }}
'''Heald College''' was a private for-profit business{{ndash}}career college with its main campus in San Francisco, California.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailycensored.com/corinthian-college-criminal-enterprise-teacher-pension-funds-buying-stoc/ |title=Corinthian College is a criminal enterprise: Then why are teacher pension funds buying their stock? |publisher=The Daily Censored |date=December 16, 2013 |access-date=February 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116032724/http://www.dailycensored.com/corinthian-college-criminal-enterprise-teacher-pension-funds-buying-stoc/ |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> It offered courses in the fields of healthcare, business, legal, and technology.
Beginning in 2012, it also offered full online degrees. Heald College was owned by Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit education company that also operated Everest College and WyoTech.<ref>{{cite web|title=Corinthian Colleges, Inc.|url=http://www.cci.edu/brands|access-date=October 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017132939/http://www.cci.edu/brands|archive-date=October 17, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Heald College closed for good when Corinthian Colleges shuttered all of their campuses on April 27, 2015. At the time of its closure, the college had campuses in twelve cities, in addition to its online program.
==History== thumb|150px|Edward Payson Heald|left thumb|Heald College, Oakland, California (c. 1909–1911)|alt=Heald College, Oakland, California (c. 1909–1911) [[File:Heald College.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Heald College in Milpitas in 2012; the building was later used as a private school<ref>{{cite news|last=Bauer|first=Ian|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/02/05/milpitas-stratford-school-applies-to-take-over-closed-heald-college-site/|title=Milpitas: Stratford School applies to take over closed Heald College site|newspaper=The Mercury News|date=February 5, 2016|access-date=January 3, 2019}}</ref>]] The college was founded<ref>Lewis Publishing Company in 1892</ref> in San Francisco, California, by Edward Payson Heald on August 8, 1863, and known for many years as "Heald's Business College".<ref>van Ommeren 2004</ref>
In 1875, due to demand for training in mining and civil engineering, Heald created "The School of Engineering and Mining" located at 425 McAllister Street. In 1913 the McAllister Street location was purchased by the City of San Francisco to become the new City Hall. At that time Heald moved the school into a new building at Van Ness and Post where it remained until August 1983, when the Engineering College Division was closed, and the Heald Technical Division was relocated to a new facility at Yerba Buena West.<ref>{{Cite book|title=San Francisco: Adventurers and Visionaries|last=Dillon|first=Richard H.|publisher=Continental Heritage Press|year=1983|isbn=0932786359|pages=190}}</ref>
In 2001, it changed its name from Heald Colleges to Heald College. In 2007, the then non-profit institution was acquired by a private investor group and turned into a for-profit college.<ref>{{cite web|title=Capstone Partners Advises Heald College on Acquisition by Investor Group|url=http://www.capstonellc.com/news/capstone-partners-advises-heald-college-acquisition-investor-group|publisher=Capstone LLC|access-date=June 26, 2014|page=7|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625082826/http://capstonellc.com/news/capstone-partners-advises-heald-college-acquisition-investor-group|archive-date=June 25, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
In November 2009, Corinthian Colleges, Inc. purchased Heald College's parent company for $395 million, simultaneously announcing plans to begin in 2011 offering online-only courses leading to degree programs based entirely on online coursework. However, Corinthian planned to retain the Heald name, as well as its faculty and staff.<ref name="PBN">{{cite news|url=http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2009/11/09/story6.html|title=Sale of Heald Colleges could lead to more student options|author=Nanea Kalani|work=Pacific Business News|date=November 6, 2009|access-date=November 12, 2009 }}</ref>
In 2015, due to findings by the Department of Education of misrepresented job placement rates in certain programs at Corinthian Colleges, including Heald, after July 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/sites/default/files/heald-findings.pdf|title = List of Heald College Programs and Enrollment Dates Covered by Department of Education Findings|access-date = September 2, 2015|publisher = Department of Education}}</ref> the department made students of these programs eligible to have their debts cancelled if they submitted an attestation form. Corinthian was assessed a fine of $30 million, and shut down all its campuses, including Heald, on April 27, 2015.<ref name="kron4-0429">{{cite web |url=http://kron4.com/2015/04/29/faqs-about-heald-everest-and-wyotech-campuses/ |title=FAQS about Heald, Everest, And Wyotech Campuses |last1=Sevilla|first1=Mario |date=April 29, 2015 |website=kron4.com |publisher=Media General |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528155551/http://kron4.com/2015/04/29/faqs-about-heald-everest-and-wyotech-campuses |archive-date=May 28, 2015 |access-date=June 9, 2015 }}</ref><ref name=Chron>{{cite news |first=Jill |last=Tucker |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Corinthian-Colleges-shuts-down-in-S-F-and-6225068.php |title=Corinthian, Heald colleges shut down abruptly |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |website=sfgate.com |date=April 26, 2015 |access-date=September 26, 2018 }}</ref>
Corinthian had sold some of its campuses.<ref name=Chron/> At the time of closure, in addition to its online program,<ref>{{cite web|title=Heald Online programs|url=http://www.healdonline.edu/programs|publisher=Heald Online|access-date=December 5, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203063842/http://www.healdonline.edu/programs|archive-date=December 3, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Heald had campuses in Hawaii, Oregon, and ten locations in California:<ref name=Chron/> {{Columns-list| *Concord *Fresno *Hayward *Milpitas/San Jose *Modesto/Salida *Rancho Cordova *Roseville *Salinas *San Francisco *Stockton<ref name="kron4-0429"/> }}
==Accreditation== From 1983 until its closure, Heald College was accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).<ref name="WASC">{{cite web|url=http://www.accjc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ACCJC_DIRECTORY_of_ACCREDITED_INSTITUTIONS_Aug_10_2012.pdf|title=ACCJC DIRECTORY OF ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONS AUGUST 2012|page=13|date=August 1, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016}}</ref> Heald offered Associate in Applied Sciences degrees<ref>{{cite web|title=Heald College Academic Catalog|url=http://www.heald.edu/multimedia/pdfs/Heald_Catalog.pdf|publisher=Heald College|access-date=July 24, 2011|page=3|date=June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927054448/http://www.heald.edu/multimedia/pdfs/Heald_Catalog.pdf|archive-date=September 27, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and Associate of Arts degrees, diplomas or certificates.
In addition, in July 2012, Heald College received accreditation from the Western Associate of Schools and Colleges accrediting commission for Senior Colleges and Universities (WASC Sr.).<ref name="WASCSR">{{cite web|url=http://www.wascsenior.org/files/June%202012%20commission%20actions.pdf|title=WASC Commission Actions – June 2012|date=July 1, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2012 }}</ref>
==Notable alumni== {{Portal|Education|San Francisco Bay Area}} * Amadeo Giannini (1870–1949), banker, founder of Transamerica and the Bank of Italy and co-founder/co-creator of Bank of America. * Charles W. Childs (1844–1922), principal of the California State Normal School (now San Jose State University) * George Christopher (1907–2000), former Mayor of San Francisco. *Victor Jules "Trader Vic" Bergeron (1902–1984), restaurateur. * Michael H. de Young (1849–1925), ''San Francisco Chronicle'' newspaper publisher and museum founder. *Oliver Gagliani (1917–2002), photographer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Huesgen|first=Tai|date=2019|title=Finding aid for the Oliver Gagliani papers, circa 1940s-2000s|url=https://ccp.arizona.edu/sites/ccp.cals.arizona.edu/files/finding-aid-pdfs/ag240_gagliani_1.pdf|publisher=Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona|type=PDF|access-date=June 9, 2021|archive-date=June 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609091310/https://ccp.arizona.edu/sites/ccp.cals.arizona.edu/files/finding-aid-pdfs/ag240_gagliani_1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> * William Gorham (1888–1949), businessman, engineer at Hitachi during World War II, contributing to founding of Nissan.<ref name="Kawakami2002">{{cite book|url=http://www.jsme.or.jp/tsd/ICBTT/conference02/KenjiroKAWAKAMI.html|first=Kenjiro|last=Kawakami|chapter=William R. Gorham (1888–1949) and Japanese Industry|title=International Conference on Business & Technology Transfer|year=2002|access-date=May 8, 2013}}</ref> *Addie Viola Smith (1893–1975), attorney and trade commissioner in Shanghai<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Addie Viola Smith (1893–1975) |encyclopedia=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |location=Canberra |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smith-addie-viola-11717 |access-date=April 14, 2024 |last=Barker |first=Heather |date=2006 |orig-date=2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222081431/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smith-addie-viola-11717 |archive-date=February 22, 2024}}</ref> *Edward Keating Strobridge (1869–1946) California state assemblyman from 1907 to 1909, then state senator for eight years. After that, he worked for Alameda County as the “sealer of weights and measures” for 27 years.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} *Fred Swanton (1862–1940) former mayor of Santa Cruz, California, and founder of Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward Sanford Harrison|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofsantacr00harr|title=History of Santa Cruz County, California|publisher=Pacific Press Publishing Company|year=1892|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofsantacr00harr/page/318 318]–319|chapter=Biographical Sketches}}*</ref>
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