Harrison College announced on Friday it would close operations effective Sunday, including its Columbus campus.
The Republic’s newsgathering partner, WISH TV, reported that the college, headquartered in Indianapolis, had been operating in Indiana for 118 years.
In addition to the Columbus location, which is on the Columbus AirPark area in the north side of the city, other locations included Anderson, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute and a campus in Columbus, Ohio.
According to the college’s website, it was founded in Marion, Indiana, in 1902 as a business college, received national accreditation in 1980 and was purchased by Education Management Corporation in 1986.
Faculty was instructed to turn in final grades by Tuesday and arrange to return equipment.
Pfannenstiehl said Harrison College was working with North American University and other transfer and teach-out partners to help students continue their academic careers.
NAU agreed to provide benefits to students who enroll by the February 2019 term.
The college said it would be be posting transfer options to its website to help students.
