Brookline College

Brookline College is a private, for-profit, technical school headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona with campuses in Phoenix, Tempe, Tucson, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Brookline college offers online and on campus tuition.

History

The school was founded as the non-profit Arizona Institute of Business and Technology (AIBT) in 1979.[1] Accredited in 1982, it became a Junior College in 1991 and a Senior College in 2001.[2] It was renamed the International Institute of Americas (IIA) in 2002. In 2007, it was purchased by the Hamilton White Group IIA and given its current title in 2009.[1][2] In 2010 and 2011 it was authorized to grant bachelor's degrees and master's degrees.[2]

Programs

Brookline has programs in the fields of Healthcare, Nursing, Business, Legal Studies, Criminal Justice, and Computer Security. It grants Associate, Bachelor, and Master degrees of Science.

Accreditation

Brookline College’s Phoenix, Tucson, Tempe and Albuquerque campuses are accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) to award diplomas, associate’s degrees, bachelor’s degrees and master's degrees. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools is listed as a nationally recognized accrediting agency by the United States Department of Education and is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

Brookline College is licensed in Arizona by the Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education; in New Mexico by the New Mexico Higher Education Department; and in Oklahoma by the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools.

Brookline College is registered with the Maryland Higher Education Commission to offer distance education programs in the state of Maryland.

Brookline College is recognized by the Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission (NPEC) of Georgia to provide on-line, distance, or correspondence education to Georgia residents.

Brookline College is approved for Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) benefits and is a member of:

Servicemember’s Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU) Arizona Private School Association (APSA) Brookline College is not regulated in Texas under Chapter 132 of the Texas Education Code.

The Associate of Science – Physical Therapist Assistant Degree at Brookline College is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE): www.capteonline.org

The program’s current status is probationary accreditation; for more information see http://www.capteonline.org/WhatWeDo/RecentActions/PublicDisclosureNotices/

The Brookline College – Phoenix baccalaureate nursing programs have been granted initial accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN).

The Brookline College – Albuquerque baccalaureate nursing programs have been granted Candidacy status by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). Candidacy status does not guarantee that this program will achieve full accreditation, which is graded by the Commission after a full accreditation review including a visit by a team of trained site visitors. Once a program has been granted Candidacy it must seek full accreditation within 2 years. www.acenursing.org

The Brookline College – Tempe Campus has programmatic accreditation for its Surgical Technology program by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES): www.abhes.org

The Brookline College – Phoenix Medical Laboratory Technician program has been granted initial accreditation by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS): www.naacls.org

References

  1. 1 2 "Business Bio: Brookline College | Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce". Phoenixchamber.com. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
  2. 1 2 3 "Our Heritage and History - Brookline College". Brooklinecollege.edu. 1979-10-18. Retrieved 2013-11-20.

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