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Rasmussen College
Rasmussen College logo
Motto Doctrina. Concretio. Successio.
Established 1900
Type Private, for-profit
President Kristi A. Waite
Students 15000
Location Multiple campuses, Minnesota, North Dakota, Florida, Wisconsin and Illinois, USA
Colors Green and gold
Mascot "Rassy Rasmussen" the moose
Affiliations Rasmussen College, Inc.
Website Rasmussen College

Rasmussen College is a 110-year old for-profit private college offering associate's and bachelor's degrees at multiple campuses in Minnesota, Illinois, North Dakota, Florida, and Wisconsin. It also has an Online Division.

Students may earn diplomas and certificates in a variety of career-focused areas. Rasmussen College also offers on campus and online classes leading to Bachelor of Science (BS), Associate of Applied Science (AAS), and Associate of Science (AS) degrees.

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History

Green Bay, Wisconsin campus

The school was founded in 1900 as the Rasmussen School of Business by Walter Rasmussen in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[1] Rasmussen believed that the need for skilled professionals by the local business community was not being met.[2]

The first classes were held in September 1900.[3] With the advent of women's suffrage in 1920 through the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, the school’s female enrollment numbers began to increase.[4] In 1945 Walter Rasmussen retired and sold his interest in the school to Walter Nemitz. Nemitz instituted a number of curriculum changes, requiring that students learn how to use calculating machines, adding machines, and duplicating machines. Additionally, he mandated that the schools' facilities be updated, which included installing fluorescent lighting in all buildings and purchasing 100 typewriters for students to use.

By 1950, over 22,400 students had graduated from the school. In 1961, Wilbur Nemitz and Robert Nemitz, both sons of Walter Nemitz, took ownership of the school. In 1974, Rasmussen College acquired the St. Cloud Business College, and in 1979 it acquired the Northern Technical School of Business. In 1983, the school opened a campus in Mankato, Minnesota. The opening of this campus marked a shift from acquiring schools as a means of expansion to growth through internal expansion. Additional campuses were subsequently opened in Eagan (1989) and St. Cloud, Minnesota (1997), Rockford, Illinois (2006), Lake Elmo, Minnesota, Eden Prairie, Minnesota and Green Bay, Wisconsin (all 2007), Mokena-Tinley Park, Illinois (2010) and Wausau, Wisconsin (2010).[5] The school also opened an online campus in 2002.[6] The school acquired Aakers College in North Dakota[7] and Webster College in Florida and merged the schools into Rasmussen's operations.[8][9] Presently, the school has over 100,000 graduates.

In April 2011, Rasmussen College's Eden Prairie Campus moved to a 300,000-square-foot (28,000 m2) location in Bloomington to avoid disruptions caused by the $125 million Hwy. 169/I-494 interchange project.[10]

In the summer of 2010, Rasmussen College and other for-profit colleges came under scrutiny because they "may not provide adequate training for specific jobs, and high tuition costs may put students into debt for years."[11]

Academics

The school offers more than 60 programs[2] and partners with Deltak Edu to provide Master's level programs.

The school is organized into six schools: Allied Health, Business, Justice Studies, Education, Nursing, and Technology and Design. In October 2010, Rasmussen College announced a partnership with Market Motive Inc and announced programs in Internet marketing.[12]

Accreditation

Rasmussen College has been awarded Regional Accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), a Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).[13]

References

  1. ^ http://eab.state.wi.us/newsroom/newsletter/02winter-news.pdf
  2. ^ a b Rasmussen College: from the EdRef college search directory
  3. ^ Rasmussen College - Business College
  4. ^ Rasmussen College - Business College
  5. ^ Green Bay Press-Gazette - The article requested can not be found! Please refresh your browser or go back. (U0,20070625,GPG03,70625114,AR)
  6. ^ Rasmussen College Announces New Online Division
  7. ^ Aakers plans merger with parent college Associated Press- Bismark Tribune Monday, March 19, 2007
  8. ^ wcco.com - Aakers College May Merge With Rasmussen
  9. ^ Bismarck, ND News - Page 55| KXNet.com Dickinson North Dakota
  10. ^ [1] Star Tribune. November 16, 2010
  11. ^ Patti Zarling, For-profit colleges like Globe, Rasmussen, ITT grow in popularity But schools also draw criticism over job training, tuition Green Bay Press Gazette June 29, 2010.
  12. ^ http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20101104/GPG03/11040588/Rasmussen-boosts-Internet-marketing-program
  13. ^ MN schools with regional accreditation

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