Mount Washington College to close 2 campuses - PAUL FEELY, Union Leader

Citing declining student enrollment and a desire to focus on the growing popularity of online learning programs, officials with Mount Washington College announced on Wednesday a decision to close schools in Nashua and Salem and consolidate all student and faculty to their Manchester campus. The closures will take effect before Sept. 9, the start of the 2014-15 school year, according to Stephen White, a spokesperson for Mount Washington College (formerly Hesser College) and the Kaplan Education group, which purchased Hesser in 2000. “Mount Washington College has made the strategic decision to focus its time, attention and resources against a more concentrated academic portfolio, while also growing its low cost national online program,” said White. “As a result, it will stop enrolling new students in several programs within Allied Health and Arts and Sciences and close two campuses in Salem and Nashua by year’s end.” http://www.unionleader.com/article/20140709/NEWS04/140719993&source=RSS