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Business College
A business college is a school that provides education above the high school level but could not be compared to that of a traditional university or college. Unlike universities and even junior and community colleges, business colleges typically train the student for a specific vocational aspect, usually clerical tasks such as typing, stenography or simple bookkeeping. Proprietary schools can be traced back as far as 1636 to the puritans of Massachusetts. They served as a trade school for both business and necessary skills, from shipbuilding to sewing. The first business college founded in the United States is said to have been Nelson Business College in Cincinnati, founded by Richard Nelson in 1856. The goal of a business college is not to provide a thorough education, as is the model of modern universities in the liberal arts fields, but rather to provide training for a very specific task, such as legal terms, marketing, strategy, planning, Human resources, management informat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Baldwin (writer)
Neil Baldwin is the author of books on topics related to history and culture, and a professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Montclair State University. Education Baldwin earned a B.A. in English from the University of Rochester, and a Ph.D. in Modern American Poetry from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Career He was the editor of ''The Niagara Magazine'' between 1974 and 1982, and he worked in fundraising for the New York Public Library The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States (behind the Library of Congress ... between 1984 and 1989. Baldwin was the executive director of the National Book Foundation and sponsor of the National Book Awards for 15 years, from its founding in 1989 until his resignation in 2003. He is the author of 11 books, including ''Henry Ford and the Jews: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |