History
Lehigh Valley College, formerly known as Allentown Business School, was founded in 1869 as primarily a secretarial school. Since then, it has expanded and moved four times to accommodate a larger student body and greater selection of programs. The school has operated under at least five owners. Career Education Corporation bought it in 1995 and added programs, doubled enrollment and raised tuition.
In July 2003 it moved to its present location, a 30-acre (120,000 m2) campus in Center Valley, Pennsylvania with 97,000 square feet (9,000 m2) of facility space which includes 40 classrooms, 2 art studios, a photo/video studio, 4 Mac labs, 5 PC labs, library, and wireless internet.
In November 2006, Career Education Corporation announced plans to sell several of its schools including Lehigh Valley College.
On March 20, 2009, the Board of Trustees of Penn State University approved the purchase of the property for $12 million.
The purchase will not affect a state attorney general probe into the Lehigh Valley College school.
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