MILWAUKEE (WSAU-Wheeler News) Milwaukee is about to lose one of its best-known for-profit colleges. DeVry University said yesterday it would close campuses in eleven cities throughout the U-S, including Wisconsin’s only campus in downtown Milwaukee. The shutdown is scheduled for December 31st.
Almost 250 graduate and under-graduate students will be given options to complete their course work in DeVry’s online classes — which will continue. They could also transfer to other DeVry schools out-of-state, or transfer to a local college or university with similar programs.
David Dies, who heads the state’s Educational Approval Board, said he would try to make DeVry give refunds to its newest students if they’re not interested in the other options. Milwaukee has had a DeVry campus since 1983. Many for-profit schools have had enrollment declines and tighter admission standards due to a government crackdown on high student debt levels. Just over 110 of the 247 DeVry Milwaukee students are in the Keller Graduate School of Management. About half the Milwaukee students take their classes online. 80-percent have a mix of online and classroom-based programs.
