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Pages in category "Universities and colleges in Detroit" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The School of Engineering had electrical, mechanical, chemical, automotive, and machine trade programs leading to a B.S. degree. [5] It also included The Hudson School, a high school offering a college prep program as well as training in business and technology for students who did not plan to attend college and the Detroit School of Religion.
The Detroit Business University was founded in 1887 by the merger of Spencerian Business College (founded in 1883) and Goldsmith Business College (founded in 1850). One of its early presidents was William F. Jewell, while Platt R. Spencer, who had headed the Spencerian Business College, was the head of the school's penmanship department.
The Metropolitan Center for High Technology, formerly S. S. Kresge World Headquarters, is an office building located at 2727 Second Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1979.
When the Maccabees organization vacated the building in 1960, the Detroit Public School System (DPS) purchased it for a headquarters. From 1960 to 2002, it served as the headquarters of Detroit Public Schools. It officially became the School Center Building but the Maccabees name remained visible on the exterior. [3] [4]
The school originally closed in 2015 after losing its accreditation. [1] However, the school became the first HBCU to reopen, rebranding as Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design in 2021 through the efforts of D'Wayne Edwards , founder of the Pensole Footwear Design Academy , with an emphasis on design in addition to business.
It now houses the State of Michigan’s Detroit offices,” according to historicdetroit.org. Jenna Prestininzi contributed to this report. Contact JC Reindl: 313-378-5460 or jcreindl@freepress.com .
In 1913 the high school began offering some college-level courses, and in 1917 the new two-year Detroit Junior College began to operate in the building. In 1923 this would become the four-year degree granting College of the City of Detroit, one of the main precursor institutions of today's Wayne State University.