Editing Post University (section)

== History ==
Post University was founded in 1890 as Post College.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-and-education-magazines/teikyo-post-university-distance-learning-programs|title=Teikyo Post University: Distance Learning Programs &#124; Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> The school offered training in typing, [[bookkeeping]], business writing, and other courses. In 1897, Harry C. Post acquired the school and renamed the school Waterbury Business College, where he became the college's first principal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/2014/02/28/reader-submitted-post-university-seeking-oldest-living-graduate-2/|title=READER SUBMITTED: Post University Seeking Oldest Living Graduate|date=February 28, 2014}}</ref> The school again changed its name in 1931 to Post College, where it would keep its namesake until 1990.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/1994/04/23/teikyo-post-university-inaugurates-ninth-president-2/|title=Teikyo Post University Inaugurates Ninth President |date=April 23, 1994}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/30/nyregion/college-joins-japanese-conglomerate.html|title=College Joins Japanese Conglomerate|first=Charlotte|last=Libov|work=The New York Times |date=September 30, 1990|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

In 1965, the school moved to its current location on Country Club Road in Waterbury, Connecticut. Harold B. Leever was named chair of the board of trustees. The Leever Student Center is named in his honor.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web | url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/post-university-1401/campus-info | title=Post University Campus | website=usnews.com}}</ref> The school expanded again by adding the Traurig Library in honor of Rose Traurig.<ref>{{Cite web | title=askGPO | url=https://ask.gpo.gov/s/account/001t000000T9GOiAAN/traurig-library | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730123648/https://ask.gpo.gov/s/account/001t000000T9GOiAAN/traurig-library | access-date=2025-04-04 | archive-date=2021-07-30}}</ref> In 1970, the school opened its first off-campus site in Meriden, Connecticut.

In 1976, Post College became a four-year institution and began offering accelerated degree programs aimed at helping Vietnam veterans earn college degrees. In 1980, the college began offering baccalaureate degrees, and a few years later acquired its athletic facilities to support men's and women's varsity sports.

In the 1990s, the school became affiliated with [[Teikyo University]] and changed its name to Teikyo Post University.<ref name="auto"/> The school began offering [[distance learning]] programs in 1997.<ref name="auto1"/>

Post University is a private, for-profit school; since 2004, it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Post Education, Inc.<ref name=owned/>

In 2004, the school changed to a new board of trustees and became Post University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/2004/10/27/investment-group-buys-major-stake-in-college/|title=Investment Group Buys Major Stake in College |date=October 27, 2004}}</ref> The school expanded its liberal arts programs and graduate-level courses. In 2007, Post offered Connecticut's first fully online Master of Business Administration degree program. In 2012, the business school was renamed to Malcolm Baldrige School of Business, after former United States Secretary of Commerce [[Malcolm Baldrige, Jr.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.waterburyobserver.org/2012/10/18/3409/|title=Post University Honors Former Secretary of Commerce, Malcolm Baldrige|date=October 18, 2012|website=The Waterbury Observer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.waterburyobserver.org/2019/05/27/post-universitys-inaugural-class-malcolm-baldrige-scholars/|title=Post University's Inaugural Class of Malcolm Baldrige Scholars|date=May 27, 2019|website=The Waterbury Observer}}</ref>

In 2015, John L. Hopkins was appointed as the CEO of the university.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.waterburyobserver.org/2016/02/25/4230/|title=New CEO at Post University|date=February 25, 2016|website=The Waterbury Observer}}</ref>

In 2021, Post University acquired [[American Sentinel University]], a for-profit college with 1400 undergraduate students and 1300 graduate students. The school became American Sentinel College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Post University.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Seltzer |first1=Rick |title=Online Nursing Programs Drive Acquisition |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/02/02/post-university-acquires-american-sentinel-eyes-toward-nursing-programs-and |website=www.insidehighered.com |date=2 February 2021 |publisher=Inside Higher Education |access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref>