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Closed Vocational Insitutions

InstitutionClosingDatePhoneRecords LocationReason for Closing
Academy of Advanced Aesthetics05/10/07540-776-8336Dr. Resk 5303 Clearbrook Villiage Lane Roanoke, VA 24104Low enrollment
Academy of Dental Technology03/09/09772-374-2169Debbie Nizynski deblynn713@comcast.netOwners relocated
Advanced European Facials Institute2/01/06703-237-1313Call Celina Curie at number listed.Unknown
Adventures Unlimited Travel School6/30/95804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Alternative Therapy School of Massage12/29/08804-225-2600SCHEVLow enrollment
American Inst. For Paralegal Studies6/30/981-800-553-2420Call Annie Sacks at number listed.School switched from classroom setting to computer-mediated distance learning
Americare School of Nursing1/30/06 Library of Virginia Records CenterSCHEV issued cease & desist order due to school failure to recertify and operating without a valid business license
AmeriTrain8/26/02804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Associated Technical College10/10/05619-234-2181 (office) 619-236-7971 (fax) 1445 Sixth Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 atcatsd@aol.comUnable to recruit students
Associated Training Services of VA, LLC6/14/20101-800-383-7364, ext. 1120 Kristi Hull, Associated Training Services, Corp, 7190 Elder Lane, Sun Prairie, WI 53590 Failure to obtain accreditation within required timeframe.
Attitudes, Inc8/26/03804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
AZ Business & Language Inst. 804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
B&H Faceting School10/24/05 Harry E. Troutt 7300 Roanoke Street Christiansburg, VA 24073Low enrollment
Barclay Career School1993804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Cal Simmons Travel Schoool8/1/98804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Cape New York, Inc.10/14/05 Guyon Moseley, Director Moseley, Inc. 9415 West Street Manassas, VA 20110Low enrollment
Career Development Center 757-873-2423Call Linda Abernathy at the number listed.Medical Careers Institute purchased Career Development Center
Career Education Center 804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
CareerCom School of Business2/1/92804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Chesapeake Institute of Massage12/14/98804- 662-9949Call Amy Davis at the number listed.Unknown
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College8/05 Brenda Hester 300 Clear Creek Road Pineville, KY 40977Low enrollment
Commonwealth Polytechnic Institute1/5/98 UnknownUnknown
Commonwealth Technical Institute1/12/98804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Comp USA5/16/08804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Computer Learning Center1/19/01703-330-5300Call Nicole Key at the number listed.School changed to degree-granting
ComputerTraining.edu12/29/09 UnknownSchool was forced to close its 22 campuses and corporate office. No notice provided by school as to where student files are to be housed.
Cooper Career Institute1/6/05804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
CoreTrain5/23/03804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Dalfort Aircraft Tech2/28/94804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
DB Training10/31/05  Information Systems Consortium, Inc. 510 Spring St., Ste. 210 Herndon, VA 20170Low enrollment
Delta Computer Education9/5/01804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Digital Corp6/4/03804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
DLT Foreign Language Services7/1/03804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Dominion Business School10/1/02770-776-5091Kaplan Higher Education Corp. Pat FragaleUnknown
Dominion Career Institute4/10/90804-225-2600 Unknown
Don Pilch - Professional Massage Therapy9/30/04703-351-7760Call Don Pilch at number listed.School voluntarily withdrew certificate to operate
Dorthea B. Lane - Fred & Alex 302-739-5622Delaware Dept. of EducationAlso Fred's Secretary School
Eastern School of Farrier Science11/16/99804-225-2600UnknownUnknown
Eastern School of Technology T/A EASTECH11/16/99804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Echo Training Center11/11/00 UnknownUnknown
Electronic Institute of Technology6/30/97757-853-2121Call Yvonna Santos at number listedNow operating as Tidewater Tech
Electroysis Institute of Northern Virginia6/30/99804-225-2600SCHEV 
Entre Information Services 804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
ESI Technology Center10/6/03757-518-9100Juanita Lee 5501 Greenwich Road Virginia Beach, VA 23462School Purchased by Infotec, LLC
ETS Training Center11/5/05 Lillie Edmonds 1366 Wills Road Blackstone, VA 23824Low enrollment
European Travel 804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Fischer Technical Institute10/8/93804-225-2600SCHEVBankruptcy July, 1992, Now operating as ATI
Fox Models of Winchester12/1/97 UnknownUnknown
Franklin Academy 703-860-1530Call Jerry Kirks at the number listedUnknown
Gibson World Travel School 804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Glamour Modeling and Talent Ltd6/30/98757- 363-8844Call Norma Fox at the number listed.Unknown
Global Bartending6/30/98  Unknown
Global Gateway Consulting, Inc6/30/03804-255-2600SCHEVschool purchased by Reporting Academy of Richmond
Gloucester Career Training Center4/19/99757-499-5447Call Dan Skyes at the number listed. 
Hanover School of Massage, Inc.1/1/05  Low enrollment
Health Career 804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
IBT-Institute of Business & Technology 804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
ICTS-Innovative Community Technology Services10/4/02804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Industrial Career Center6/17/85804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Institute for Legal Studies 804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Intense School12/09 UnknownThe school’s corporate office, Vigilar, Inc., closed suddenly with no prior notice to SCHEV. No notice provide by school as to where student files are to be housed.
Intense School08/31/09703-709-5875Potomac College, 400 Chesapeake Street, NW, Washington, DC 20016 FlorenceTate@potomac.eduSchool unable to obtain accreditation
International Bartending Institute6/30/85  Unknown
Jewelry Design Institute1/30/02904-823-3580Call Allyson Farriss at number listedSchool moved to: 1966 U.S. 1 South St. Augustine, Fl 1-800-756-1227
John Casablancas Modeling and Career Center10/1/051-866-766-9530Patricia Price 2721 109th Street Toledo, OH 43611Only Virginia office closing. Transcripts and refresher courses available at the Baltimore Center.
Katharine Gibbs Schoo 6/30/1986212-867-4027Main CampusUnknown
Kee Business College 859-525-2230 (x5389)Record Retention Center Care of Thomson Distribution Cntr 10650 Toebben Drive Independence, KY 41051 doug.simpson@thomson.comAKA National Education Center
Legal Learning Institute9/1/96804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Limimg Computer Institute12/8/03804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Lucas Travel School9/2/98804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Mansfield School of Business5/13/93804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Medical Learning Center9/12/05703-527-0055Medical Learning Center 1840 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22201School will no longer offer allied health programs; LPN and CN programs will continue to be offered
MedTech Health Care Training4/10/00804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Metropolitan School of Dental Technology6/30/00703-569-8032Call Victoria Sutton at the number listed.Unknown
Metropolitan Technical Institute2/1/09804-367-4515Virginia Department of Nursing 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300 Richmond Virginia 23233-1463 Closed due to economic downturn.
MetroStar Systems, Inc.9/12/05 Ali Manouchehri 4031 University Dr, Ste. 550 Fairfax, VA 22030School voluntarily withdrew certificate to operate
Microhard Technologies, Inc6/30/03804-225-2600SCHEV 
Mid-Atlantic School of Health8/08804-225-2600SCHEV 
Miller-Motte Technical College5/7/03804-225-2600SCHEV 
Mosely Profession Education 877-667-3535 Formerly NIRE
MT Support Services, Inc.11/14/05757-838-0723Anita N. Jennings mtsupp@yahoo.comExecutive decision to cease offering vocational training
National Academy of Paralegal Studies 804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
National Business School6/1/73 American Medical Technologist Alliance Health Professions 1710 Higgins Rd Park Ridge IL 60068Unknown
National Education Center  570-961-4027 Records Retention Center
National Institute for Paralegal Training   Unknown
National Institute of Clinical Electology6/30/97  Unknown
Natural Touch School of Massage Therapy4/16/05 Natural Touch School of Massage Therapy 291 Park Avenue Danville, VA 24541School under new ownership. New owner closing Lynchburg school. Danville school will continue to operate.
New Horizons Computer Learning Center of Virginia Beach6/30/03804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
NIRE - Institute of Paralegal Training 877-667-3539 Unknown
Norfolk Business College 757-499-7900 Now operating as Bryant and Stratton College
Norfolk College  570-961-4027Unknown
Norfolk School of Boatbuilding 804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Northeast Montessori Institute at Belmont Greene11/14/06207-236-6316Martha Manahan nemontessori@yahoo.com Unknown
Omega Technical Institute10/1/05 Omega Technologies, Inc. 2722 Merrilee Dr., Ste. 150 Fairfax, VA 22031Low Enrollment
Omega Travel School12/11/06 Omega World Travel, Inc. 3102 Omega Office Park, Suite 101 Fairfax, VA 22031 ATTN: Mary Ellen Solano msolano@owt.netSCHEV issued cease & desist order; school failure to recertify
PanAmerican Business School 804-353-4458 Now operating as The Braxton School
Paralegal Academy of Richmond6/30/97  Unknown
Paralegal Institute11/20/07 Ms. Hildie Carney, Financial Officer, 9502A Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031 or Edie McGuire at gildavis@verizon.netUnknown
Parvane Institute of Esthetics12/9/96703-288-4228 Now operating as The Esthetic Institute
Phillips Business College8/1/85437-239-5222 Now operating as Miller-Motte Tech College
Portsmouth General Health Careers Center6/30/66804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
PRG School of Mortgage Lending 804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Professional Bartending School of Tidewater6/30/98  Unknown
Professional Dental Assisting Institute6/30/08757-235-0819Professional Dental Assistants of Tidewater 105 Golden Maple Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23452Closed due to economic downturn.
Professional Massage School1/7/03804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Qi Elements, LC Tai Chi, Kung Fu & Massage11/30/2005 Nancy Bloomfield sifunancy@aol.com 280 Sunset Park, Herndon, VA 20170Owner discontinuing instruction
Rice Aviation2/24/97804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Richmond Professional Institute 804-828-0100 Now operating as Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond Training Academy 804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Rockwell University9/01/06304-724-3700Melanie Winter, mwinter@apus.eduUnknown
Ruthledge College 804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
SatoTravel 3/1/1996804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
School for Executive Secretaries 804-225-2600SCHEVInstitute of Business Technology
Smith-Madden Business College 804-643-3441 Garfield Childs & Childs Business Services
Smithdeal-Massey Business College1992804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Solid Computer Decision - SCD4/19/02804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Soundlabs 804-225-2600SCHEVBought by Columbia School of Broadcasting
TECC School of Electronics4/30/91804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Temple Business Institute 570-961-4027  Records Retention Center
Tidewater Academy of Medial Professionss   Unknown
Tidewater Institute of Technology9/29/06727-528-2657Sherri Lee P.O. Box 56600 St. Petersburg, FL 33732 slee0009@tampabay.rr.com School not profitable
Tidewater Maritime Training Institute10/1/91  Unknown
TransWorld Travel Academy6/30/99  Unknown
Travel Innovators4/1/97 757-499-5447 Now operating as Virginia School of Technology
Tulane University - Payson Center for International Development & Technology8/31/04504-865-5240 Tulane UniversityVoluntarily Withdrew Certificate To Operate
Tyson Healing Arts, LLC 8/22/2005540-435-3991Paul B. GoodallLow enrollment
Vanida's Institute of Esthetics2/14/06703-492-9346 Vanida’s Nail and Skin Care, 125 Mill Street, Suite 15, Occoquan, VA 22125Declining health of owner.
Vienna Electrolysis & Skin, LLC2/7/05 Qonita Badeges 386 Maple Ave., Ste. 11 Vienna, VA 22180 Low enrollment
Virginia Careers Academy6/30/01804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Virginia Center for Paralegal Studies 9/1/2008540-899-8000Law Office of Nicholas A. Pappas 411 Chatham Square Office Park Fredericksburg, VA 22045Low enrollment
Virginia Institute of Technology1/18/1993804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Virginia Medical Education Center11/1/2000804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Virginia School of Career Development6/30/1997804-225-2600SCHEVUnknown
Virginia School of Electrology 6/30/1997  Unknown
Virginia School of Massage11/17/2008804-225-2600SCHEVClosed due to economic downturn.
Virginia Speciality Neon6/30/2000  Unknown
Washington Language Institute12/07703-206-0508Columbia College8300 Merrifield Avenue Fairfax, VA 22031Unknown
Welder Testing and Training Institute10/08703-492-7700Mr. Fred Parsels weldtestinc@aol.comEconomic reasons
Wilma Boyd Career Schools12/31/98  Unknown
Woodridge Business Institute6/30/94703-584-3134 Alicia NagowskiNow operating as Gibbs College
Yarkey Institute, Inc.11/30/06727-890-9700Tara Yarkey Victoria’s Day Spa tara@victorias-day-spa.comLow enrollment