College Name City State Start Date End Date Affiliation Other Information Source
Church College of Hawai'i Laie Hawai'i 1955
now BYU-Hawai'i after name change in 1974 starbulletin.com/1999/07/15/news/briefs.html
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003.
College of Agriculture & Mechanical Arts Honolulu Hawai'i 1907
name changed to College of Hawai'i in 1911; to University of Hawaii in 1920; then to University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1972 Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003.
Hawai'i Loa College Kaneohe Hawai'i 1965 1992
acquired by Hawai'i Pacific University starbulletin.com/1999/07/15/news/briefs.html
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003.
Hawai'i Pacific College Honolulu Hawai'i 1965
name changed to Hawai'i Pacific University in 1990 www.hpu.edu
Honolulu Business College Honolulu Hawai'i 1917
later merged with Cannon's Business College in 1973 and after a 1993 merger, became a campus of Heald College; Heald College was acquired by Corinthian Colleges Inc. in October 2009 http://starbulletin.com/98/06/29/editorial/chang.html
http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2003/08/04/daily61.html
"Heald College being sold to Corinthian," in Hawai'I's Business Today, October 21, 2009, p. B5.
Honolulu Christian College Honolulu Hawai'i
1966
merged with Hawai'i Pacific University starbulletin.com/1999/07/15/news/briefs.html
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003.
Jackson College Manoa Hawai'i 1949 1965
never accredited; transcripts held by Hawai'i Pacific University http://www.crl.edu/collcat/collcatJ.htm
Maui Community College
Hawai'i 1931
state supported began as Maui Vocational School; in 1958 name change to Maui Technical School; in 1964, the Hawai'i State Legislature
enacted the Community College Act establishing a statewide community
college system under the University of Hawai'i and Maui Technical School
was incorporated into this system on July 1, 1965; transferred from
jurisdiction of the Department of Education to the University of
Hawai'i; first UH community college to grant a four-year degree; name changed to University of Hawai'I Maui College in 2010 http://www.maui.hawaii.edu/about/about.php
Maunaolu College Paia Maui Hawai'i
1972
merged with U.S. International University Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978.
Oahu College Honolulu Hawai'i 1854 1934
now Punahou School http://www.punahou.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=ig.page&PageID=379
Saint Louis Junior College Honolulu Hawai'i 1955
Society of Mary name changed to Chaminade College in 1957 and to a university in 1959 starbulletin.com/1999/07/15/news/briefs.html
Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978.
TransPacific College Aina Haina Hawai'i 1977 2008
founded as branch campus of Kansai Gaidai University (Osaka, Japan); name changed to TransPacific College in 1998 http://starbulletin.com/2008/09/08/news/story06.html
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