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Miller-Motte College, formerly Miller-Motte Technical College, is a system of private for-profit technical colleges throughout the southeastern United States. [1] Its parent company is Ancora Education. [2]
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Miller-Motte was founded in 1916, in Wilmington, North Carolina, as a small training facility for courtroom stenographers. Over the years, the college established other campuses in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. In 1998, the school was acquired by Delta Career Education Corporation [3] [4] It was sold to Ancora Education in 2018.
Miller-Motte is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges as branch campuses of Platt College in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [5] The Medical Assisting and Surgical Technology programs offered at several campuses are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB) [6] [ dubious ]It was formerly accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS). However, the United States Secretary of Education terminated ACICS' accrediting status. [7]
Miller-Motte College operates campuses in eleven cities: Augusta, Georgia; Charleston, South Carolina; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Columbus, Georgia; Macon, Georgia; Conway, South Carolina; Fayetteville, North Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina; Jacksonville, North Carolina; Wilmington, North Carolina and Tulsa, OK.
In August 2009, Miller-Motte College launched a Bachelor of Science degree completion program, Miller-Motte College Online.
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