Lincoln Group of Schools
| Type | for-profit |
|---|---|
| Established | 1946 |
| President | Scott M. Shaw |
| Executive Chairman | David F. Carney |
| Location | West Orange, New Jersey, United States |
| Campus | Multiple campuses located in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Texas. |
| Website | www |
Lincoln Tech is a group of for-profit tertiary level vocational institutions based out of West Orange, New Jersey.Each campus is owned and operated by Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (NASDAQ: LINC), a provider of career-oriented post-secondary education.
As of June 30, 2016, Lincoln had 11,417 students enrolled at 30 campuses; 7,041 students enrolled at 13 campuses included in continuing operations. After its most recent downsizing, the company will consist of 14 campuses in 11 states in the United States.
Lincoln schools are accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), and New England Association of Schools and Colleges – Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (NEASC)
In 2016, the US Department of Education stripped ACICS of its accreditation powers. The following schools were ACICS accredited: Brockton, Lowell, and Somerville, MA; Edison, Moorestown, and Paramus, NJ; Henderson and Las Vegas, NV; Lincoln, RI; Marietta, GA; Center City-Philadelphia, and Northeast Philadelphia, PA; and West Palm Beach, FL.
The founder and first President of Lincoln was J. Warren Davies. The first Lincoln Technical Institute was established in 1946 in Newark, New Jersey, to serve World War II veterans returning from overseas. At Lincoln, these veterans found training programs to help them learn career-specific skills, and transition into civilian careers in installation and servicing of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. Automotive courses were added in 1948. Lincoln established traveling schools to offer NAPA-certified training, which certified over 11,000 mechanics between 1955 and 1965.
In 1969, Ryder acquired Lincoln Technical Institute and two other technical schools with campuses in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. By 1977, Lincoln Technical Institute had ten campuses in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington, DC. Lincoln Technical Institute acquired court reporting school The Cittone Institute and its three campuses in 1994, leading the group to have 14 campuses by the school's 50th anniversary in 1996.
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