Ross Medical Education Center

Not to be confused with Ross University School of Medicine.
Ross Medical Education Center
Motto Change your tomorrow, today.
Type For-profit
Established 1969
Location St. Clair, Michigan, United States
Campus Multiple sites
Website www.rosseducation.edu

Ross Medical Education Center is an allied-health school with 35 locations across seven states.[1] Fifteen locations are in Michigan, six locations are in Ohio, six locations are in Indiana, two locations are in West Virginia, three locations are in Kentucky, one location is in Alabama, and two locations in Tennessee. This group of schools offers five programs: Medical Assistant, Medical Insurance Billing and Office Administration, Dental Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, and Veterinary Assistant(programs offered varies by campus).

Locations

The Michigan campuses of Ross Medical Education are located throughout the central portion of the state. These locations include: Ann Arbor; Brighton; Canton; Davison; Flint; Grand Rapids; Lansing; Madison Heights; Midland; New Baltimore; Port Huron; Portage; Roosevelt Park; Saginaw; and Taylor (formerly located in Redford). There are also two new campuses opening later in 2016 in Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo.

Ohio's six locations are located in Ontario, Dayton, Niles, Cincinnati (formerly known as Ross IMDT), Elyria, and Ross College in Sylvania.

Indiana's six locations are located in Fort Wayne, Kokomo, Granger, Evansville, Muncie, and Lafayette.

West Virginia's two locations are in Morgantown and Charleston.

Kentucky's three locations are in Bowling Green, Erlanger,[2] and Owensboro.

Alabama's location is in Huntsville.

Tennessee's two locations are in Knoxville and Johnson City.

History

Initial Ross Education activities began in 1969 when J.M. Ross opened a school in Flint, Michigan, under the name Learning Foundations. That school provided “after school” academic instruction to kindergarten through twelfth grade students. Six additional schools were opened from 1969 through 1971 by Mr. Ross. In 1971, the name of the company was changed to Ross Learning, Inc., and the focus of the company shifted to providing prevocational and vocational training services to adults. Ross Learning was purchased by Howard J. Hulsman in 1973 and the organization began evolving into career training centers. In 1976, Ross opened the more comprehensive instructional services of the Ross Medical Education Centers. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Ross Learning, Inc. opened many schools across the Midwestern and Southern United States, all of which operated as Ross Medical Education Center, Ross Business Institute, or Ross Technical Institute.

In 2004, Mr. Hulsman sold Ross Learning, Inc., to three officers of the corporation: Christine Ossenmacher, Paul Mitchell, and Richard Lockman. In 2005, Paul Mitchell, Huron Capital Partners, LLC and minority investors formed Ross Education, LLC and purchased the assets of Ross Learning, Inc. By 2007, Ross adds a Medical Insurance Billing and Office Administration program to many of its campuses. This addition is followed closely by a Dental Assistant program in 2008. On May 1, 2008 an acquisition was made to purchase the Institute of Medical and Dental Technology located in Cincinnati, Ohio. On June 1, 2012 the name was officially changed to Ross Medical Education Center. Between 2008 and 2010, Ross Education, LLC. moved all of its schools into larger, brighter facilities, roughly 3 times their previous size. In 2011, the Ross Medical Education Center in Sylvania, Ohio changed its name to Ross College. Ross College Online was created to offer associate degree programs. In March 2012, Ross launched its Pharmacy Technician program in seven campuses.[3]

Today, Ross provides Medical Insurance Billing and Office Administration and Medical Assistant training in 31 communities throughout Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Alabama, and West Virginia. At several of the campus locations, the Dental Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, and Veterinary Assistant programs are also offered. All Ross Medical Education Centers are accredited by Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools as non-degree granting institution.[4]

Leadership

Online education

In 2011, Ross College began offering an online Medical Assistant Associate of Applied Science degree completion program for Ross graduates.[5] By August 2012, Ross College launched three other online associate degree Programs. There are now five associate degree programs offered by Ross College Online.[6]

The five programs currently offered includes:

Acquisitions

In May 2008, Ross Education, LLC purchased Institute of Medical-Dental Technology.[7] This location was renamed to Ross Institute of Medical and Dental Technology. On June 1, 2012 the name was officially changed to Ross Medical Education Center.

Later, in April 2014, Ross Education, LLC purchased Health Training Center. All six campus locations are located throughout Massachusetts in Attleboro, Braintree, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Stoughton, and Worcester.[8] Health Training Center offers the following certificate programs: Medical Assistant, Patient Care Technician, Cardio-Phlebotomy Technician, Phlebotomy Technician, and EKG Technician and CPR.[9]

Finally, in March 2015, Ross Education, LLC branched out from their healthcare training focus and purchased Michigan-based Tri-Area Trucking School.[10] Currently, Tri-Area Trucking School has one campus located in Midland, Michigan and offers training for both Class A and B Commercial Drivers Licenses.[11]

Notes

  1. ↑ https://rosseducation.edu/locations/
  2. ↑ http://www.bgdailynews.com/news/local/health-care-school-opens/article_ed2627d2-ec77-11e1-97ac-0019bb2963f4.html
  3. ↑ http://www.prlog.org/11819442-ross-medical-education-center-launches-new-pharmacy-technician-program-at-7-locations-in-mi-in-oh.html
  4. ↑ http://rosseducation.edu/about-ross/accreditation/
  5. ↑ http://rossonline.edu/medical-assistant
  6. ↑ https://www.rossonline.edu/associate-degree-programs/
  7. ↑ http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/06/16/daily5.html
  8. ↑ https://www.healthtrainingcenter.com/locations/
  9. ↑ https://www.healthtrainingcenter.com/programs/
  10. ↑ https://www.rosseducation.edu/blog/tri-area-trucking-school-joins-ross-team/
  11. ↑ https://www.triareatruckingschool.com/cdl-programs/

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