History

RETS College is located in Centerville, Ohio, eight miles south of Dayton.

RETS College was founded in 1953 as an affiliate of RETS Electronic Schools headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, and operated as RETS Tech Center. In addition to electronics programs, offerings were expanded to include various computer disciplines and climate control technology (also known as HVACR). In 1984 a business division was added, providing learning opportunities in such disciplines as computer applications, medical assisting, and travel & tourism.

The paralegal program was added in 1991, achieving approval from the American Bar Association in 2002. Medical coding specialist was added in 1997. In 2002, the school started its first practical nursing class. The Associate of Applied Science in Nursing was instituted in 2005.

Education Affiliates, Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland purchased RETS Tech Center in October 2005, and the school name was changed to RETS College in April 2008.

Mission

RETS College serves the educational needs of students through offering curricula leading to Diploma and Associate Degree programs. The school is dedicated to preserving, transmitting, and advancing the current state of knowledge, to developing programs which meet the changing needs of the business community, preparing students to become educated professionals and to encourage graduates to apply the Knowledge they gain for their personal development and for the good of the society in which they live.

While generating the resources necessary to accomplish its aim, the school maintains and improves the quality of its faculty and works to achieve its mission through the following educational goals:

• To help students master their chosen areas of competency and to prepare them for continuing professional development in those fields.
• To teach students the methods and techniques used in their chosen fields and provide them with problem-solving skills to develop the resources needed to constantly update their skills.
• To foster within students the desire to maintain high levels of professionalism in their chosen careers and continue learning throughout their lives.
• To give students broad foundations in the theory and practice of their chosen occupations.
• To help students identify their personal, academic and career goals within specified fields offered and to help them develop means of achieving those goals.
• To offer educational programs to students from diverse backgrounds and with diverse cultural experiences.
• To encourage the academic freedom of instructors to teach and students to learn.
• To provide an on-going process of self-assessment to determine if the educational programs are meeting their stated goals.

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