Established more than 60 years ago, Grantham
University is one of the oldest accredited, private, degree-granting distance
education universities in the United States. We have an extraordinary
purpose: We serve those who serve and those who want to make a difference. We
do so by establishing a level playing field in education for adult learners:
first-generation college students, active-duty military members, veterans,
those who ensure our public safety, budding entrepreneurs, all those who need a
second chance, and all those who never had a first chance. Read the Grantham University Constitution in
its entirety.
1951. World War II Veteran Don Grantham understood how the GI
Bill of Rights and its education benefits would transform the lives of
returning servicemen (and currently women and their families). Grantham founded
the Grantham Radio License School in Los Angeles, California. Soon after, the
name was changed to Grantham School of Electronics (GSE).
1955. The school opened sites in Washington, DC, and Hollywood,
California. In the years to follow, additional campuses were opened in Seattle,
Washington, and Kansas City, Missouri. At one time, GSE’s facilities also included
the Grantham Electronics Institute Labs in Washington, DC; Falls Church,
Virginia; and Dania, Florida. A second Los Angeles campus was established in
1974.
1961. GSE became accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the
predecessor of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), which had
received formal recognition by the Department of Education as a nationally
recognized accrediting agency in 1959. After that date, Grantham delivered
accredited programs to an adult student population both in the classroom and at
a distance in order to serve a geographically dispersed student body of active
duty service members.
1968. The institution's name changed to Grantham College of
Engineering (GCE). Throughout the following years, GCE consolidated all of
its activities to one location in Los Angeles, California, that offered only
distance learning programs.
1990. GCE received approval to operate and relocated to the State of
Louisiana and in 1993, became licensed to operate by the Louisiana Board of Regents.
2002. GCE launched its Business School and simultaneously became
Grantham University. From 2002 to 2005, Grantham expanded its online degree programs by adding the Criminal Justice program
and master's degree programs.
2005. After Hurricane Katrina destroyed all but one
building on the Grantham campus in Slidell, Louisiana, in August of
2005, Grantham relocated from Slidell to Kansas City, Missouri. In that
same year, the Missouri Department of Higher Education (MDHE) certified
Grantham to operate in the state of Missouri. Grantham currently offers
its degrees under this authority.
2009. Grantham University adapted new technology for both the
student management system (Banner) and the Learning Management System (ANGEL).
Talented administrative and academic staff and faculty upgraded metrics,
systems, research, processes, curriculum and instruction to enhance the
overall Grantham student experience. In November 2009, Grantham University
received both DETC and MDHE approval to offer associate through master-level
allied health degrees.
2010. Grantham received both DETC and MDHE approval to offer a
RN to BSN Nursing Degree Completion Program and a Master of Science in Nursing.
2011. January of 2011 marked Grantham's 60th anniversary for
providing distance education to the adult learner.
Today. Kansas
City-based Grantham University continues to be a leader in providing
professionally relevant education in a convenient, affordable manner
to adult learners across the globe.
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