Labouré College

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Labouré College
Motto "In Thy Sight We Serve"
Established 1892
Type Private
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Endowment $1.97 Million[1]
President Maureen Smith
Students 615
Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Campus Urban
Former names Carney Hospital Training School for Nurses (1892-1949), Catherine Labouré School of Nursing (1949-1971), Catherine Labouré Junior College (1971-1984), Catherine Labouré College (1984-1993), Labouré College (1993-2005), Caritas Labouré College (2005-2009)
Colors Royal Blue and White          
Affiliations Steward Health Care System
Website www.laboure.edu

Labouré College is a Roman Catholic college located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1892 as the Carney Hospital Training School for Nurses in South Boston, it moved to its current Dorchester location in 1954. It specializes in two-year and four-year nursing and health science education programs.

History

Labouré was founded in 1892 as the Carney Hospital Training School for Nurses in South Boston. In 1949, the school merged with two other nursing schools run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul: the St. John's School of Nursing in Lowell, Massachusetts and the St. Margaret's School of Nursing in Dorchester. They formed the Catherine Labouré School of Nursing, named for St. Catherine Labouré, in 1950. The new school opened in 1951 and moved to the site of the new Carney Hospital in Dorchester in 1954. In 1971, it was authorized to award degrees in Massachusetts and changed its name to the Catherine Labouré Junior College. Its name changed again in 1984 and in 1993, to Catherine Labouré College and then to simply Labouré College. In 1997, the college became part of the Caritas Christi Health Care system and its name was officially changed to Caritas Labouré College in 2005,[2] then officially changed back to Labouré College in 2009.

Campus

Labouré is located in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, near the Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District[3] and the Cedar Grove Station on the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line of the MBTA's Red Line.

Organization

Until 1997, the school was sponsored by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul,[4] but is now sponsored by Steward Health Care System, the second-largest healthcare system in New England.[5]

Academics

Labouré offers the bachelor of science degree in nursing (BSN) and the associate of science degree in nursing and in allied health programs.[6] It was first accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) in 1975 and gained accreditation under the NEASC Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE) in 2005.[7]

Student life

Labouré is a commuter college,[3] not a residential college. Most of its students are part-time female commuters around the age of 30.[8] As of Fall 2009, there were 615 students enrolled at Labouré.[9]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ As of June 30, 2011. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2011 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2010 to FY 2011" (PDF). National Association of College and University Business Officers. June 30, 2011. p. 23. Retrieved February 1, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Massachusetts Board of Higher Education: Request for Committee and Board Action, April 2008
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Laboure College: About
  4. ↑ Labouré College Catalogue
  5. ↑ CaritLabouré College featured by the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts (AICUM)
  6. ↑ Laboure College: Degree programs
  7. ↑ NEASC roster: Laboure College
  8. ↑ Laboure College: Students
  9. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics: Laboure College
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