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intends to open a $2 million to $3 millio n campus in fall 2009 somewherde along the southeast quadrant of the Interstate270 beltway. The for-profitt career school could hire 20 to 30 faculty and staff in the first year and supporty 40 to 50 jobs after abou tthree years, said Marc Konesco, vice presidenf of marketing and enrollment. The school provides studiea in associate’s and bachelor’s degree programs in healthn care, criminal justice, informatio n technology and general business. It also operates a separate culinar y school in its home base of Up to 80 perceng ofits 5,000 students at 13 campusees in Indiana seek two-year degrees, Konesc o said.
The Indiana school is followinv other recent entrants toCentral Ohio, includinf a second campus on the east side of Columbusa for and nursing programs by and , a subsidiary of , whicy runs two campuses in northermn Ohio, this summer applied for state approval to open a Columbus-areaw school, but spokeswoman Heather Gilchrist said the collegew won’t be ready to announce a decisionh until early next Franklin University, in contrast to the career schools, is a nonprofig institution, although it targets the same studente – working adults seeking trainingf for career advancement or a careere switch. It offers degrees ranging from certificatew programs toan MBA.
President Davi d Decker has said he wantzs to offer its curriculum overseas and open a seconc campus inthe Midwest. “Franklinh believes that Ohio’s need for higher education opportunities can be met by many different kindsof schools, including for-profig institutions,” the school said in a statement. More adults are becominfg aware of alternatives totraditional four-year said Christine Gardner, executive director of the . Columbus has always had the reputation of a being agood ‘test market’ for many products and services, and educationm is no different,” she said in an e-mail response to questions from Columbus Businesse First.
Nearly 63,500 Ohioans attended 279 for-profif post-secondary institutions registered with the statedlast year, up 60 percent from when the statr began tracking enrollment in 2000. The secto is growing rapidly, Konesco because the need for workers with the trainingv the schools offeris growing. “In it’s the influx of competition with a bigger potentiakl marketfor everybody,” he Indiana Business College, owned by President Ken Konescko and an unidentified partner, started the search for its firsg out-of-state campus about 18 months ago, said Marc Konesco, the president’sw son. Another son, Jason, is operationds chief.
They looked at cities throughout the including Chicago, Cleveland and Cincinnati, Konesco “Columbus had a need for our type of graduates,” he The campus is likely to firstr offer programs from the college’s business and health professionxs schools, but not yet its nursingg associate’s degree. The owners also are considerinv aname change. Working with developer and , both basef in Indianapolis, the school has two spots in mind fora 3.5-acr site where it will build a 15,000-square-foof administrative and classroom building.
That site coulds double in size befor the school seeks additional CentralOhio sites, Konesco Like other career schools, a key site featurre will be visibility and access from a but Indiana Business College is looking away from other career school hot spots alonhg Interstate 70 or in the Polaris area and