John Collins Bryant,
Henry Beadman Bryant, and
Henry Dwight Stratton were early graduates of Folsom Business College in
Cleveland, Ohio, which they later purchased from the owner of the school, Ezekiel G. Folsom, who founded his school in 1848. Folsom was a former student of
Platt Rogers Spencer who developed a standardized style of writing useful in business transactions before the invention of the
typewriter. Platt Spencer also played a role in the formation of Bryant & Stratton College, serving as a partner and teacher at the school which originally focused on
bookkeeping and
Spencerian penmanship. Bryant & Stratton College was organized in 1854 to provide practical workplace education, and was formerly known as
Bryant & Stratton Business Institute. It was removed from the list by 2016. In 2020, Bryant and Stratton College began pursuing a non-profit designation, as the college was previously a for-profit institution. Bryant H. Prentice III, the college's former owner and a descendant of the college's founders, transferred his ownership of the college to a New York-based nonprofit corporation. == Campuses ==