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The founding institution, Dickinson Business School, was established in 1921 by Harold R. Frazell to train typists in Kansas City, Missouri. A secretarial program was added in 1953 and a new shorthand system was developed. By the late nineteen fifties this system was widely accepted in the Kansas City area and became known as “Dickinson Shorthand.”

In the early 1970s, a Missouri corporation comprised of two local educators purchased the school. The school’s educational program was then modified to emphasize individualized, self-paced instruction.

Mr. James Miller purchased the school in 1978 and continued to improve the educational programs of the school. In late December 1981, Mr. Lawrence D. Earle purchased an interest in the institution, thus broadening the financial base of the school.

By August 1982, the Accrediting Commission of Independent Colleges and Schools accredited the institution. Thereafter, the school expanded its operation substantially, adding additional main campuses and branches.

The Texas Education Agency approved the San Antonio school on December 13, 1983. The first class started on January 3, 1984. The school was also approved by the Accrediting Commission of Independent Colleges and Schools to operate as a branch of the main campus, located in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1988, the school applied and was granted main campus for status by the Accrediting Commission of Independent Colleges and Schools.

On December 20, 1989, Mr. Lawrence D. Earle acquired all the outstanding stock of the school from his partner, Mr. James Miller, and changed the institution’s name to Career Point Business School. In 1997, the school underwent a transition to competency-based training and assessment. On March 27, 2001, the managers of the school held a meeting and the name was changed to Career Point Institute. Then, on November 15, 2007, the Board once again met and changed the name to Career Point College, effective upon appropriate approvals.

In January 2007, the institution began offering Associate in Applied Science Degrees in Administrative Assisting, Legal Administrative Assisting and Network Support Specialist. In January 2008, Associates in Applied Science Degrees in Medical Assistant and Medical Administrative Assistant were added, and in March 2008 Accounting Technology, was added to the program offerings.