Mark Scheinberg essentially built a college from scratch and he was so successful he recently converted it into a university.
What was once Goodwin College recently became Goodwin University. Scheinberg said he made the change to the East Hartford-based school he founded decades ago because of the addition of master’s degree programs in nursing, public health and organizational leadership.
Part of the calculus in that change, Scheinberg said, is that it could encourage more corporations to enlist Goodwin for employee training and degree programs. In addition to building a school, Scheinberg has built a sprawling Burnside Avenue riverfront campus on the site of an abandoned oil storage yard. The school is currently building an $8-million commercial building at Main and Ensign streets that will serve as a new campus gateway.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Scheinberg recently cancelled all in-person classes for the rest of the spring semester and moved to online-only learning.