Career Institute SCHOOL HISTORY

Career Institute of Health and Technology began in 1988 as Computer Career Center in the Town of Hempstead, New York.

The school specialized in providing training services that would reach out to a population of students who were interested in seeking advancement in their career or whose goals were to start a new career,; The Institute offered them careers that would lead to skills needed locally and nationally. Because of the interest of our students, the founders of the school decided these people would benefit from credentials such as networking certifications and the Institute's Diploma. However, the real need of these students is for hands-on experience solving problems in simulated work settings. As a result, the Career Institute developed the first and most authentic intensive hands-on approach to students meeting their goals. This type of training proved to be attractive all of our students--those with and without college experience. but to students with college backgrounds in need of skills training. About 20% of the current school population has previous college experience.

Working at a twenty-four hour / seven day a week pace, the school founders went into the streets and into the homes of dispossessed young high school graduates, displaced homemakers, down-sized defense industry workers, and unemployed workers with obsolete skills. This heterogeneous population was brought into a modern classroom setting located in the basement of a building in what was once a depressed area of Hempstead, Long Island.

Part of the Career Institute’s aim is to create and maintain schools that a graduate can be proud to have attended. We are registered with New York State and the federal government; we are authorized to provide training to VESID students  and to veterans; we are accredited by ACICS.. Over time, the school has developed into a prototype for career education in the northeast. The school is now a prestigious post secondary school. It is located in modern office buildings in Garden City and Brooklyn.

Our most recent success is the creation of an auto repair and service shop located in the Village of Hempstead. Students from the Garden City and Brooklyn campuses will learn the theory of automobile repair and maintenance at their home campuses, and then attend the auto shop for extensive hands-on experience.

Our mission remains to provide the best possible training at a reasonable cost in skill areas that service the community.