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Division of Graduate and Professional Studies was established in 1975 to serve the adult population of Eastern Massachusetts. Fisher College began offering online courses and degrees in 1998. In 1999, the College's first bachelor's degree – the Bachelor of Science in Management – was offered, and
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Fisher
College first opened its doors in 1903, founded by Myron C. Fisher and Edmund H. Fisher under the name Winter Hill Business College in the predominantly working-class city of Somerville, Massachusetts, just two miles north of Boston. The school traces its roots to educational entrepreneurs
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Myron and Edmund Fisher, who believed the immigrants of that city in the early 1900s should have an opportunity to advance beyond unskilled labor jobs. Fisher
College moved to its current Beacon Street location in 1939. The Beacon Street site is featured on the
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Fisher
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Fisher competes in 8 intercollegiate varsity sports. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, soccer and volleyball while women's sports include basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball.
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