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Never attended one but it is all over the News media that the one in Myrtle Beach is shutting down

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Why closing?

The information below was reported in the article that can be found on WRX at this link..scroll down to article #9 on the page.

http://www.golfwrx.c...m-nantz-writes/

 

 

ECA received word Tuesday that the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools had suspended its accreditation, Inside Higher Ed reported. That impacts students’ ability to participate in federal student aid programs and the ECA’s ability to secure capital needed to operate its campuses.

MarketWatch reported that ECA had failed to meet a federal gainful-employment standard that indicates students will earn enough income after graduation to repay student loans. Students attending an ECA facility have the right to have their federal loans discharged so long as they do not complete a similar program .

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Why closing?

The information below was reported in the article that can be found on WRX at this link..scroll down to article #9 on the page.

http://www.golfwrx.c...m-nantz-writes/

 

 

ECA received word Tuesday that the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools had suspended its accreditation, Inside Higher Ed reported. That impacts students’ ability to participate in federal student aid programs and the ECA’s ability to secure capital needed to operate its campuses.

MarketWatch reported that ECA had failed to meet a federal gainful-employment standard that indicates students will earn enough income after graduation to repay student loans. Students attending an ECA facility have the right to have their federal loans discharged so long as they do not complete a similar program .

 

What was the cost of the education?

 

Some jobs are better served by standard business degrees, internships, and apprenticeships....

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I work with a guy (in a non-golf industry) who attended the Myrtle Beach school before leaving to get his degree in IT. He told me the other day when the news came out that he wasn't surprised and he did not enjoy is time there. He said the school made false claims about what you would do/learn and the guarantee of jobs and income they promised were unrealistic. I can't say how true his claims are, just passing along what I heard.

 

The only positive thing he said about it though was that he got to play a lot of nice courses for insanely cheap prices and free range balls at multiple courses. This just seems to me that Golf Academy of America turned out like ITT Tech, and joined in on the cash grab once the federal gov't started handing out loans like candy to kids. All higher education places fell into this too not just GAoA or ITT tech. Once the federal govt started giving any and everyone federal loans tuition prices skyrocketed.

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I work with a guy (in a non-golf industry) who attended the Myrtle Beach school before leaving to get his degree in IT. He told me the other day when the news came out that he wasn't surprised and he did not enjoy is time there. He said the school made false claims about what you would do/learn and the guarantee of jobs and income they promised were unrealistic. I can't say how true his claims are, just passing along what I heard.

 

The only positive thing he said about it though was that he got to play a lot of nice courses for insanely cheap prices and free range balls at multiple courses. This just seems to me that Golf Academy of America turned out like ITT Tech, and joined in on the cash grab once the federal gov't started handing out loans like candy to kids. All higher education places fell into this too not just GAoA or ITT tech. Once the federal govt started giving any and everyone federal loans tuition prices skyrocketed.

During my time there in the late 90s, free golf was included in the tuition at their Chandler, Arizona course, and free range balls were also included.

As a matter of fact, the amount of golf we were able to play for free was phenomenal and they had organized tournaments on a weekly basis, which obviously was awesome.

 

However, it was apparent from the very first class that the instructional component of the program was horribly lackluster and that you weren't going to be given very many tools from which to utilize when you graduate.

 

The instructors I had were very nice and seemed to be respected in the golfing community, unfortunately that was pretty much where the puck stopped.

 

They never guaranteed employment, but conversely they did reassure the student population that they would likely have no problem getting an assistant pro job somewhere.

 

Overall, the cost was nowhere worth the return on investment, and the academic component to the program was incredibly elementary.

 

However, it was a phase of my life that I was happy to be involved in and I wouldn't trade my personal experiences I had for anything.

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