Education Corporation of America

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The Education Corporation of America was a Birmingham-based company that operated Virginia College, Virginia College Online, Culinard, EcoTech, Brightwood College, and the Golf Academy of America.

The company was founded in 1999 by administrators of Virginia College and the former Phillips Junior College of Birmingham. Its headquarters office was located at 3660 Grandview Parkway.

In September 2018 Virginia College announced that its Huntsville, Mobile and Montgomery locations would close, along with 13 others in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas in 2019.

Further restrictions on access to Title IV federal student aid and the loss of accreditation from the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools led the company to close all of its remaining programs in December 2018.

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References

  • Gore, Leada (September 11, 2018) "Virginia College closing 3 Alabama schools." The Birmingham News
  • Thornton, William (December 5, 2018) "Virginia College closing in Birmingham, other locations." The Birmingham News

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