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A financially troubled for-profit college is set to close more than half of its campuses next year including ones in Macon and Columbus.
Virginia College, a school geared toward non-traditional students and adults seeking job skills, has for years been affected by lower enrollment numbers and low job placement rates, according to letters from accreditation agencies and court records.
The Alabama-based school announced in September that it would stop enrolling new students at 17 of its 28 campuses.
Aisha Jackson is studying to be a medical assistant at the Macon campus, which was established just off Eisenhower Parkway inside an old Kmart building.
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