As reported in the Grand Rapids Business Journal, Compass Film Academy, a private vocational school in Northwest Grand Rapids, is no longer flying under the radar for students, government and university officials. The 10-year-old academy won certification last month to grant Title IV financial aid to its 26 college students, boasting its profile again as a specialized movie production school.
According to excerpts from the story:
Last fall, Compass became the only vocational school in Michigan that is focused solely on movie production to be certified by the national Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges, and sometime within the next few months, it will formally become Compass College of Cinematic Arts, according to Compass president Keri Lowe.
"We just got preliminary approval from the state" of Michigan to operate as a college, she said. Compass is also now in discussion with some four-year universities in Michigan, regarding "articulation agreements," which relate to the transfer of credits between schools.
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