<p>I had referenced College of Santa Fe as a possibility a few years back in a number of threads, as a small program that seemed to offer some out of the box options for this type of pursuit.</p>
<p>The economic crumble last year took a toll on the school, which had been having some monetary difficulties prior to the financial collapse. There were some discussions about the school merging with another private not for profit college, or the college being absorbed and incorporated into the New Mexico state university system. Neither of those two options panned out. I believe it was last fall that the College of Santa Fe decided to close it’s doors and cease operations. I believe in March of 2010 the facilities reopened under the name you cite, as a for profit educational entity. The specific ownership and current mission statement should be somewhere in the “about” or “history” section of the current website.</p>
<p>My timeline may be slightly off, as I’m recalling from memory. In at least one, if not more of the previous thread references to the College of Santa Fe, I had inserted a link to a news article at the time detailing the demise of the institution. The link may now well be “dead”, as is often the case with older news articles. </p>
<p>Basically, it is not the same program that was previously recommended as a potential place to examine for a music pursuit. As a for profit institution, it would fall into the same category as Full Sail, Musician’s Institute, McNally Smith and others in terms of music offerings.</p>
<p>My advice for anyone examining these types of programs in addition to those offered at the typical four year degree granting institution is to perform extensive due diligence, and realize that you are comparing apples and oranges.</p>