ASA College


ASA College is a for-profit college in New York, New York and Miami, Florida. The school has five campuses:Midtown Manhattan, Downtown Brooklyn, North Miami Beach, Florida, Hialeah, Florida, and Golden Glades, Florida. It offers associate degrees and professional certificates in divisions of business administration, health disciplines, legal studies, and computer technology.

History

ASA was founded in 1985 with a professor and 12 students in a small Brooklyn classroom. Known then as 'Advanced Software Analysis', the College focused on computer programming, as New York had a dire shortage of qualified mainframe programmers at that time.
In 1999, ASA received authorization from the New York State Board of Regents to confer degrees in accounting, computer programming and information technology and medical assisting.

Growth and expansion

The college currently has more than 5,000 students, 16 programs of study, and 5 campuses; Midtown Manhattan, Downtown Brooklyn, North Miami Beach, Florida, Hialeah, Florida, and Golden Glades, Florida

Accreditations and approvals

ASA College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and authorized by the New York State Board of Regents to confer Associate of Occupational Studies and Associate in Applied Science degrees. ASA's associate degree program in Medical Assisting is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs upon the recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowment. ASA is also approved by the New York State Education Department for the training of veterans and is authorized under Federal law to enroll non-immigrant alien students.

Athletics programs

In 2008, ASA College launched their Athletic program out of their Brooklyn, New York campus known as the ASA Avengers. Starting with a small basketball team, the athletic department expanded to 13 sports programs including Men & Women's Soccer, Varsity & JV Football, Men & Women's Basketball, Baseball, Lacrosse, Men's & Women's Track & Field and Men's & Women's Tennis. All programs are members of the National Junior College Athletics Association Division 1.
ASA Miami currently has 10 sports teams – Men & Women's Soccer, Football, Men & Women's Basketball, Baseball, Men & Women's Track & Field and Men & Women's Tennis. Head Tennis Coach, Brian Slack enters his sixth season at the helm of the men's and women's tennis programs at ASA College and his third at ASA College Miami. Slack has won seven NJCAA National Championships all with ASA College. Four on the men's side and three on the women's side.
Notably, the ASA Miami Football program kicked off in 2015 and remains the only junior college football program in the state of Florida. ASA NY played their first season in 2009 and first gained national recognition during their 2012–2013 season after being ranked #5 nationally and earning a Carrier Bowl bid against Snow College. During the 2017 season, ASA NY finished the season ranked 14th by the NJCAA with a 9–1 regular season record. ASA NY earned an invite to the Valley of the Sun Bowl in Mesa, Arizona and came away victorious over Mesa Community College 28–23.

Controversies

In 2014, the New York Legal Assistance Group filed a class action lawsuit against ASA College alleging that the school misrepresented its certificate and degree programs to prospective and enrolled students. The lawsuit was dismissed in July 2015.
In July 2018, an admissions counselor accused college president Alex Shchegol of sexually harassing her as well as current and prospective students.