The Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) is pleased to announce the seven Fellows who have recently been selected to participate in a year-long, Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship at participating AICAD institutions during the 2019/20 academic year. Additionally, five of the 2018/19 fellows will be continuing in their positions for a second year.
The Fellowship program seeks to provide professional practice...
March 22, 2019
Dear Senator Wyden,
The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), a non-profit consortium of 41 leading art and design colleges and universities in the US and Canada, shares your outrage at the alleged college admissions cheating and fraud recently uncovered by the FBI’s Operation Varsity Blues. We additionally do not support the oft-discussed “back door” to admissions, taking very seriously an ethical approach to both admissions and...
In case you haven't seen it yet, this little piece was posted on Bloomberg Business last week. Great quotes from Pacific Northwest College of Art, Rhode Island School of Design and Minneapolis College of Art and Design. "Artists and designers are happier and have more life satisfaction because they are doing something that they are passionate about, that they love, and oh, by the way, they are also making money." - Melissa Huybrecht, Vice President of Enrollment Management. Read the article...
The Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) is pleased to announce the four Fellows who have recently been selected to participate in a year-long, Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship at participating AICAD institutions during the 2018/19 academic year. Additionally, six of the 2017/18 fellows will be continuing in their positions for a second year.
The Fellowship program seeks to provide professional practice...
~ Press Release Courtesy of Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
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