SCAD - NASAD Certification and fast growth concerns

RainingAgain
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:38:14 +0000

You want to go toe to toe again Taxguy?

Basically every anti-SCAD argument you presented the past few years has proven to be either irrelevant or false, and we now have the testimonials of many SCAD students and parents on this board which directly contradict your irresponsible dispersions.

Students receive an outstanding education at SCAD, and I challenge you to find better facilities at any private art college, or one that is as generous with merit, need, and portfolio-based scholarships. While it is pricey, the cost is reasonable if not cheaper when compared to other art colleges.

You also need to understand that SCAD was a family investment and effort by the Poetter family. Paula, Richard (former husband and school president), Pam Wallace, and their parents (the Poetters) started the school in an abandoned 3-story building, painting the walls and sanding the floors themselves. Whatever they earn, they earn because of their cooperative visions and efforts.

As a graduate, former staff member, and former professor at SCAD, I was treated with kindness, dignity, and was paid well myself. Not only did I enjoy the standard benefits, but the Poetter family also shared their profits with the staff and faculty via a profit-sharing program.

You embarrassed yourself the last time. I presumed you backed off for a couple of years because you came to the realization that SCAD provides an outstanding education to students at more than a reasonable cost, and one that prepares them for success in their chosen professions. I can tell you with absolute certainty, that the focus of the administration is upon the best interests of the students and adhering to the school’s mission statement:

“The Savannah College of Art and Design exists to prepare talented students for professional careers, emphasizing learning through individual attention in a positively oriented university environment.”