<p>So my daughter (rising HS junior) just completed a 1 week session at SCAD and now, of course, wants to study Fashion there. Fashion what? Fashion design? Fashion merchandising? She's trying to formulate a plan but certainly loved the school.</p>
<p>My wife and I are both technical and can easily research and evaluate engineering or science programs at colleges, but we are totally out of our element with respect to Fashion. I am, of course, concerned about her career prospects and really want to make sure that if she goes down this road she attends a decent school with decent prospects for a job upon graduation.</p>
<p>Are there any objective (or even subjective) ratings or assessments of programs? I know there are programs at SVA, Pratt, FIT etc but can find only individual opinions of their quality and career-making success.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Some thoughts about the SCAD Fashion Department from an insider in 2010.<br>
It is a mess. There is no Chairperson - nobody wants the job. The Dean is new and inexperienced in education and design - clueless. There is difficulty keeping profs. 3 good ones left this past year and haven’t been replaced.
Aside from the flashy visitors, the connections to NYC are zero. Not what they are at FIT / Parsons and Pratt - . The placement person is useless. Half the profs are excellent and the rest going thru the motions - of the remaining ones - all have no current connection to the fashion world. Half have their Masters degrees from SCAD. You are on your own getting an internship. Job placement figures they quote are a lie. Because of the open admissions - classes are dragged down by the less talented and lazy… The most recent collaboration with Malandrino and Posen was a disaster.</p>