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The famous Parsons School of Design.
Parsons The New School for Design (abbreviated Parsons), located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, is a design school affiliated since 1970 with The New School, formerly known as New School University. Parsons is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), a consortium of thirty-six leading art schools in the United States.
Parsons has approximately 3,100 undergraduates and more than 400 graduate students enrolled. The School also offers continuing education courses and certificate programs, as well as weekend and summer pre-college programs for high school students.
Parsons used to have four affiliate schools, located in France, South Korea, the Dominican Republic, and Japan. These affiliate schools operated independently, but embrace Parsons' philosophy and teaching methodology. Recently, Parsons has cut off connections with all other schools except Parsons Paris in France.[citation needed]
There are 30 full-time faculty members and more than 675 adjunct faculty members, many of whom are successful working artists and designers in New York City. Faculty members and visiting critics include architect Brian Lewis and artist Brian Tolle.
Parsons is the setting for the Bravo reality television program Project Runway. Tim Gunn, former Chair of Fashion Design at Parsons, serves as the mentor to the designers on the program.
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