CALARTS ATTAINS TOP ENROLLMENT.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer The college that Disney built has a record number of students this year, and they're not all aspiring animators. CalArts' largest ever enrollment includes dancers, musicians, writers and filmmakers. At 1,141 graduate and undergraduate students, California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Arts known as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. was so popular this year with applicants that 2,203 people sought admission to only 400 openings, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. college spokeswoman Anita Bonnell. The rise in registrations isn't entirely surprising, considering CalArts also had its biggest pool of graduates last spring, with 321 members of the Class of '97. The number of incoming students was enlarged this year; last year, about 325 new students were accepted, said Nancy Whittemore, campus registrar. Growth has been steady in recent years: Last fall's enrollment was 1,125 and the student body numbered 1,079 students in fall 1995, she said. But the rising student population is impressive considering this year's tuition increased - to $17,250 - plus room and board that ranges from $2,600 to $3,500 annually, Whittemore said. That represents a $900 tuition increase from last year, she said. Other patterns to emerge from the registrar's statistics: The overall student body is 57 percent male, 43 percent female; 58 percent of the students are undergraduates and the other 42 percent are graduate students; and there are 140 international students this year, Whittemore said. CalArts President Steven Lavine said the college's appeal has a lot to do with the high faculty-to-student ratio, which means young artists who are still discovering their talent can benefit from extensive contact with their professors, most of whom are working professionals in the fields they teach. Tuition and fees are expensive at any art school, so CalArts positions itself as an alternative to the large colleges and universities where students don't receive much individualized in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. attention, Lavine said. ``There's a strong appeal when (students) know that they're not going to be taught by teaching assistants,'' he said. ``More than 80 percent of the students receive financial aid at our school,'' Lavine added. CalArts professors spend time with each student so as to avoid turning out graduates with a cookie-cutter approach to making their art. ``We don't want the students to all come out alike,'' Lavine said. Lavine also cited CalArts' recent recognition in national college-ranking polls for the rise in applications and enrollments. Back in March, U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. magazine named CalArts among the top graduate schools in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. for the study of film, drama and fine arts. The Valencia campus found itself in some heady company, being ranked alongside longtime institutions like New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the , the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission , the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , Yale University Yale University, at New Haven, Conn.; coeducational. Chartered as a collegiate school for men in 1701 largely as a result of the efforts of James Pierpont, it opened at Killingworth (now Clinton) in 1702, moved (1707) to Saybrook (now Old Saybrook), and in 1716 was and the American Film Institute American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase . That recognition, for a school that last spring held only its 27th commencement, could be due in part to the accomplishments of some of its alumni - including director Tim Burton, actors Ed Harris, David Hasselhoff, Kathy Baker, Michael Richards, Paul Reubens, Katey Sagal and James Mangold, who wrote and directed ``Cop Land,'' Lavine said. Established by Disney as a training ground for studio animators, CalArts is a four-year private institution that awards bachelor's and master's degrees in various arts disciplines. ``The longer you're around, the more time you have for your graduates to go out and be successful,'' the president said. |
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