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The Art Institutes

The Art Institutes (AI) were a private for-profit system of art schools in the United States.2

The Art Institutes offered programs at the certificate, associate's, bachelors, and master's levels. By 2012, there were 50 campuses with roughly 80,000 enrolled students.
The Art Institutes offered degree programs at the associate's, bachelor's and master's levels, as well as non-degree diploma programs. Areas of study included graphic design, media arts and animation, culinary arts, photography, digital filmmaking and video production, interior design, audio production, fashion design, game art and design, baking and pastry, and fashion marketing.
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institutional sugar daddy

A job that pays for personal projects or a better-than-average lifestyle, most often in the field of research or the arts.
I'm hoping that after I graduate I can get hired by an institutional sugar daddy so I can spend the rest of my days learning about the aging of trees.
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San Francisco Art Institute

A private college of contemporary art in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1871, SFAI was one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the Mississippi River. Approximately 220 undergraduates and 112 graduate students were enrolled in 2021
The San Francisco Art Institute was established in 1871 with the formation of the San Francisco Art Association—a small but influential group of artists, writers, and community leaders, most notably, led by Virgil Macey Williams
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San Francisco Art Institute

a private college of contemporary art in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1871. The school closed permanently in July 2022.
San Francisco Art Institute was one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the Mississippi River.
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Institutional arrogance

Offensive and incorrect certainty of correctness by an entity or person with artificial power within a narrow space of influence.
Microsoft exhibits institutional arrogance when they force Ben to give up personal data when using their software.
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Formally known as The New School of Thought founded upon the banks of The Stream of Consciousness. The Queen of Succubi Mother Lilith is known to teach daemonology here, ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK. Lifehackers learn real life wizardry in their sleep from a place such as this, some didn't live to tell the tale. To get there you must make your way uptown, walking slow, so as not to compromise your footwear upon undermaintained city streets.
I'm a graduate from The Ghetto Institute of Technology, I can most definitely fix your car and it totally won't die on the highway. <3
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solar institute

a website ran by pop singer Lorde. you need a special code to get into said website. it is popular among Lorde fans (Ellaphants)
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