THE PROJECT

"A CHOICE"

WE ARE DEMANDING

TRANSPARENCY

WE ASKED MORE THAN

500 SCAD STUDENTS

97%

DISAGREE THAT ONLINE CLASSES WILL BE EQUIVALENT TO IN PERSON CLASSES

92%

BELIEVE SCAD SHOULD PROVIDE MONETARY REFUNDS FOR SPRING QUARTER 2020 FEES

99%

USED ON CAMPUS RESOURCES IN THE PAST YEAR

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Students at SCAD are deeply concerned about some of the changes made for the fully-online spring quarter. Our concerns are rooted in the scenarios many of us have already experienced, situations described byProfessor Kaitlin Pomerantz in her recent article "Teaching Art Online Under COVID-19" — “Students scrambling out of dorms and scattering geographically, students grappling with loans, who may not even have materials to complete this online coursework, students left wondering about graduations, paychecks, housing, withdrawals, reimbursements. Students who are resourceful and hopeful — in some cases already setting up home studios and getting to work — but who are still footing the bills for their studios, specialized equipment, visiting critics, and thesis shows. Students who are fleeing illness or may already be experiencing it."

While we appreciate SCAD's effort in making classes available online for the upcoming spring quarter, we agree it is necessary to demand a monetary refund for tuition fees connected to on-ground services and resources. In a fully-online quarter, students will not have access to many of these resources, yet we are being charged for them anyway.

Such services and resources include the loss of access to on-ground equipment and facilities, some campus services, networking platforms, and many more assets that virtual classrooms can neither substitute nor replicate. On top of that, some students are struggling with extreme circumstances: International students, domestic students, low-income students, unemployed students, students with disabilities and many more are left with questions and concerns that require immediate clarification.

Our Objectives:

Voice the student body's demand for monetary compensation
Substantiate the reasoning behind that demand with credible sources
Feature the requisite of the demand by showcasing individual circumstances
Introduce a dialogue among the SCAD community
Raise awareness of the issue

SHOUTOUTS

EMORY

University

OUR MISSIONS

The project committee seeks to lobby for students that need to/want to/should be heard as well as advocate for the demand of monetary refunds on the students’ unused (yet to be proven used) tuition fees.

The project committee aims to ensure that SCAD hears its student body and fulfills its promise that "the safety and well beings of SCAD bees are [their] top priority."

The project committee provides a forum for open dialogues and discussions.

The project committee caters to all students and will offer assistance within our capability to those in need.

The project committee acts as an impartial mediator in the communication between SCAD and the students.

The project committee hopes to attain the student body's goals through a cordial discourse.

*The project committee does NOT intend to in any way incriminate or defame the prestigious stature of SCAD as an institute. All information that has been published is objective, factual, and substantiated with cited sources.*

THE PROJECT COMMITTEE, on behalf of the study body, implores SCAD to reference the example of other private, nonprofit and public institutes and stand alongside the SCAD community by relieving students of undue financial burdens in this difficult time.