[iDC] Praxis-based Ph.D.s

[shelly silver]

Dear Myron Turner:
Quick clarification.  Cooper Union offers only a BFA, which is based 
on artistic practice.  The department I work in at SVA offers a 
traditional practice-based MFA in photography, video and related 
media.

My experience with mixed theory/practice MA programs is as a visiting 
critic or a member of a jury of student work.   It is here that I 
noticed the lower level of work produced.

  I think it's also useful to note the ballooning size of graduate 
departments.  Some are quite small (which I think is appropriate), 
others number in the 100's, a practice which I find questionable.

Best,
Shelly Silver