BARD COLLEGE NY
Bard College
PO Box 5000, Annandale-on-Hudson,
New York(NYC) 12504-5000
Phone: 845-758-6822
Admission Information:
845-758-7472 | admission@bard.edu
About Bard College: Bard College, founded in 1860, is a small, selective four-year liberal arts college located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. This New York liberal arts college offers students a liberal arts and sciences education. Bard College is highly selective, and nearly two-thirds of incoming freshmen graduated within the top 10 percent of their high school class.
Bard College offers more than 40 majors in its four divisions: Arts; Languages and Literature; Science, Mathematics, and Computing; and Social Studies. Students can also pursue a dual degree through the Bard College Conservatory of Music, earning a bachelor’s degree in music and a Bachelor of Arts in another field. At the graduate level, Bard College offers master’s degrees in fine arts, curatorial studies, environmental policy, teaching, and music. Bard College also offers a Ph.D. program in the History of the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture.
Bard College is an NCAA Division III school with seven men’s teams and six women’s teams competing at the varsity level. In addition, all students are member of the Bard College Student Association and can participate in more than 60 organizations including academic and cultural groups, a student-run theater, and a campus radio station.
Type of Institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Degrees Offered:
Associate
Bachelor’s
Master’s Read more
BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION – NEW YORK
Bank Street College of Education
Phone: 212-875-4400
Website: www.bankstreet.edu
Main Campus:
610 West 112th Street
New York, NY 10025
Bank Street North:
132 Claremont Avenue
New York, NY 10027
About Bank Street College of Education:
Bank Street is a Graduate School, which offers intensive, individualized master’s degree programs every year to 1,000 aspiring teachers and school leaders, conducts action-oriented research designed to improve teaching and learning, and works with public schools in New York City and in other cities.
Bank Street College of Education was founded in 1916 as the Bureau of Educational Experiments. Our founder, Lucy Sprague Mitchell, convinced that public schools were not serving children well, set out, with a group of like-minded colleagues, to discover the environments in which children grow and learn to their full potential, and to educate teachers and others to create these environments. Read more
BAIS MEDRASH
Bais Medrash Elyon
73 Main St, Monsey,
New York 10952
Phone: (845) 356-7064
About Bais Medrash: BAIS MEDRASH ELYON seeks to train students in the skills required for understanding, studying and mastering the Talmud and the considerable body of traditional Jewish thought. At the same time we are committed to the understanding that knowledge is a means to a larger end. We seek therefore to help students build a world outlook drawn from the ethical and moral concepts of Judaism. If scholarship is to have a significant value it must orient its students to a way of life that, by its own definition, is good and moral.
Type: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Awards offered:
Bachelor’s degree
Doctor’s degree
Student population(2007): 24 (17 undergraduate)
AMERICAN MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC ACADEMY – LA
American Musical and Dramatic Academy
Los Angeles Campus
6305 Yucca Street
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Phone (323) 469-3300
Toll Free (866) 374-5300
Fax (323) 469-5246
Website: www.amda.edu
About AMDA:
The American Musical and Dramatic Academy is an accredited institution of the National Association of Schools of Theatre. (NAST).
AMDA provides students the opportunity to study their craft in the two leading entertainment centers of the world – Los Angeles and New York City.
To build and sustain a career in the performing arts requires commitment, inspiration, and talent. Talent is properly directed and focused by training. AMDA’s training is eclectic, based on the principle that students should learn and master the varied approaches and techniques that are actually used in the profession.
Developing craft, technique, style, confidence, and professionalism is key to future growth and achievement as a performer. AMDA is proud of its many graduates who are performing on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in television, film, national tours, and regional theater. Careers begin at AMDA.
Type: 2-year, Private not-for-profit
Awards offered: Two but less than 4 years certificate
Conservatory Programs: AMDA provides extraordinary Conservatory training with the THE STUDIO PROGRAM and THE INTEGRATED PROGRAM. Read more
AMERICAN MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC ACADEMY NY
American Musical and Dramatic Academy
New York City Campus
211 West 61st Street
New York, NY 10023
Phone (212) 787-5300
Toll Free (800) 367-7908
Fax (212) 247-0488
Website: www.amda.edu
About AMDA:
The American Musical and Dramatic Academy is an accredited institution of the National Association of Schools of Theatre. (NAST).
AMDA provides students the opportunity to study their craft in the two leading entertainment centers of the world – Los Angeles and New York City.
To build and sustain a career in the performing arts requires commitment, inspiration, and talent. Talent is properly directed and focused by training. AMDA’s training is eclectic, based on the principle that students should learn and master the varied approaches and techniques that are actually used in the profession.
Developing craft, technique, style, confidence, and professionalism is key to future growth and achievement as a performer. AMDA is proud of its many graduates who are performing on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in television, film, national tours, and regional theater. Careers begin at AMDA.
Type: 2-year, Private not-for-profit
Awards offered: Two but less than 4 years certificate
Conservatory Programs: AMDA provides extraordinary Conservatory training with the THE STUDIO PROGRAM and THE INTEGRATED PROGRAM. Read more
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS – AADA
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
120 Madison Ave, New York, New York 10016
Phone: (212) 686-9244
Website: www.aada.org
About Academy:
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts has been training professional actors for over one hundred and twenty years. The Academy trains actors for stage, film and television by means of a structured, professionally-oriented program that stresses self-discovery, self-discipline and individuality.
Academy training is, above all, practical. At each stage of development students are challenged to put what has been studied in classrooms to the test in performance. The soundness of this approach is reflected in the achievements of Academy alumni – a diverse body of professionals who have distinguished themselves throughout the entertainment world. To date, Academy alumni have received nominations for 72 Oscars®, 233 Emmys® and 83 Tonys®. With one campus in New York and another in Los Angeles, the Academy is the only degree-granting conservatory for actors located in America’s two dynamic centers for the acting profession.
Type: 2-year, Private not-for-profit
Awards offered: Associate’s Read more
ALFRED UNIVERSITY
Alfred University
1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY 14802
Phone: 607.871.2111
Website: www.alfred.edu
About Alfred University:
Alfred University was founded in 1836 by liberal, independent thinkers who placed high value on education for all citizens. Today, the University has retained and built upon the strong values of its founders, developing as an institution of national and international renown that is responsive to the needs of contemporary society while remaining consistent with the spirit of its origins.
Alfred University is the second oldest co-educational college in the United States and one of the earliest nineteenth century colleges to have enrolled African American and Native American students. Over the course of the twentieth century, Alfred University evolved into a complex institution offering a full range of programs in the liberal arts and sciences, art and design, engineering, business, education, and school psychology.
Alfred University is a student-centered comprehensive university offering a remarkable breadth of outstanding programs. It is at once small and complex, rural and globally connected, private and public, undergraduate and graduate, steeped in history yet focused on the future. Alfred’s intimate atmosphere fosters the interplay of diverse perspectives and a strong sense of community. The university’s personalized approach to education is aimed at enabling all students to grow intellectually, creatively, and personally. Alfred is committed to both teaching and research, to combining technical expertise, artistic creativity and humanistic concerns, and to maintaining academic rigor in a caring environment. Uniting the university community is a common dedication to innovation, open-minded inquiry, and service to society.
Type: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Schools & Colleges:
College of Business http://business.alfred.edu/
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences http://las.alfred.edu/
School of Art and Design http://art.alfred.edu/ Read more
ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE
Albany Medical Center
43 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208
Phone: 518.262.3125
Website: www.amc.edu
About Albany Medical College:
One of the nation’s oldest private medical schools, prides itself in offering an intimate, collegial environment which fosters humane values and genuine learning. The institution was founded in 1839 with an initial enrollment of 57 students. Despite the many changes and developments which have occurred over the years, the College still maintains a policy of limiting enrollment to a small group of carefully selected students-128 in each class.
As expressed in the Act of Incorporation, the primary mission of Albany Medical College is to “promote medical science and instruction in the departments of learning connected there with.” Albany Medical College continues to pursue excellence in the education of health care personnel, research in the basic and clinical medical sciences, and services to the community through delivery of patient care and the provision of appropriate resources.
Union University:
In 1873, Albany Medical College affiliated with Union College and Albany Law School to form Union University. They were later joined by Albany College of Pharmacy and Dudley Observatory. Each institution has its own governing board and its own programs. The Board of Governors of Union University serves both to advise and to expand the areas of voluntary cooperation.
Albany Medical Center:
Albany Medical Center is a private corporation formed in 1982 Read more
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL
80 New Scotland Avenue, Albany,
New York 12208-3494
Phone: 518-445-2311
Website: www.albanylaw.edu
About Albany Law School:
Albany Law School offers a first-rate study of law in a close-knit, intellectually challenging academic community in New York’s capital. Please take some time and learn about what I believe is one of the nation’s finest law schools.
Our singular focus on the study of law, outstanding faculty, and location in the capital city of one of the nation’s most influential states translate into a superb education in the classroom and a wide range of opportunities for hands-on learning outside it.
Albany Law School’s location provides students with excellent opportunities to study and actively participate in the operation of state government. The Legislature, Court of Appeals, and numerous state agencies are located in close proximity, allowing for extensive clinical programs, internships and clerking positions that supplement classroom learning with practical experience.
About Albany: Albany, the capital of New York state and seat of Albany County, is a superb location to live and study law. With a population of about 100,000, it is set in a metropolitan community of more than 800,000.
In May 2006, Albany made Forbes magazine’s annual “Best Places For Business and Careers” list. In fact, of the 200 metro-areas on the list, Albany was ranked No. 18 in the United States.
Albany Law Centers
Government Law Center:
As the preeminent legal and policy research center in New York’s capital, the Government Law Center (GLC) introduces students to methods of policy analysis and to public service.
Law Clinic & Justice Center:
The award-winning Albany Law Clinic & Justice Center combines theory and practice through its in-house public interest law firm, providing free legal services to eligible clients in the Capital Region.
Institute of Legal Studies / CLE:
Continuing Legal Education at Albany Law School is provided through the office of the Institute of Legal Studies. Courses are taught by Law School faculty, as well as respected members of the bench and bar. The Institute of Legal Studies prides itself on providing innovative Continuing Legal Education courses.
Science & Technology Law Center:
The imperative need to assist research institutions in New York in their efforts to commercialize their technology and the enormous size and diversity of the technology sector in the State led to the creation of the Science & Technology Law Center (STLC) in 1998. Conceived as a resource for the entire state, the STLC serves the many private and public partners involved in building New York’s high-technology base.
Type: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Awards offered: Master’s Read more
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