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The AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship

The Fellowship program seeks to provide professional practice opportunities to high-achieving alumni who have recently graduated from AICAD member schools, and who can contribute to arts and design higher education through their understanding of the barriers facing those from racial and ethnic backgrounds underrepresented in our faculty and curricula, as evidenced by life experiences and disciplinary expertise. AICAD institutions aspire to create a climate that recognizes and values diversity as central to excellence in art and design education.

AICAD Fellowships include structured and unstructured mentoring and professional development opportunities along with direct teaching experience, health benefits, and other monetary supports.

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AICAD announces New & Returning Post-Graduate Teaching Fellows for 2025/26

The Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) is pleased to announce the Fellows selected for the AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship for the 2025/26 academic year. Additionally, 13 previous fellows will continue their positions for a second year. The Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship provides significant professional practice opportunities to high-achieving Graduate alumni. In contributing […]


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