New York University Tisch School of the Arts#Interactive Telecommunications Program

The School of the Arts at New York University was founded on August 17, 1965, to provide conservatory training in theater and film in the context of a research university.{{cite web|title=Dean's Message: Tisch School of the Arts|url=http://about.tisch.nyu.edu/page/deanMessage.html|publisher=Tisch School of the Arts|access-date=February 1, 2014|archive-date=October 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006164906/http://about.tisch.nyu.edu/page/deanMessage.html|url-status=dead}} The school created additional departments such as dance, theatre design, and cinema studies within a few years.{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/history |website=Tisch School of the Arts |access-date=April 3, 2022}} Following the creation of the undergraduate Department of Drama in 1974, the school expanded to include the Interactive Telecommunications Program, Department of Dramatic Writing, Department of Performance Studies, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, Department of Photography and Imaging, and The Department of Art and Public Policy.

In 1982, the school's second dean, David Oppenheim, solicited a donation{{cite web|last1=Hevesi|first1=Dennis|title=David Oppenheim, 85, Dean of N.Y.U. Arts, Is Dead|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/arts/03oppenheim.html|work=The New York Times|date=December 3, 2007|access-date=August 29, 2015|archive-date=July 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717120802/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/arts/03oppenheim.html|url-status=live}} from Laurence A. and Preston Robert Tisch that made possible the acquisition and renovation of the location at 721 Broadway where most of the school's programs are housed. In recognition of the generosity of the Tisch family, the school was renamed Tisch School of the Arts in 1982.{{cite web|last1=Mitgang|first1=Herbert|title=7.5 Million Tisch gift to N.Y.U|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/11/arts/7.5-million-tisch-gift-to-nyu.html|work=The New York Times|date=February 11, 1982|access-date=August 29, 2015|archive-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910012904/http://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/11/arts/7.5-million-tisch-gift-to-nyu.html|url-status=live}}

Tisch School of the Arts has three institutes and 16 programs and offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Bachelor of Arts (BA), Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Master of Arts (MA), Master of Professional Studies (MPS), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees. Tisch also offers a selection of classes to NYU students not enrolled in any of its programs through the Open Arts curriculum.{{cite web|title=Departments: Tisch School of the Arts|url=http://www.tisch.nyu.edu/page/departments.html|publisher=Tisch School of the Arts|access-date=February 1, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223000031/http://www.tisch.nyu.edu/page/departments.|archive-date=February 23, 2014}}

The three institutes are:

• The Institute of Performing Arts, including the Art & Public Policy, Dance, Design for Stage & Film, Drama, Graduate Acting, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing, Open Arts, and Performance Studies.
• The Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television, including Cinema Studies and its flagship Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) program founded by Howard Besser, the Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing, Graduate Film, and Undergraduate Film & Television.
• The Institute of Emerging Media, including the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, ITP/IMA, Photography & Imaging, and NYU Game Center.

The school also offers an inter-disciplinary "collaborative arts" program, as well as the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music (founded by Arista Records CEO Clive Davis), one of the few programs in the US to combine musical arts and business strategies in the recording industry. A dual MFA/MBA graduate program is also offered, allowing students to take coursework at both Tisch and NYU's Stern School of Business. It also offers high school programs (the "Tisch Summer High School Program" and "Spring Future Artists Programs") as an outgrowth of the undergraduate classes,{{Cite web|url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/special-programs/high-school-programs|title=High School Programs|website=tisch.nyu.edu|language=en|access-date=December 29, 2018|archive-date=December 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229171624/https://tisch.nyu.edu/special-programs/high-school-programs|url-status=live}} and professional courses for the general public as part of a commitment to continuing education in the arts.{{Cite web|url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/special-programs/courses-for-non-degree-students|title=Professional Courses|website=tisch.nyu.edu|language=en|access-date=December 29, 2018}}

NYU's first branch campus abroad was the result of a partnership with Singapore Government agencies under Singapore's Global Schoolhouse program. Tisch Asia was also Singapore's first graduate arts school and offered Master of Fine Arts degrees in animation and digital arts, dramatic writing, film, and international media producing. Summer programs included professional workshops and non-credit certificate courses.{{cite news| url = http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2013/03/05/anatomy-of-a-failed-campus-what-happened-at-tisch-asia/| title = Anatomy Of A Failed Campus: What Happened At Tisch Asia| first = Zoë| last = Schlanger| website = NYU Local| access-date = July 14, 2013| archive-date = August 5, 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130805183157/http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2013/03/05/anatomy-of-a-failed-campus-what-happened-at-tisch-asia/| url-status = live}}{{cite news|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Kristiano|last=Ang|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/world/asia/19iht-educbriefs19.html|title=Tisch School of Arts to Close Singapore School|date=November 18, 2012|access-date=July 14, 2013|archive-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605031133/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/world/asia/19iht-educbriefs19.html|url-status=live}} The campus opened in fall 2007 on the former Ministry of Education & Republic Polytechnic grounds at 3 Kay Siang Road, Singapore, with the intention to enroll approximately 250 students.{{cite web |url=http://www.edb.gov.sg/edb/sg/en_uk/index/news/articles/nyu_s_tisch_school.html |title=NYU's Tisch School Of The Arts opens its first campus in Singapore |date=May 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223143728/http://www.edb.gov.sg/edb/sg/en_uk/index/news/articles/nyu_s_tisch_school.html |archive-date=February 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |publisher=Singapore Economic Development Board |orig-year=1st pub. October 8, 2007 }}

The anticipated enrollment figures were not achieved, financial losses and embezzlement were alleged and Tisch Asia President Pari Sara Shirazi was dismissed from her post by NYU in November 2011.{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sara-shirazi-tisch-asia-nyu_n_1948532 |title=Pari Sara Shirazi, Tisch Asia Founder, Sues NYU After Being Fired For Alleged Embezzlement |website=HuffPost |date=October 9, 2012 |access-date=August 21, 2022 |archive-date=August 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820220044/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sara-shirazi-tisch-asia-nyu_n_1948532 |url-status=live }} She subsequently lost a lawsuit claiming defamation and breach of contract.{{cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyu-administrator-loses-lawsuit-university-article-1.1771544 |title=Former NYU administrator loses lawsuit against university |website=New York Daily News|date=April 29, 2014 |access-date=August 21, 2022 }} The Tisch Asia campus closed in 2014, with polarised recollections, ranging from positive endorsement, to allegations that it had been "an educational scam" in a failed lawsuit brought by three former students.{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2016/09/20/nyu-students-claim-defunct-tisch-asia-was-a-rip-off-in-suit/ |title=NYU students claim defunct Tisch Asia was a rip-off in suit |newspaper=New York Post |first=Lia |last=Eustachewich |date=September 20, 2016 |access-date=August 21, 2022 |archive-date=September 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923200041/http://nypost.com/2016/09/20/nyu-students-claim-defunct-tisch-asia-was-a-rip-off-in-suit/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/tisch-asia-grads-defend-quality-education-amid-lawsuit |title=Tisch Asia grads defend quality of education amid lawsuit |website=Today Online|first=Toh EE |last=Ming|date=October 7, 2016 |access-date=August 21, 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/nyu-beats-tisch-asia-graduate-school-students-fraud-allegations |title=NYU Beats Tisch Asia Graduate School Students' Fraud Allegations |first=Maeve|last= Allsup|website=Bloomberg Law|date=December 2, 2020 |access-date=August 21, 2022 }}

During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, which forced NYU to move academic instruction online, many Tisch students demanded a tuition refund, believing that virtual classes did not adequately meet their academic needs as a school for performing, cinematic, and media arts. In one of many pandemic-related emails, the school's dean sent students a video of herself dancing to R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion", intended to raise community spirit.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyu-tischs-students-want-tuition-fee-back-amid-coronavirus-shutdown-dean-responds-with-dance-video/2346626/|title=NYU Tisch Students Demand Tuition Back, Dean Responds With Dance Video|publisher=NBC New York|language=en-US|date=March 27, 2020|access-date=April 8, 2020}} After hearing from students, the dean further clarified that individual schools have no control over tuition and that it was "challenging" for the university to give students their money back at the time.

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