 The universal Art Institute logo | |
| Active | 1968–2018 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Mark. K. Wheeler |
Academic staff | 113 |
Administrative staff | 100+ |
| Students | 1,000+ |
| Undergraduates | 1,000+ |
| Location | , , United States 26°06′00″N 80°07′19″W / 26.100°N 80.122°W |
| Colors | Red and Black |
| Affiliations | The Art Institutes ACF ACICS |
| Website | www |
The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale is a former for-profit art and culinary school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida which closed in 2018. The school was one of a number of Art Institutes, a franchise of for-profit art colleges with many branches in North America, owned and operated by Education Management Corporation (EDMC). EDMC owned the college from 1973 until 2017, when, facing declining enrollment, multiple fraud charges brought by faculty and students, and accreditation issues at some of its schools, the company sold the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, along with other properties, to Dream Center Education, a Los Angeles-based Pentecostal organization.[1][2][3] Dream Center Education planned to operate the school, along with others it acquired, as a non-profit. The plan proved unsustainable, with Dream Center permanently closing 18 Art Institute schools, including Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, at the end of 2018.[4]
- ^ Douglas-Gabriel, Danielle (3 March 2017). "Art Institute campuses to be sold to foundation". Retrieved 9 June 2018 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "Inside Higher Ed's News". www.insidehighered.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ^ Moore, Daniel. "EDMC completes sale of schools to Dream Center". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
- ^ Sweeny, Dan (28 November 2018). "Whatever happened to the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale?". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 16 August 2019.