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The
College for Creative Studies Ford Campus is located at 201 E. Kirby
St. in Detroit, Mich.
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The college had its origin in 1906 with the formation of the Society
of Arts and Crafts. In 1926, the society became one of the first
Arts and Crafts organizations in America to offer an educational
program in the arts.
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In 1962, when
the Michigan Department of Education authorized the granting of
a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Industrial Design, the school
officially became a college.
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In
1975 the School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts changed
its name to the Center for Creative Studies-College of Art and Design
and in 2001 it assumed its present name.
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On
January 8, 2006, Richard Rogers, President of the school, announced
at the 2006 North American International Auto Show that Josephine
Ford, the only granddaughter of Ford Motor Company founder Henry
Ford, bequeathed $50 million to CCS upon her death the previous
June.
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College
for Creative Studies
College for Creative Studies (CCS) is a art
education institution in the United States and was cited by
BusinessWeek as one of the 60 best design schools in the world.
It is a private, fully accredited, four-year college located
in Detroit, Michigan. CCS is credited with having one of the
world’s most recognized programs in transportation design
and for placing possibly more graduates in automotive design
than any other school. The school is a member of the Association
of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), a consortium
of thirty-six leading art schools in the United States. Currently
CCS offers Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in 11 majors: Advertising
Design, Animation and Digital Media (now under the name Entertainment
Arts), Art Education, Crafts, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration,
Interior Design, Photography, Product Design, and Transportation
Design.
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Wikipedia
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