The Art Institutes OFFERS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE

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The Art Institutes announced today that it will help both national and international students from universities in New Orleans, southern Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama universities, which have been closed in the immediate future due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.

The Art Institutes will make available both on campus and online courses that may be able to allow displaced students to advance their academic careers during this semester of disruption. Students at a university forced to close by Hurricane Katrina may register at any of The Art Institutes 31 locations across the country for courses on a space available for the fall semester.

The Art Institutes will waive tuition for displaced students who have already registered and paid tuition at their home institution for the fall semester of 2005. If displaced students have not yet paid their tuition at their home institution, which will be assessed the lesser of the tuition and fees published today in the institution, and tuition Art Institutes' published tariffs for half fall, as determined by the school president.

"The Art Institutes strives to assist college students who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina," says Dave Pauldine, president of The Art Institutes. "The Art Institutes offers this initiative as a way to reach students in the region of the Gulf Coast whose lives and education have been affected by Hurricane Katrina and do what we can to help students."

The Art Institutes is a group of 31educational institutions throughout North America. Offering a wide range of programs including: audio production, culinary arts management, cooking, fashion design, fashion marketing, graphic design, industrial design technology, interior design, media arts and animation , multimedia and web design, production, photography, restaurant management and video. Not all programs are offered in all schools.