How design students choose
Prospective design students evaluate a school by looking at student work, then at who teaches and what they have made. Curriculum lists and software names matter far less than visible output. Schools that publish a syllabus and a price are compared on price alone. The second question, always, is whether the course leads to paid work — freelance or employed — and what graduates are actually doing now, which almost nobody documents.
What we build for a design school
First, student work presented prominently, organised by course and cohort, because it is the only evidence that matters. Second, instructor portfolios, since students choose a teacher whose work they want to make. Third, graduate outcomes — jobs, freelance clients, studios — documented rather than claimed. Fourth, curriculum with tools and deliverables per module, plus cohort dates and staged payment so enrolment is a decision rather than an enquiry.