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At Columbia University, Art Students Want Their Tuition Back

Leaks, extreme heat and other maintenance woes make it hard to work in campus studios, graduate students say

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Prentis Hall at Columbia University in 2016. Photo: Steve Remich for the Wall Street Journal

When 27 budding artists took their coveted spots at Columbia University’s visual arts MFA program in each of the last two years, they expected to spend hours honing their skills and contemplating the meaning of art.

Unexpectedly, their supplies melted from excessive heat, they were flooded out of their studios, and they lived in fear of plaster falling from the ceiling.

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