Associated with New School University, Parsons School of Design focuses on creating engaged citizens and outstanding artists, designers, scholars and business leaders through a design-based professional and liberal education. The school embraces curricular innovation, pioneering uses of technology, collaborative methods and global perspectives on the future of design. The schools extensive areas of study include: animation, design and technology, illustration, product design, communication design, architectures, interior design, art history, broadcast design, business, design and management, digital design and fashion design. Parsons is fully accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Founded in 1896, Parsons has headquarters in New York.