Arts Journal picked up a great article last week in "Inside Higher Ed." It speaks to increasing enrollments in creative and performing arts courses at higher educational institutions. According to College Board data...there was a 44% increase from 1996 to 2005 in the number of high school seniors who say they plan to major in visual and performing arts. For business and commerce majors, the gain was much less modest at 12%, whicle the percentage who plan to major in social sciences and history has decreased by 15%.
It goes on to talk about how colleges and universities are dealing with increased demand for the arts and quotes Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman and Geoffrey Newman, Dean of Montclair State University's School of the Arts.
A great advocacy piece with President Tilghman calling for increased government support for the arts to "sustain a creative overall culture."
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/02/03/arts
Sunday, February 12, 2006
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