Author: Morrison, Jack

Publication Year: 1972

Media Type: Book

Summary:

Abstract:

The study begins with an essay on The Case for the Arts in Higher Education, which explores the rationale for the arts in the curriculum. Then, to set the stage for current developments, we provide historical brushups in the various arts - theatre, dance, film, creative or poetic writing, music, visual arts, and architecture - as well as some comments on art museums, fine arts centers, and the concert series. We turn our attention next to national statistical surveys, some portions of which pertain to the arts. We then suggest the current status of the arts in profiles of 17 institutions of varying natures which have reported information on the arts on their campuses. Those familiar with higher education and the arts could probably suggest a half-dozen or so institutions for each of these 17 which would provide equally interesting and revealing conditions, but restrictions of time and expense limit this number. Those presented here, then, may be considered representative, not definitive, of the field; they were selected with a kind of knowledgeable arbitrariness. The following institutions were chosen:

Antioch College, Washington-Baltimore campus.
Bennington College.
Carnegie-Mellon University.
Dartmouth College.
Duke University.
Earlham College.
Fisk University.
Harvard University.
Indiana University.
Jackson State College.
New York University.
Pasadena City College.
Pennsylvania State University.
University of California at Los Angeles.
University of California at Santa Cruz.
University of Georgia.
University of New Mexico.

We then discuss some of the issues arising from the responses made by these colleges and universities in comments on students, the resistance to and support for the rise of the arts in academe, and the rate of change in this rise. We close this probe of the rise of the arts in higher education today with a statement of possible future directions and recommendations.

Focus is on primal institutions in higher education rather than the complete postsecondary field. Thus, conservatories and strictly professional and commercial institutions are not represented. No study of the arts would be complete without the inclusion, for example, of Juilliard, the School of the Chicago Art Institute, and private studies in all the arts - including cosmetology - but that is beyond the purview of this investigation. (p. xv-xvi)

CONTENTS
Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.

1. The case for the arts in higher education.
2. Historical sketches.
3. National statistical studies.
4. Profiles of selected colleges and universities.
5. Recommendations.

References.
Appendix A. Resistance to or support for the rise of the arts: ratings from reporting
                   institutions.
Appendix B. Earned degrees conferred in the arts, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70.
Appendix C. Educational data on the arts in the .
Appendix D. National norms relating to the arts for entering college freshman.
Appendix E. Data on the American graduate student relating to the arts.
Appendix F. Questionnaire used for this study.

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Categories: Arts Education