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Training Arts Managers: Views from the Field

<P>In January of 1983, Executive Editor Joan Jeffri led a roundtable discussion with three member of the editorial board of <EM>The Journal of Arts Management and Law</EM> who direct graduate-level degree-granting programs in the U.S. The programs represented here offer sampling of the varieties of focus and structure offered in graduate education in the field. Those interviewed include Valerie Morris, Brann Wry, and Jonathan Katz. In the , there are currently 23 graduate-level degree-granting programs in arts management, plus innumerable other programs that either give certificates or offer single courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. There are also graduate and under-graduate level courses and programs specifically devoted to museum administration. Advanced degrees offered through such programs include the M.A., M.F.A., M.B.A. M.S. and degrees in combination with other fields, such as J.D.L.-M.F.A, in law, and a PhD. in arts education.</P>
<P>The programs represented here offer a sampling of the varieties of focus and structure offered in graduate education in the field. American University in Washington, D. C. houses the program in its Department of Performing Arts and offers a Master of Arts degree; it draws faculty from the Business College, the College of Public Affairs, and the professional arts community. New York University, in New York City, offers two separate arts administration tracks - one in performing arts administration and one in visual arts administration: both grant a Master of Arts degree in Arts Administration. Faculty are drawn from the professional arts community, the School of Education, Health, Nursing and Arts professions, and the Graduate School of Business Administration. Sangamon State University in Springfield, Illinois offers a Master of Arts through its Community Arts Management program and draws its faculty from the division of Public Policy and Administration, in which it is located, from faculty in the Business and Management and the Arts and Humanities divisions, and from guest lecturers in the arts community as well as in-house staff such as the auditorium manager and the director of survey research.</P>

In January of 1983, Executive Editor Joan Jeffri led a roundtable discussion with three member of the editorial board ot <EM>The Journal of Arts Management and Law</EM> who direct graduate-level degree-granting programs in the U.S. The programs represented here offer sampling of the varieties of focus and structure offered in graduate education in the field.

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Jeffri, Joan
The journal of Arts Management and Law
Volume 13, Issue 2
23 pages
January, 1983
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Heldref Publications
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http://www.artsusa.org/NAPD/modules/resourceManager/publicsearch.aspx?id=4777
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Professional Development
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1983