The study is divided into four sections, a bibliography and appendixes. The sections are: General Observations, National Endowment for the Arts, Academic programs, Service Organizations. The central question of the study is whether or not the Arts Endowment can and should support the improvement of education and training of arts managers.

The purpose of this roundtable discussion was to discuss arts consulting as a profession: what does it do, what does it mean, and where is it going? Joseph Wesley Zeigler, a consulting editor of the <EM>Journal of Arts Management and Law</EM>, lead the discussion with four other art consultants.

The publication of the first edition of An Independent Sector Resource Directory of Education and Training Opportunities and other Services provided readers with a wealth of information on some of the excellent educational opportunities that offer training for current and future non-profit leaders. In response to many requests, we have provided in this new edition a section of career vignettes from professionals practicing in the non-profit sector.

The present paper focuses on studies about administrators of the live performing arts organizations in the nonprofit (tax-exempt) sector of the economy with only occasional mentions of museums and the for profit (taxable) sector. The results of the several studies reviewed show that the potential income of arts organizations is unlikely to provide the means of paying competitive salaries and that there are several serious challenges in the views of the present arts administrators.

This study deals with the 'training of cultural administrators' and is intended to suggest teaching methods and training schemes which can be adapted to a variety of situations. It is the counterpart and logical sequel to my previous study on the training of cultural 'animators.' Since that earlier study is available, it can be taken that much is already known about the functions,profession and training of cultural 'animators', so that this point can be passed over briefly in the present dossier.

This report, in French, describes the teaching of arts management and profiles programs at universities around the world. It also details research on sociological, economic and other aspects of the arts. It includes lists of arts management education programs, organizations and conferences in these areas, and bibliographies of arts research.