Over the past four years, more than 56,000 graduates from 239 different high schools, colleges, and universities have participated in this project. The 2012 report focuses on survey findings from the 2011 fall administration. To our knowledge, SNAAP is the single largest database on the educational backgrounds and careers of graduates of arts-intensive training programs. As you’ll see, some of the findings are counter-intuitive in terms of employment rates and satisfaction, results that have been consistent over the years.
Changing relations: Class, education and cultural capital
–Analysis of survey data on Norwegian students social recruitment and cultural habits in 1998 and 2008.
–Particular emphasis on the attitudes and knowledge in regard to music, literature and television shows.
–A major decline in interest in and knowledge of most forms of traditional legitimate culture is found.
–Legitimate culture is thus marginalized in one sense, but also increasingly linked to privileged social backgrounds.
Growing Philanthropy in the United States
In the United States, charitable giving is estimated to be around two percent of average household
disposable (after tax) income (Giving USA Foundation 2011). Regrettably, this is also the 40-year average
for this figure, indicating that, despite an increasing effort on the part of nonprofits (Sargeant and Jay
2010), individuals today are no more generous than their predecessors were over four decades ago. Thirty-two recommendations follow.
Capitalizing on Complexity: Insights from the Global CEO Study
Key findings:
- The world’s private and public sector leaders believe that a rapid escalation of “complexity” is the biggest challenge confronting them. They expect it to continue – indeed, to accelerate – in the coming years.
- They are equally clear that their enterprises today are not equipped to cope effectively with this complexity in the global environment.
- Finally, they identify “creativity” as the single most important leadership competency for enterprises seeking a path through this complexity.
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Otis Report on the Creative Economy of the Los Angeles Region
Despite the economic downturn, creative jobs in Los Angeles are holding steady.
Artists and Arts Workers in the United States
There are 2.1 million artists in the United States workforce, and a large portion of them — designers — contribute to industries whose products Americans use every day, according to new research from the National Endowment for the Arts.
