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.
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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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.
ON DEMAND WEBINAR: Building Parent Involvement in Schools through the Arts
If schools are to succeed in reaching every child academically, they need the support of a parent or primary caregiver to achieve this goal. This session will discuss the body of research that demonstrates how the arts can engage families in schools and discuss key strategies that are currently working in both public and charter schools.
Speakers include:
- Michael Sikes, Senior Associate for Research and Policy, the Arts Education Partnership, Washington D.C. and author of “Building Parent Involvement through the Arts” (2007)
- Sarah Ogeto , Program Coordinator, Illinois Parent Information Resource Center at Columbia College Chicago
- Joanne Vena, Director of School Partnerships, Center for Community Arts Partnerships, Columbia College Chicago
- Angela Fowler, PIRC Program Manager, Harris Center for Early Childhood Education, Columbia College Chicago
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.
The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth: Findings from Four Longitudinal Studies
The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth: Findings from Four Longitudinal Studies examines arts-related variables from four large data sets–three maintained by the U.S. Department of Education and one by the Department of Labor–to understand the relationship between arts engagement and positive academic and social outcomes in children and young adults of low socioeconomic status (SES). Conducted by James Catterall, University of California, Los Angeles, et al., the analyses show that achievement gaps between high- and low-SES groups appear to be mitigated for children and young adults who have arts-rich backgrounds.
