2011
Let's Get Serious About Cultivating Creativity: Steven Tepper and George Kuh in the Chronicle Review.
Creativity may be key to America's future, but we have little data on how it is best acquired and applied. A new study (SNAAP!) is changing that. Continue Reading >>
Inside Higher Ed: Douglas Dempster and Steven Tepper on the value of an arts education.
In his famous book on capitalism, Max Weber warned that our modern world would increasingly be driven by endless attempts at measurement, accountability, efficiency, and control. Continue Reading >>
Huffington Post: Uncle Henry is Wrong. There's a Lot You Can Do With That Degree.
About three million college students will approach graduation day wondering what the future holds. Continue Reading >>
Inside Higher Education and USA Today: The Myth of the Starving Artist
Conventional wisdom has long held that pursuing a career in the arts is a likely ticket to a life of perennial unhappiness, hunger and unemployment. Continue reading
Chronicle of Higher Education: Arts-School Grads: Rich? Don't Count on It. Content? Quite Possibly!
A national survey of 13,581 arts-school alumni found that almost three-quarters of those who intended to work as a professional artist had done so at some point since graduating, and 90 percent of all respondents rated their educational experience as good or excellent Continue reading
Huffington Post: Arts Degrees are Surprisingly Stable
Parents who are worried about the viability of their child's arts degree can now officially breathe a sigh of relief. Continue reading
Exploring ArtsEngine: Integrating the arts into American universities
George Kuh chairs a panel meeting at a new national initiative to better integrate art-making and the arts into American universities, called ArtsEngine. Continue reading
Chronicle of Higher Education: Portrait of the Artists as a Scrappy, Fulfilled Demographic
The struggling artist lives on, but has built a satisfying career in some unexpected ways. Continue reading
Kansas City Star: Artists finding jobs and career satisfaction
Many people still perceive an education in the arts as preparation for living a bohemian life. Continue reading
Arts education delivers a good return on Minnesota's investment.
Budget crises force decisions that either improve a state's economic future or compromise it. Continue Reading >>
Arts grads have gifts that lift our city.
I remember having some reservations when I made the commitment to major in journalism in college. Continue Reading >>
American Public Radio asked arts graduates if they are happy they went to arts school.
Listen to a 10-minute podcast from American RadioWorks, populated by stories from arts graduates.
2009
Snaps for SNAAP: IU Arts survey wins national award
Since 2007, SNAAP has gathered information from strategically crafted alumni surveys and translated responses to data. The final product helps arts educational institutions from kindergarten to master’s programs improve curricula, teaching methods and funding. Continue reading
National Endowment for the Arts’ Cultural Workforce Symposium
Participants at the forum noted that SNAAP could become one of the most important on-going data collection efforts in the arts, on par with the NEA’s Survey of Public Participation in the Arts and the Census Bureau’s regularly collected data on arts occupations and workers. Continue reading
2008
What Becomes of Arts Alumni?
What makes or breaks an artist? And is there a typical career path? Continue reading
SNAAP Judgments
SNAAP will be a long-term longitudinal survey of arts alumni to show, among other things, “how students in different majors use their arts training in their careers and other aspects of their lives.” Continue reading
