From the Director :

The philosophy behind the Program in Arts Administration at Columbia University Teachers College has always been one in which management skills are only a part, albeit an important part, of the training for tomorrow's leaders. In addition to the skills students master through the Program - marketing, accounting, entrepreneurship, new media, organizational management, human resource management - are equally important areas of understanding and commitment:

• The social responsibility of the arts in a multicultural, global society
• Advocacy and representation for the rights of artists
• Education in the very broadest sense, as the arts seek to address long-term learning, participation and appreciation
• Active participation in the arts community that includes practitioners, audiences, funders, sponsors and sympathizers

Pragmatists and managers - those who run our arts institutions - are not allowed the single greatest prerogative afforded those in an academic environment - the time for training, reflection and feedback.

The resources at Columbia can certainly be used for skill enhancement. More than this, they can be plumbed for the kind of real enrichment that only a great university can offer. With 27 libraries and teachers from Arthur Danto to Maxine Greene to Rosalind Krauss, CEOs of major corporations, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, recipients of the Tony, the Oscar and the Prix de Rome, Columbia offers intellectual rigor, practical solutions and world-class instruction. Its location in New York City also offers unequaled cultural riches - the Program's internships, work experiences and mentorships from alumni capitalize on these opportunities.

The Program in Arts Administration at Columbia University's Teachers College offers active encouragement and training to develop the best arts managers in the country - managers with a highly articulate sense of what it takes to develop, nurture, and manage the artistic process combined with a highly entrepreneurial desire to deliver the benefits of that process to an audience.

Our goal is excellence, our standards are high, and our alumni are working in the arts around the globe. People in the professional field tell me our students are the best in the world. I believe them.

- Joan Jeffri

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