Archive for May, 2007
The mission of the College Music Society’s (CMS) Committee on Music in Higher Education is to; (1) provide liaison between music associations with higher education associations, (2) convey the essential need for a communications plan that demonstrates the success of music programs in higher education, (3) articulate the changing roles of music units, and [...]
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF MUSIC
11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
Telephone: (703) 437-0700
Facsimile: (703) 437-6312
May 22, 2007
Dear Colleagues:
The basic message of this letter is that preserving the fundamental values underlying the work of NASM and the other arts accrediting associations must guide our next steps as the policy struggle over accreditation continues. Please [...]
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF MUSIC
11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
Telephone: (703) 437-0700
Facsimile: (703) 437-6312
May 14, 2007
Dear Colleagues:
The basic message of this letter is that faulty analyses, wrong judgments, and self-deceptions about the sources, natures, and purposes of improvement and innovation pose dangers to higher education and thus to our nation’s future potential. [...]
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF MUSIC
11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
Telephone: (703) 437-0700
Facsimile: (703) 437-6312
May 10, 2007
Dear Colleagues:
Over the next few weeks, you will hear and read many different reports and perspectives on the accreditation policy struggle here in Washington. We ask that you not focus on pieces emphasizing personalities or political theatre. [...]
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF MUSIC
11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
Telephone: (703) 437-0700
Facsimile: (703) 437-6312
April 11, 2007
Dear Colleagues:
The basic message of this letter is that if the public information function of accreditation is pursued only or primarily in consumerist terms, the accreditation system will become enveloped, narrowed, and ultimately corrupted by public relations [...]
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF MUSIC
11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
Telephone: (703) 437-0700
Facsimile: (703) 437-6312
April 3, 2007
Dear Colleagues:
The basic message of this letter is that the public interest in higher education is multi-faceted, and that attempts to define the public interest purely in consumerist terms are counterproductive and dangerous, especially if they come [...]
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF MUSIC
11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
Telephone: (703) 437-0700
Facsimile: (703) 437-6312
March 21, 2007
Dear Colleagues:
The basic message of this letter is that working for results or “outcomes” in terms of disciplinary or professional content is different than using the concept of outcomes as the basis for political action to change [...]
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF MUSIC
11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
Telephone: (703) 437-0700
Facsimile: (703) 437-6312
March 1, 2007
Dear Colleagues:
The basic message of this letter is that results or “outcomes” have always been central to higher education and accreditation, and that understanding comprehensively what is necessary to sustain the perpetuity of this centrality, especially in [...]
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF MUSIC
11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
Telephone: (703) 437-0700
Facsimile: (703) 437-6312
February 21, 2007
Dear Colleagues:
The basic message of this letter is that accreditation is important to the freedom and independence of individual institutions and programs. Please read on to find out why and why understanding this issue is important to [...]
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF MUSIC
11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
Telephone: (703) 437-0700
Facsimile: (703) 437-6312
February 15, 2007
Dear Colleagues:
The basic message of this letter is that federal control of academic matters in higher education will almost certainly follow any fundamental change to the relationship between accreditation and the federal government that has been in [...]
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF MUSIC
11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
Telephone: (703) 437-0700
Facsimile: (703) 437-6312
February 8, 2007
Dear Colleagues:
The basic message of this letter is that the freedom and independence of institutions of higher education is fundamentally linked to the freedom and independence of accrediting agencies and the accreditation system. Please read on to [...]
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF MUSIC
11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
Telephone: (703) 437-0700
Facsimile: (703) 437-6312
February 5, 2007
Dear Colleagues:
It is increasingly clear that our higher education system is under severe pressure on several fronts. At the federal level alone, the Higher Education Act is yet to be reauthorized after four years of effort; the [...]
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