The Public University's Performance in State Arts Policy: Lessons from Virginia

This article investigates the extent to which public higher education institutions participate in state-level arts policy through a history of selected budgets and a textual analysis of performing arts presenting centers at public higher education institutions in Virginia. Evidence from this research suggests that the arts policy field is altered by the emergence of public higher education institutions as policy actors. The findings have financial and decision-making implications for arts policy makers, university administrators, and arts agencies as the participation of public higher education institutions affords new opportunities and challenges for the state encouragement of the arts.     

Understanding and Measuring Consumption Motives in the Performing Arts

Currently, there is no common understanding of categorizing, conceptualizing, and measuring consumption motives in the performing arts. Study one presents the results of forty-seven semi-structured, in-depth interviews and deepens the understanding of consumption motives. A new framework consisting of cultural and social motives is introduced. This framework is tested in the second study. Here, a quantitative instrument is developed. The results of the principal components analysis refine the framework and demonstrate the following consumption motives: cultural aesthetics (with two dimensions: artistic value and enjoyment of beauty), cultural relaxation, cultural stimulation, social bonding, social attraction, social distinction, and social duty.     

Economic Discussion of Conflict between Public Education Policies and Common Good Arts in the United States

Arts education in the United States, especially in public schools, has been neglected and its public funding has decreased. This is partly due to the difference in the conception of public education policies and the arts. The theory of economic goods and an analysis of two current education policies demonstrate that public education is treated as a public good that is needed by all people, and therefore funded with tax dollars. Because the arts are common goods that different people value in their own terms, education in the arts is treated as nonessential and funded sporadically in public school settings. Based on the theory of the commons, the author suggests that nonprofit arts organizations are equipped to deal with the common good and diverse nature of the arts and can provide sustainable arts education that fills the gap of arts education in public schools.     

当前阻碍人民警察执行职务的现状、成因及对策——对辽宁省沈阳、鞍山和辽阳市阻碍警察执法情况的调研报告

本调研报告是在对辽宁省沈阳市公安局和平分局、鞍山市公安局铁东分局及辽阳市公安局白塔分局实地考察的基础上形成的。文章反映了三地阻碍警察执行职务行为的现状和特点,分析了阻碍警察执行职务行为的发生原因和警察权利屡受侵害的原因,并提出解决这一问题的建议。     

高师文科生科学文化素质的调查报告

该调查报告,以国际公认的公众科学素养的标准,调查江苏高师文科生科学文化素质的现状,发现文科生科技知识贫乏,科学素养低下。高师对在文科生中开展科学文化教育不重视;已开设综合性科技知识课程的,又存在教学内容上的缺陷,忽略科学方法、科学思想、科学精神的教育。报告探讨了在高师文科生中开展科学文化教育的必要性,提出了选择科学文化教育内容的原则,以及开展科学文化教育的方式与关键     

试论公安高等教育“素质型”人才培养模式

优化人才培养模式是公安高校长期以来共同探索的一个热点问题。随着社会主义市场经济体制的建立和发展,尤其是21世纪知识经济时代的即将来临,一种新的以素质教育为中心的公安高等教育人才培养模式应运而生。本文论述了确立“素质型”人才培养模式的依据,提出了构建“素质型”人才培养模式的基本思路。     

论我国高等教育社会捐赠的传承与借鉴

高等教育社会捐赠的背后,体现着一定的价值观,那就是"努力于共福利的创造".近年来我国富裕人士逐渐增多,但社会对高等教育的捐赠却步履缓慢,需要我们在反思传统的同时,借鉴西方国家尤其是美国的经验,促进相应的制度创新与正确导向社会舆论.高校也应转变观念,建立与捐赠者之间良好的合作关系,并在内部建立完善的工作机制.     

公共经济学视野中的高等教育公平

高等教育公平的特殊重要性是其在构建和谐社会中所具有的不可替代的基础性推动作用.从公共经济学视角阐述高等教育的公平性问题,收入分层是导致高等教育不公平的一个重要因素.因此,我们的政策思路应是:尽力避免市场经济体制下的一个基本规律,即社会分层体系会通过教育体系去有效地实现自身的阶层封闭与自我循环,导致"富者愈富,穷者愈穷"的"马太效应."     

高等教育产业化与高校治安保卫

教育产业化是当前我国高教改革的重要举措,它使高校环境发生了诸多变化,给高校治安保卫工作带来了新的挑战。应对新的挑战,就必须更新观念,围绕市场化实施与新环境相适应的安全管理机制。     

论我国高等教育的范式转换

高等教育大众化源于社会经济发展的强力推动和教育市场巨大潜力的释放,它反映了社会平等的思潮和人民群众的精神需求,凸显了社会心理因素的综合作用,也是我国高等教育领域与时俱进的现实表现。在从精英教育到大众教育的转换过程中,演绎着与从计划经济到市场经济转轨相适应的高等教育的范式转换,这种范式转换表现在招生规模、办学体制、质量标准诸方面。即从政府行为转变到市场行为,从单一政府办学格局转变到多元化办学格局,从精英教育质量范式转变到大众教育质量范式。在这一转变过程中,我们的思维范式也必须转换。     

论公安院校艺术教育的文化性格与育人功能

公安院校的艺术教育作为一种非专业的通修教育,应着重在彰显文化品位和突出育人功能上下功夫。他应以文化传承为向导定位,以文化熏陶为培养模式,以文化修养的提高评价标准。同时,注重发挥隐性思政的作用,引导非主流文化,培养公安大学生清明淡定的人生涵养,实现崇高美育的育人功能。     

公安教育改革中图书馆服务策略

公安院校在办学体制、人才培养目标、人才培养模式等方面的全方位改革,引发了图书馆用户及其需求的变化,出现了诸如类型多样、信息素质水平参差不齐、信息需求专业化、精细化、泛在化等特点,为适应公安教育改革与用户需要,图书馆服务应建立以用户为中心服务型组织、建设公安特色资源库、深化视频资源开发、深入开展学科服务、开发用户自助、交互系统、提供泛在用户服务等,全面推进用户服务工作。     

21世纪公安教育发展态势的研究

根据２１世纪社会、政治、经济、教育发展趋势,回顾分析国内外警察教育的历史与现状,结合我国公安工作和公安教育的实际,对我国公安教育在２１世纪的定位、作用、指导思想、办学体制、发展方向、师资队伍建设等进行探讨研究。     

"Adventuring" Arts Entrepreneurship Curricula in Higher Education: An Examination of Present Efforts,Obstacles, and Best Practices

As arts entrepreneurship programs emerge in higher education, many remain idiosyncratic because of a lack of oversight by accreditation organizations. This diversity has spawned a number of philosophical and curricular trajectories in these programs; these different programs reflect the unique microcultures of theater, art, and music units. What has been lacking is a broad understanding of curricular and program development practices and techniques.

This article is the result of a national study funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and aims to outline best practices in arts entrepreneurship education and to gain some understanding about the curricular structure, interest in, and growth of these efforts. After interviewing decision makers and students about the topic, it is clear the interest in arts entrepreneurship education is strong, widespread, and rapidly growing.