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ACHIEVEMENT AND QUALITY: HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE ARTS

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION

BASIC CONCEPTUAL INFORMATION

• Quality as Word and Meaning
• Achievement and Quality Are in Terms of Something

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON QUALITY, ACHIEVEMENT, AND THE NATURES OF THE ART FORMS

• Art as a Mode of Thought
• Achievement and Quality Over Time
• The Individual As Primary Source
• Concepts Associated with Quality in Works of Art
• Creative Work, Inquiry, Research, and Scholarship

EVALUATING ACHIEVEMENT AND QUALITY

• National Accreditation Standards
• Evaluation, Quantitative Methodologies, and Verbalizations
• Individual
• Institutional
• Evaluating External Perceptions of Institutions or Programs

RESOURCE DOCUMENTS

• Evaluation Mechanisms in the Arts
• Evaluation Cautions
• Numbers and Evaluation in the Arts:  Critical Questions
     ~ Introductory Information
     ~ Questions
     ~ Boyle's Counting Paradoxes
     ~ Resources Regarding Numbers and Evaluation in the Arts
• Crafting Unique Evaluations
• Optional Resources and More Information
• 1990 Briefing Paper: Outcomes Assessment and Arts Programs in Higher Education
• Basic Competency Index By Discipline and Specialization -- Undergraduate Degrees
     ~ Basic Competency Index: Art and Design
     ~ Basic Competency Index: Dance
     ~ Basic Competency Index: Music
     ~ Basic Competency Index: Theatre
• Operational Standards Index By Discipline
     ~ Operational Standards Index: Art and Design
     ~ Operational Standards Index: Dance
     ~ Operational Standards Index: Music
     ~ Operational Standards Index: Theatre

CONTACT INFORMATION

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