[SML] Colleges and the arts

[Charlie Richmond]

I'm curious to know which texts are used for 'Sound for the Stage' classes
these days....

On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 9:27 AM Jon Ares via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> I'm following this discussion too.... I hadn't really noticed what's going
> on in the upper academia... but I can say, here in Oregon, and definitely
> in my school district, at the high school level, tremendous effort and
> energy has been put into working on the educational outcomes, and the
> mental health of students, and one of the many outcomes has been the
> addition of more "arts" focused classes, because, well... as we all know....
>
> There has been some great impact on the efforts to include more CTE
> (Career and Technical Education) - and we theatre folk have benefitted from
> this influx of energy (and money). In addition to the acting classes and
> film classes, on the "technical" side we have Tech Theatre 1, Advanced
> Theatre Production, Sound for the Stage, Costuming for the Theatre,
> Dramatic Lit*, and Playwriting. *Since there's CTE certifications involved
> in all of these, which implies one could go out and get a job with this,
> the Dramatic Lit has a component of Dramaturgy in it.
>
> We have a "waiting list" of students that want these classes - they are
> currently maxed out enrollment-wise. There is definitely a desire from our
> high schoolers to take more "hands-on" classes... historically, my school
> and district had been "All AP/All the Time" - and they've really been
> stepping up the CTE side of things for a while now.
>
> Let's just hope there will still programs in college/university for these
> same kids that plan to attend...
>
>  - Jon
>
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 6:23 AM Bill Conner via Stagecraft <
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>
>> Was surprised I missed or had not seen discussion here of colleges
>> eliminating theatre (and dance, music, and other fine arts) programs and
>> the faculty and staff positions associated with it. My undergraduate
>> school, with a 40 or so percent decrease in the student body, is
>> eliminating theatre and dance and 12 other programs, despite a relatively
>> new $50m+ PAC.  Just read of other colleges/universities also eliminating
>> theatre (and more) programs along with faculty and staff.  More than just
>> theatre education, the de-emphasizing of higher education as a priority
>> gives me pause.
>>
>> Thoughts?
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