ERIC Number: EJ1323479
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Oct
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A Critical Assessment of Entrepreneurship in Music Higher Education
Sadler, Katherine M.
Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, v20 n3 p132-155 Oct 2021
In this article, I critically assess the development and application of entrepreneurship education in the performing arts, specifically among performance students of Western European art music in the United States. I seek to locate this education in the sociocultural and economic context of neoliberal capitalism and to demonstrate that this education serves as a form of indoctrination in support of that system. Evidence collected from interviews of 18 staff, students, and alumni of music entrepreneurship programs from four institutions, as well as 32 hours of participant observation of entrepreneurship seminars at two institutions, are presented to further position this education in terms of equity and appropriateness for students in the arts.
Descriptors: Music Education, Higher Education, Neoliberalism, Entrepreneurship, College Faculty, Alumni, Skill Development, Employment Qualifications, Career Readiness, Graduate Students, Social Capital, Leadership Qualities, Social Bias
MayDay Group. Brandon University School of Music, 270 18th Street, Brandon, Manitoba R7A 6A9, Canada. Tel: 204-571-8990; Fax: 204-727-7318; Web site: http://act.maydaygroup.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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