Tag Archives: Higher education

Educating the Demos

Posted on October 20, 2017 by lindaessig

The following was written as a comment on the NY Times website in reaction to an essay by columnist David Brooks: In an otherwise politically neutral salutation to John McCain, columnist David Brooks couldn’t seem to resist getting a wrong-headed … Continue reading →

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Lip Service

Posted on September 15, 2017 by lindaessig

Do you remember the scene in Hidden Figures when the characters portrayed by Octavia Spencer and Kirsten Dunst find themselves together in the recently de-segregated women’s restroom? The Dunst character says something like “I know you don’t believe me, but … Continue reading →

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New Article in Cultural Trends

Posted on May 22, 2017 by lindaessig

Same or different? The “cultural entrepreneurship” and “arts entrepreneurship” constructs in European and US higher education …is an article I wrote just ahead of print in Cultural Trends. It uses data gathered by graduate research assistant Joanna Guevara as a part of a … Continue reading →

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ENCATC Teaser

Posted on September 29, 2016 by lindaessig

I’m presenting a paper next week at the European Network of Cultural Management Conference (ENCATC) entitled “Same or Different? The ‘Cultural Entrepreneurship’ and ‘Arts Entrepreneurship’ Constructs in European and US Higher Education.” Here’s a teaser: “Arts Entrepreneurship” is beginning to … Continue reading →

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Class. Privilege. Education.

Posted on December 18, 2014 by lindaessig

Earlier this month, an article on the website of Youngtown State University’s Center for Working-Class Studies struck a cord. The post is written from a faculty member’s perspective and describes the effects of class difference on attitudes toward education among … Continue reading →

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An Arts Entrepreneurship Research Query

Posted on April 10, 2014 by lindaessig

A bright PhD student at another university emailed a question to me in the context of developing a paper he is writing on the emergence of arts entrepreneurship programs in higher ed. Admittedly, my answer addresses his question somewhat indirectly, … Continue reading →

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Ouroboros 6: Landscape of Arts Entrepreneurship Education (and a research agenda)

Posted on March 18, 2014 by lindaessig

I was honored to be invited to deliver the keynote remarks at the UW-Madison Bolz Center’s Arts Business Research Symposium March 13-14.  I previewed those remarks here and am posting the full text serially over the next several days. The talk was originally titled … Continue reading →

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Self-efficacy

Posted on December 5, 2013 by lindaessig

“I put this whole website together – and the band loves it!”  So said the student when she presented her final project, a website to promote her band.  The project is described as “a package of professional materials.”  Students can … Continue reading →

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Academic CV – Arts and Humanities

Posted on September 19, 2013 by lindaessig

I was invited by our School of Film, Dance, and Theatre graduate student organization to talk about putting together a CV for academic job searches.  I get asked to do this kind of thing fairly often because I’ve worked in … Continue reading →

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Symposium Magazine

Posted on August 12, 2013 by lindaessig

[If you are looking for my piece refuting Peter Singer’s either/or philosophy of philanthopy, click here] “The academy,” “higher education,” “the university,” is stereotypically characterized as an “ivory tower” in which faculty in obscure subdisciplines of the sciences, arts, and … Continue reading →

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