Chaired by Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University and Nancy Cantor, then Chancellor of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, the 2004 Assembly tackled the question of members of the arts community not capitalizing on alliances with colleges and universities. The Assembly participants concluded that not only do higher education institutions support artists and their work, but in many areas colleges and universities support the only venues in which the public can encounter art. Research on the status of the arts in higher education is vital, as is study of the careers of arts graduates.

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