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Dear VPA Alumni: I am happy to share exciting news with you: the College of Visual and Performing Arts is invited to participate in the 2009 field test of the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP). We are honored to have received this invitation and join the ranks of nearly 55 distinguished institutions of the arts. Finally an Assessment Tool for Arts Educators As I enter into my second full academic year as VPA dean, the timing of this invitation is perfect. Our schools and departments are convinced that VPA’s future success will depend on not just assessing our effectiveness today, but also on input from you, our alumni, with regard to your lives and careers as graduates of our college. SNAAP is a national partner of the Arts Education Program of the National Endowment for the Arts and is currently sponsored by a leadership gift from the Surdna Foundation, with additional funding from the Houston Endowment, Cleveland Foundation, and other supportive organizations. Last year’s participants in the 2008 field test included the Boston Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, Rhode Island School of Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Southern California, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and about 35 other institutions, including high schools such as Idyllwild Arts Academy and Orange County High School of the Arts. James Undercofler, president and CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra, says that “More than any arts education project in the past few decades, SNAAP has the potential to guide needed change in the curriculum. “ Having an instrument to learn from our alumni about their VPA development, as related to their career pursuits and workplace successes and challenges, is extremely important to us. SNAAP will help to keep us in touch with the realities of the workplace through structured commentary. As educators, we sometimes lose track of the practitioner’s perspective, once a student leaves the classroom and embarks upon a career. From your participation in SNAAP, we will be better informed on what changes, if any, in our curricula are needed, based on your workplace and career experiences. There is no other deep assessment vehicle available for arts education on the university level. How SNAAP Works SNAAP utilizes a survey that is administered by Indiana University. Our participation in the 2009 field test is free of charge. In 2010, however, the national survey will be launched, and all participation will require the payment of fees. As participants in the 2009 test, our alumni relations office will provide the names and addresses (utilizing electronic addresses wherever available or last known physical address) to the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research (CPR) of our 2004, 1999, 1994, and 1989 graduates. Indiana University will then use standard sampling methods to contact the selected graduates directly. A detailed, customized report of VPA’s responses will be provided to VPA (without attribution to respondent) only if sufficient responses are received. Most participants, realizing the value of the survey data, are embarking upon campaigns (e.g., expansion of Facebook fan pages) to encourage participation. Names and addresses of individual respondents will be held confidential for a limited period of time and then destroyed. No information will be provided to parties other than those involved in the SNAAP research. Additional information regarding SNAAP (including background information on its development and testimonials from its participants) can be found at http://snaap.indiana.edu/. Objection to Participation in SNAAP While I certainly hope you also will value the importance of SNAAP and our enthusiasm for being invited to participate in this research project, along with other distinguished institutions of the arts, if you object to being contacted by Indiana University for participation in the SNAAP project, please complete the form appearing on the last page of this letter and return to us no later than August 25, 2009. If we do not receive any documented objection to your participation in SNAAP, your name will be submitted to Indiana University for survey processing. These Are Exciting Times! I am enthusiastic about the wealth of information we are poised to receive through your SNAAP participation. I will be happy to share these results with you. Sincerely, ************************************************************************* PLEASE DO NOT SEND MY NAME OR CONTACT INFORMATION TO SNAAP Full Name (please include maiden name if applicable) Major Field Year Graduated Please reply via e-mail, fax, or mail to: Ms. Susan K. Tooley *DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS AUGUST 25, 2009
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