Student Perceptions of Faculty Generative AI Usage Presenter: Alicia Jay This research presents findings about student perceptions of faculty generative AI usage in coursework and assignments.
What Graduate Projects in Arts Management Are Effective? Lessons from Multiple Attempts in China Presenter: Ruby Yu As Arts Management emerges as a new interdisciplinary field, it necessitates both theoretical construction and critical reflection, as well as the production and guidance of applied insights. With the increasing number of Master’s programs in Arts Management, it's worth considering what kind of graduation projects students should undertake to demonstrate the skills and knowledge they've acquired. This question is crucial for educators in Arts Management as it reflects our educational purpose and goal.
The conventional route of a research thesis and defense is common, but a survey of Chinese arts organization entrepreneurs reveals that the industry seldom reviews academic work, especially student-produced theses. When academic research fails to drive industry development, should we explore alternative graduation projects that showcase students' skills, ensuring their voices are heard and their findings seen? Should there be a complete shift to an applied route, encouraging students to undertake art projects as their capstone, whether as exhibitions or performances and use these as a stepping stone to their industrial careers? Or might there be a more effective combination of approaches.
This study addresses these research problems and questions, using several Chinese graduate programs in Arts Administration as examples to discuss their capstone projects. Employing case studies with interviews and surveys, it illustrates China's situation, raising the issue and critically discussing the potential for optimized capstone projects in future graduate Arts Administration programs.
