Bolz Center for Arts Administration Director Andrew Taylor recently served on the leadership team for the 104th convening of the American Assembly, a public policy conference hosted by Columbia University. Entitled 'The Creative Campus: The Training, Sustaining, and Presenting of the Performing Arts in American Higher Education,' the invitation-only conference addressed the dynamic co-evolution of higher education and the professional performing arts in America, and sought ways to strengthen this connection for the future.

Participants included the Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the presidents of Princeton University and Columbia University, as well as national figures from higher education, government, business, foundations, and the arts.

As part of the leadership team, Andrew co-authored the conference report (due out in Summer 2004) and co-led several conference sessions. He served a similar role on the 100th convening of the American Assembly in 2001. The American Assembly was founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1950 'to illuminate issues of public policy.'

More information on the convening and its goals are available on the web:

American Assembly: The Creative Campus

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