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Curb Center in the News

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Tepper, Pitt release leading report on double majors

March 12th, 2013

Sociologists Richard Pitt and Steven J. Tepper have just released the results of a national study that examines the rise of double majoring on university and college campuses.  With some institutions seeing rates of double majors at or above 50 percent, this timely report explores why students double major, what types of double majors are More…

Registration now open for 3 Million Stories

October 22nd, 2012

“Three Million Stories: Understanding the Lives and Careers of America’s Arts Graduates,” is a national conference hosted by Vanderbilt University in March, 2013. The conference brings together arts funders, policy-makers, educators, researchers, artists, journalists, graduates of arts programs, active participants in the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP), and other individuals with an interest or More…

Second Annual Creative Practice Bootcamp Aug. 31

August 7th, 2012

The Curb Creative Practice Boot Camp offers a unique opportunity for faculty, staff, students, and Nashville community members to experiment alongside each other as they strengthen their creative capacities. The Curb Bootcamp focuses on creative practice—hands-on workshops that enable participants to experience the joy, the messiness, the range of decisions and trade-offs involved in creative More…

Come out swingin’: Tepper says art most relevant when people care enough to fight over it

July 13th, 2012

Nothing stirs the ol’ juices like a good fight. Whether it’s the Thrilla in Manila, the ’Dores vs. Kentucky or a heated election, people come together over fights and contests. And that’s good. According to Steven Tepper, so it is with the arts. Read more in the spring 2012 edition of Arts and Science Magazine.

Vanderbilt Curb Center teams up with Indiana University to release the first annual report of the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project

June 22nd, 2012

Arts Graduates Find Their Way to Jobs and Satisfying Lives Findings from a national study released this week show that Americans with arts degrees are generally satisfied with their educational and career experiences. For example, nine of ten (87%) arts graduates responding to the survey who are currently employed are satisfied with the job in More…

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