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Cultivating Demand for the Arts
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95Examines what it means to cultivate demand for the arts, why it is important to do so, how it can be done though broad-based arts learning, and what state arts agencies and other policymakers in both the arts and education can do to make it happen. more...
Capping Non-Economic Awards in Medical Malpractice Trials
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95A model for limits on trial awards and attorneys? fees in medical malpractice cases is the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA), a law enacted in California in 1975 in the hope of controlling soaring medical malpractice insurance premiums and ensuring the continuing availability of malpractice insurance. more...
Regulating Older Drivers
RAND Corporation 2007; US$ 9.95Are older drivers posing an increasing risk to the public? If they are, what options should policymakers consider to mitigate that risk? This research offers a new perspective on these questions. Using an innovative approach to estimate the extent to which older drivers are on the road and their riskiness compared with drivers of other age groups,... more...
Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-Wide Coordination
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95For more than 30 years, arts education has been a low priority in the nation?s public schools. During fiscal crises in the 1970s and 1980s in America?s urban centers, arts teaching positions were cut. More recently, arts education in schools has dwindled as schools try to increase test scores in mathematics and reading within the time constraints of... more...
The Performing Arts in a New Era
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This work examines the state of the performing arts in America. The authors idendify key trends affecting audiences, artists and performing groups and their financial health, and explore effects of innovations such as the Internet on the performing arts. more...
Gifts of the Muse
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95During the past decade, arts advocates have relied on an instrumental approach to the benefits of the arts in arguing for support of the arts. This report evaluates these arguments and asserts that a new approach is needed. This new approach offers a more comprehensive view of how the arts create private and public value, underscores the importance... more...
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