The Economics of Performance Studies: Does It Make Cents?

Abstract

Originally presented at the Economies and Ethics of Performance conference held at Villanova Univeristy, 22–24 June 2012, this paper was one of several presented in a session on the future of graduate studies in performance. In this essay, I summarize the challenges of the past and offer strategies for meeting the present and future economics facing higher education in general and performance studies in particular.

Keywords:

• Performance studies
• Economics of higher education
• Communication studies
• Oral interpretation

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Danielle McGeough for her suggestions for this essay.

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Notes on contributors

Karen Mitchell

Karen Mitchell is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Northern Iowa