Case Study The Development and Evolution of the Creative Arts Practice-led PhD at the University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts

• Published in: Leonardo (Oxford) Vol. 50; no. 5; pp. 526 - 527
• Main Author: ZEEUW, DIANE
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The MIT Press, 1 Rogers Street, Cambridge MA 02142-1209, USA MIT Press 01.10.2017; The MIT Press; MIT Press Journals, The
• Subjects: Academic degrees; Art education; Arts; Comparative analysis; Graduate studies; SPECIAL SECTION: PhD in Art and Design; Victorian period; Australia; United States > US; Melbourne Victoria Australia
• ISSN: 0024-094X; 1530-9282
• DOI: 10.1162/LEON_a_01407

Many art academics within U.S. institutions have little understanding of the Creative Arts PhD. Moreover, this has lead to the proliferation of a great deal of misinformation as U.S. academics struggle to sift through a growing body of literature on the subject. The author, who believes there is a very real and demonstrated need for more critical “nuts and bolts” or basic information on how such programs have been developed, implemented, staffed and legitimated, created a case study that focuses upon the developmental path and outcomes of a practiceled Creative Arts PhD program. A primary goal of the study was to critically assess the viability of applying the gathered data/findings toward the development of an appropriately adjusted program within a specific U.S. institution. Access to the complete “Case Study: The Development and Evolution of the Creative Arts Practice-led PhD at the University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts” is available on <www.mitpressjournals.org/toc/leon/50/5>.