Resources
Shared materials for arts administrators in higher education.
AAHE resources collect recordings, transcripts, program materials, and useful references that support members in their work across campus arts contexts.
Featured resource
The “Evolving” Crisis: The Precarious State Of The Arts In Higher Education
Published in the American Journal of Arts Management, Volume 14, Issue 2, May 2026
The AAHE Research Team has completed a landmark study on the precarious state of the arts in higher education, now published in the May 2026 issue of the American Journal of Arts Management (AJAM). The article examines the evolving crisis facing campus arts programs — from institutional precarity and resource constraints to shifting administrative priorities — and offers perspective on the future of arts leadership in higher education.
Research Team
Deb Mexicotte — University of Michigan
Claudia Dorn — Stanford University
Nicoleen Willson — Johns Hopkins University
Chloe Reison — University of Pennsylvania
Linsey Bostwick — New York University
Daria Yudacufski — University of Southern California
Resource library
A practical place to gather useful materials.
This page brings together public AAHE materials and links that members can return to after programs, webinars, and annual meetings. Resources include recordings, transcripts, and references that support learning and exchange across the membership.
Webinar · October 2019
Beyond Optics: Taking Action with Arts FOR Diversity in Higher Education
A moderated conversation with Mariam B. Lam, Charles G. Baldwin, and A-lan Holt, moderated by Alicia Anstead. Recorded Friday, October 25, 2019, 2:00–3:00 PM ET.
Topics
Areas of practice
Resources may include materials related to student arts support, campus programming, accessibility, equity, partnerships, professional development, and institutional arts leadership.
Equity and access
Materials connected to inclusive arts practice, cultural equity, accessibility, and institutional responsibility.
Student and campus arts
Examples, conversations, and tools that support student arts engagement and campus-wide creative life.
Professional exchange
Shared learning from webinars, annual meetings, breakout sessions, and member conversations.
Member contributions
Share materials with AAHE.
Members who have materials, templates, recordings, notes, or examples that may be useful to the AAHE community can contact AAHE about adding them to the resource library.
Archived posts
From the AAHE blog archive
These posts preserve member reflections, annual meeting perspectives, and examples of campus arts practice from the earlier AAHE blog.
June 3, 2021
Turning The Page – 2021 AAHE Annual Meeting
A reflection on adapting, pivoting, and reimagining arts administration in higher education after fifteen months of pandemic disruption.
October 30, 2019
State Government Units Collaborate and Iowa Communities Win
A case example from Iowa on cross-agency collaboration, civic challenges, planning, and the arts.
August 26, 2019
Leadership in the Arts Roundtable: A Collaboration, One Year Later
A look back at a student leadership and staff roundtable collaboration between Hunter College and Suffolk Performing Arts.