| At the present time — when the Puerto Rican educational system is undergoing a rapid and profound transformation — educators are more interested than ever before in research findings that can help them evaluate and redesign traditional curricula. That is why Copani, by Dr. Victor E. Negron, is such an important and timely book. Based on Dr. Negron’s doctoral dissertation study at Teachers College, Columbia University (New York), Copani provides an incisive analysis of the career impact of Puerto Rico’s Recreative and Cultural Project (RCP) — a high school music and dance Arts Program — on graduates. By comparing the post-graduate artistic involvement of students either accepted into or rejected from the Arts Program, Dr. Negron demonstrates how to evaluate the efficacy of an Arts Program as he presents instructive findings from which all educational leaders interested in the arts will benefit. Because Copani is about both Puerto Rican students and arts education, it is ideally suited for classroom use by college and university faculty who teach courses concerned with careers and occupations, survey studies, and program evaluation — in disciplines such as Sociology, Education, Public Administration, and Research Methods, among others. Copani is published by Richard Altschuler & Associates, Inc. under the High Scholar Press imprint, a division of Richard Altschuler & Associates, Inc, 60 Madison Avenue, Suite 1026, New York, NY 10010, (212) 481-0266. Copyright© 1996 by Victor E. Negron. ISBN: 1-884092-03-9. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 95-83837. Cover Design: Josh Garfield | Order the Book | Customized Book Publishing & Manuscript Services | | How to Contact Us | Back to Home Page | |