Dance Competition Culture and Capitalism

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 361-368
Author(s):  
Karen Schupp
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Governmental Support ◽  
The U.S

Long before SoYou Think You Can DanceandDance Moms, dance competitions focused on tap, jazz, contemporary, and ballet were alive and well throughout the U.S. Since the 1970s, dance competitions have served as venues for dance students to display their skills as both a team and as individuals, and as a means of profit for the individuals and corporations who run them. Dance competition culture operates on a “pay to dance” framework and belief system. By some estimates, for competitors who are deeply involved in dance competitions, the costs can easily top $1,000 per month.In many ways, more Americans are involved directly and indirectly in dance competitions than ever before, yet there has been little to no discussion of dance competition culture in relation to capitalism. The choice to participate in dance competitions affects the for-profit business models used in dance studios and is reflected in dance studios' tuition structures, required fees, and studio policies. Analyzing the economics of dance competition culture, which includes the organizations that offer dance competitions and dance conventions, the dance studios who train dancers for these events, and dance competition participants and their families, can provide valuable information about who has access to dance, and how that access reflects and shapes ideas about dance, gender, race, and class in the larger U.S. culture. As governmental support for dance continues to dwindle, it is timely to assess the financial, societal, and artistic impacts of increasing popularity of dance competition culture.

Antitrust: U.S. Supreme Court Affirms FTC Jurisdiction but Vacates Scope of Analysis on CDA Policy

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-198
Author(s):  
Joseph R. Zakhary
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Federal Trade Commission ◽  
Ninth Circuit ◽  
Court Of Appeals ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Rule Of Reason ◽  
Antitrust Analysis ◽  
Business Financing ◽  
The U.S

In California Dental Association v. FTC, 119 S. Ct. 1604 (1999), the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that a nonprofit affiliation of dentists violated section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA), 15 U.S.C.A. § 45 (1998), which prohibits unfair competition. The Court examined two issues: (1) the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) jurisdiction over the California Dental Association (CDA); and (2) the proper scope of antitrust analysis. The Court unanimously held that CDA was subject to FTC's jurisdiction, but split 5-4 in its finding that the district court's use of abbreviated rule-of-reason analysis was inappropriate.CDA is a voluntary, nonprofit association of local dental societies. It boasts approximately 19,000 members, who constitute roughly threequarters of the dentists practicing in California. Although a nonprofit, CDA includes for-profit subsidiaries that financially benefit CDA members. CDA gives its members access to insurance and business financing, and lobbies and litigates on their behalf. Members also benefit from CDA marketing and public relations campaigns.

scholarly journals Chain Reaction

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (10) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan S. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Rolling Stock ◽  
Industrial Equipment ◽  
Special Report ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
The U.S

For 30 years, additive manufacturing has made all sorts of promises. Yet machines remained slow, materials expensive, and printers too inconsistent for critical parts. And additive was costly. Today, however, the technology is turning that past on its head. While additive manufacturing is usually the most expensive way to make any part, it makes economic sense for supply chains. Which is why manufacturers of everything from aircraft and rolling stock to appliances, industrial equipment, and medical devices are looking at 3-D supply chain solutions—as are the U.S. Marines and UPS. This special report looks at how additive manufacturing is disrupting business models and transforming supply chains.

Did Gainful Employment Regulations Result in College and Program Closures?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-51
Author(s):  
Robert Kelchen ◽  
Zhuoyao Liu
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Regression Discontinuity ◽  
Federal Funding ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Regression Discontinuity Design ◽  
Federal Financial Aid ◽  
Gainful Employment ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Lower Likelihood ◽  
The U.S

For decades, the federal government has expected vocationally-focused programs in higher education, especially among for-profit colleges, to lead to gainful employment in a profession. In the mid-2010s, the U.S. Department of Education developed gainful employment (GE) regulations that sought to tie a program's federal financial aid eligibility to graduates’ debt-to-earnings ratios. We use a regression discontinuity design to examine whether for-profit programs’ performance on GE was associated with the likelihood of closing the program or college. Although the regulations were repealed before any program lost federal funding, we find that passing GE was associated with a lower likelihood of program and college closures.

The Role of Web Assurance Seals in Nonprofit Giving

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-148
Author(s):  
Joseph Canada ◽  
Erica E. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Charitable Contributions ◽  
The Public ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Donor Support ◽  
The U.S ◽  
The Web

ABSTRACT Using a sample of the 2,000 largest nonprofit organizations in the U.S., we document that the use of web assurance seals is not as commonplace as for-profit e-commerce websites. In particular, we find that only about 14 percent of sample organizations invest in web assurance seals. Those that do provide web seals are larger, less efficient, and spend more on fundraising and information technology. Interestingly, however, our size result weakens for the very largest organizations in our sample. In addition to our contribution to the web assurance literature, we also contribute to donations research in identifying another feature important to donors in the decision to give. Specifically, we find a positive relationship between web seals and donations, indicating that providing this type of assurance attracts more donor support. We believe this is particularly interesting given the relatively few organizations adopting this type of signal in the marketplace for charitable contributions. Data Availability: Data are available from the public sources cited in the text.

How to be a Transnational Distance Learning Winner

2012 ◽  
pp. 260-279
Author(s):  
Robert Hogan
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
University Management ◽  
Faculty Recruitment ◽  
International Partnerships ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Program Costs ◽  
Teaching Learning

Transnational Distance Learning (TDL) holds great promise for universities that are able to capitalize on the emerging market. This chapter discusses strategic planning, operations, and how to maximize opportunities and minimize risk. Vision and mission determine its design and place within the organizational structure. The chapter discusses various approaches for course design, pedagogy, faculty selection, and program management. Techniques to promote acceptance and reduce program costs are discussed. Other topics are testing and evaluation in the virtual classroom, business models, faculty recruitment, and marketing strategies to increase enrollment and profitability. Traditional university management practices need to be reinvented to ensure success in the distance learning market; methods used by for-profit universities are offered as examples. The chapter reviews distance-learning, teaching-learning models, faculty recruitment and training, quality assurance, international partnerships, and accreditation.

Institution and Governmental Support

2020 ◽  
pp. 41-58
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Local State ◽  
State Universities ◽  
Creative Economy ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
State Initiatives ◽  
Governmental Support ◽  
The U.S

Our great academic institutions have come under attack in recent years. Often accused of being biased, unethical, and producing inferior academic standards, our universities are a tremendous resource for community and state initiatives. Those areas where the creative economy is strong, research universities and community colleges are actively involved. Our academic institutions create wealth and a sense of place. Many state universities and community colleges have seen the need and have responded with unique specialized programs, not just in the U.S. but globally. The same can be said of local, state, and national governmental agencies, who have supported the creative economy with programs and funding. The most successful creative economies happen when a group of state holders come together to collaborate and network to build a unique disruptive initiative. There are small disruptors who are building disruptive communities and companies globally. This chapter explores institution governmental support.

Apathy and Color-Blindness in Privatized Immigration Control

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 533-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Ebert ◽  
Wenjie Liao ◽  
Emily P. Estrada
Keyword(s):  
Immigration Policy ◽  
News Media ◽  
Normal Component ◽  
Color Blindness ◽  
The Public ◽  
Immigration Control ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Control Research ◽  
The U.S

Despite several widely covered scandals involving the role of for-profit corporations in administering immigration policy, the privatization of immigration control continues apace with the criminalization of immigration. How does this practice sustain its legitimacy among the public amid so much controversy? Recent studies on the criminalization of immigration suggest that supporters would explicitly vilify immigrants to defend the privatization of immigration control. Research on racialized social control, on the other hand, implies that proponents would avoid explicit racism and vilification and instead rely on subtler narratives to validate the practice. Drawing on a qualitative analysis of over 600 frames derived from nearly 200 news media articles spanning over 20 years, we find that journalists and their sources rarely vilify immigrants to justify the privatization of immigration control. Instead, they frame the privatization of immigration detention as a normal component of population management and an integral part of the U.S. economy through what we call the apathy strategy—a pattern of void in which not only the systematic oppression of immigrants is underplayed, immigrant themselves also become invisible.

Desi Networks

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhavi Mallapragada
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Immigrant Labor ◽  
South Asian Immigrants ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Indian Immigrant ◽  
Cultural Location ◽  
The U.S

This chapter explores how desi activism reimagines the Indian immigrant location and seeks to mobilize the politics of citizenship around issues of race and class. Using drumnyc.org, the homepage of New York-based organization Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM), as a case study, it foregrounds a particular mode of citizenship among South Asian immigrants wherein belonging and rights are negotiated through technologies of race and immigration and through network cultures. The site represents its immigrant members as active political subjects in the U.S. homeland who craft a cultural location for themselves by engaging, resisting, and responding to the disciplinary strategies of the technologized racial state. In doing so, the activists of DRUM reveal how belonging is produced and enacted through the transnational online media and through immigrant, labor, and racial coalitions. Desi is here articulated to labor struggles, racial alliances, and immigrant collectives to produce desi networks as brown, working-class spaces of political leadership.

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