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Welcome to the first issue of the MEIEA Ezine for the 2006-2007 school year! We have many wonderful articles this time around, some by new faculty and student contributors. Like everyone else, I have been staying quite busy this semester with teaching classes, taking classes, playing, recording clients and adjusting to the demands of teaching at a new institution. However, it always seems like the amount of administration that sometimes piles up tries to take me away from my initial love of teaching and the business itself. I hope that all of us as educators never lose sight of keeping one foot in the professional arena and one in academia. This is so important to our students, especially as our field is one which is changing daily. In my experience, music business institutions that can stay ahead of the curve and anticipate industry changes are the most effective. We must constantly be conversing with adjuncts and industry professionals, as well as students, to find ways to improve our programs. That is why I am excited about the upcoming NARAS®/MEIEA® Summit. It is one way for us to find out what the industry itself saying about music industry education and what changes we should be preparing for. I encourage many of you to reflect
on how your program addresses input (students), processing
(teaching),output (employable graduates) and feedback from
graduates within the external environment to create an effective
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