The Center for Integrated Arts Education (CIAE) was established at the University of Northern Colorado in the Fall of 2006. The mission of the Center for Integrated Arts Education is to provide leadership in achieving quality, comprehensive arts education for all students in Colorado. The Center for Integrated Arts Education specializes in arts planning, formation of arts policy, professional collaborations and curriculum development. The Center is engaged in longitudinal research in arts education that examines the impact of and arts infused curricula on school ecology and student achievement including attendance, graduation rates, and surveys of student perceptions of their own learning processes. CIAE is supported by private foundations and state funding sources and is working in partnership with the Colorado Council on the Arts and Think 360: Arts Complete Education. The College of Performing and Visual Arts at the University of Northern Colorado and the Center for Integrated Arts Education were listed by the Dana Foundation in the publication, Transforming Arts Teaching, the Role of High Education (eds. Pollin, J & Rich, B 2008)_, as one of selected 24 universities improving k-12 arts education.


