This program encourages participants to consider their role in society and their respective communities as cultural arbiters and educators. The Arts and Cultural Management Program (ACMP) is a two-year program that expands traditional arts business and management courses to include public policy, the impact of multiculturalism, cultural education, and innovation in operating and communications technology. Classes are held in Manhattan. By expanding the course work to include nonprofit management practices, public policy, and other contemporary issues, the ACMP stresses the importance of simultaneously developing business acumen and a sense of social responsibility. Courses are offered on weekends so that students may continue their full-time work or obtain full-time internships. The field of arts and cultural administration has grown politicized as a result of the so-called culture wars and increased social activism on the part of artists. In unprecedented ways, the directors of arts and cultural institutions are increasingly compelled to address the broader social and political issues raised either through the work that is presented or by the public’s response to the work.