I first considered the MBA approach, but the idea did not last long. In Canada, there are a number of business schools which offer MBA's, but they pay little or no attention to the non porfit sector. I opted for Art Administration instead. I had to go to Central Canada to obtain it and use a great deal of materials in French, eventhough i did not read it well. I have recently moved to Eastern Canada and have been told that I am one of the only with such a specfied degree. One would think that is great, well its not. I am young, I was the youngest person in the program at the time, it is hard to be taken seriously. However I believe in advanced degrees, but each person takes more from a program than another. I believe that any program is just a shell that one must fill along the way. I started a MA Art History, but the University I chose was not going to fulfill my expectations, I believe expectation are good. So those of you out there deciding where to go and what to take, remember what you want..not what eveyone else thinks you need. I did what I want and I do not have a job yet. But I did have one in Theatre that I did not like so I was young and I left so I could do what I want. Now I am an entrepreneurship apprentice, its not museum work, but it allows me to connect once again with my community, provides an opportunity to volunteer, I freelance write for an art magazine and I can pay my bills, and I hope someday to have that great job and some day pay off the many thousands in student loans. Darlene Nickerson Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Canada