NDEO College Dance Program Directory Scraper

Scrapes the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) public directories: the college dance program directory, job board, and event listings.

What it does

The actor fetches records from three NDEO data sources:

• College programs — All NDEO-member higher education institutions offering dance programs, with degree offerings, faculty counts, contact details, and program descriptions. Returns ~315 US college and university programs.
• Job listings — Active dance education job postings from the NDEO job board (title, organization, location, deadline).
• Events — Active dance education event listings from the NDEO event board.

Output fields

Field	Description
recordId	Unique identifier (college-<ID>, job-<ID>, or event-<ID>)
recordType	college_program, job, or event
institutionName	Name of the institution or organization
department	Dance department or program name / first address line
city	City
state	US state abbreviation
zip	ZIP code
country	Country (typically United States)
email	Contact email
website	Program or institution website
degreeOfferings	Comma-separated degree types (e.g. Bachelors, Master in Fine Arts)
facultyCount	Faculty summary (e.g. "16 full, 3 adjunct")
businessType	Institution type (e.g. University (public))
description	Program description (first 2000 chars)
title	Job or event title
organization	Hiring organization or event host
location	Location string
applicationDeadline	Application deadline for jobs
eventDate	Event date string
sourceUrl	Source URL
scrapedAt	ISO-8601 timestamp

Input options

Field	Type	Description
maxItems	integer	Maximum total records to return (required)
sources	array	Which sources to scrape: college_directory, job_board, event_board (default: all three)

Use cases

• Dance faculty recruitment — Find accredited dance programs for faculty job searches and placement
• Competitive intelligence — Survey degree offerings across US dance programs for accreditation or curriculum comparison
• Event discovery — Aggregate dance education conferences and professional development events
• Lead generation — Build contact lists of dance department chairs and program coordinators

Notes

• The actor uses the NDEO CV5 member management system backend directly, not browser automation
• College program details include full program descriptions from the NDEO database
• Jobs and events only include active listings (past the posting date)
• NDEO membership is required to view full contact details for individuals; this actor returns publicly listed program contact info only