额外的文章

《十大最好的网赌平台》. “Being a manager involves a lot more than just setting targets and entering numbers into a spreadsheet. It requires empathy and an understanding of human nature.” Those in the world of business and management can learn a lot from participating in just a single artistic activity. The arts require us to work with others, always cognizant of others’ needs and preferences. The arts require us to understand humans as humans. In the world of business, this is sometimes what individuals lack and what the students of the arts can offer.

多元化的教育. Health and happiness may not be directly related to college attendance (though some evidence suggests otherwise) but the evidence of the economic value of a college education is irrefutable. So why, then, is it being refuted?

The San Francisco Chronicle. Ethnic Studies – Stanford study shows 9th grade ES course has dramatic impact on student performance and completion.

Aspen Ideas Festival. 西恩迪凯特, President of Kenyon College, counters three myths about liberal arts education (re: employment & earnings, student protest, and dollar value).

科学美国人. Promoting science and 技术 education to the exclusion of the humanities may seem like a good idea, but it is deeply misguided.科学美国人 has always been an ardent supporter of teaching STEM: science, 技术, engineering and mathematics. But studying the interaction of genes or engaging in a graduate-level project to develop software for self-driving cars should not edge out majoring in the classics or art history.

The Wall Street Journal. 学生 who complete minors earn higher overall GPAs and give themselves a diverse skill set or perspective that ultimately “can be more impactful to a career than a major.”  

The Chronicle of Higher Education. Limited and declining professional opportunities in the performing arts mean that conservatory-style arts education needs re-thinking. 学生 need a broader set of skills for building a profession apart from performance.

The San Diego Union Tribune. 今天, we are discovering that the path to success in the new economy, an economy that highly values creativity and innovation, is found in the marriage of the liberal arts and hard sciences. 不足为奇的是, the liberal arts is the magic bullet to learning STEM (science, 技术, engineering and math). Fortunately more universities are figuring out how to marry the two.

Education Advisory Board. A discussion of the popular model of the “T-shaped” professional and the importance to this of the “soft skills” fostered by the liberal arts.