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Why Every Student Deserves a Robust Arts Education

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Arts education belongs in every student’s curriculum — and not just because the arts can improve skills in other content areas. As an instrumental music teacher, I am used to advocating that the arts are essential to all students even though they may not be classified as a core subject.

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A Small College Hopes to Claim Artificial Intelligence for the Liberal Arts

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Colby College is carving out space in the liberal arts canon for artificial intelligence. But leaders at Colby say its new AI institute is a first for a small liberal arts college. What we want to do is bring to bear all the expertise of all our disciplines in the liberal arts college on AI,” McFadden says.

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How Do You Teach Art, Music and PE Online? In China, They’re Figuring It Out.

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She needs to make slippers for my little brother as they follow the livestreamed art class.” Since Chinese authorities closed schools to control the spread of coronavirus, the Ministry of Education has called for students to learn at home. Improvising Art and Music Classes Online A second grader’s drawing for online art class.

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How Art Class Became a Rare Bright Spot for Students and Families During the Pandemic

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In an art class, a middle schooler drew a picture of her bedroom with colored pencils. For some students, art classes during the pandemic were a welcome escape; for others, they were a critical release—an opportunity for self-expression at a time of extreme stress and isolation.

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As Tech Companies Hire More Liberal Arts Majors, More Students Are Choosing STEM Degrees

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The number of students choosing liberal arts majors is dipping. At the same time, more STEM employers are hiring workers with humanities backgrounds, according to a new report by researchers at Strada Education Network and Emsi, a labor market analytics firm. It gives us a different mindset of the challenges that are ahead.”

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This Neuroscientist Wants to Know Your Brain On Art—and How It Improves Learning

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Mariale Hardiman, vice dean of academic affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Education and and director of Johns Hopkins’ Neuro-Education Initiative. But studying how the brain learns doesn’t necessarily mean memorizing proteins and brain chemistry. When I was studying at Hopkins, my professor knew I was interested in this.

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Drawing on Ancient Arts and New Technology, Husson U. Launches Degree in Extended Reality

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It’s one of the first, putting the institution in the company of Drexel University and the Savannah College of Art and Design. The seed for the degree program was planted in 2016, when Husson received an anonymous $1 million donation to support the study and instruction of virtual reality.

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