Randolph College -- disregarding policies of museum groups -- sells masterpiece painting for $25.5 million.
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Nov 29, 2022
The U.S. government offers international graduates of STEM programs extended work visas. Now that some unconventional degrees qualify, some argue that the educational visa system is broken.
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Commentary on Daniel H. Weiss, "Why the Museum Matters"
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The arts are thriving at some colleges and must be supported more (opinion)
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The way that colleges often teach art students hasn't appropriately prepared them (opinion)
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October 14, 2013
New documentary by Frederick Wiseman offers a meditation on the role of public higher education.
August 7, 2013
A new book charts the rise of an artform so loud and harsh that "music" may not be the word for it. Scott McLemee brings the noise.
July 30, 2013
Recent charges of sexual assault and harassment by music professors raise old questions about a "sinister trend" in the discipline. Experts blame a mix of cultural factors and unique windows of opportunity.
June 19, 2013
Amid talk of outcomes-based education, a new report from the Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences stresses the disciplines' role in long-term career success and international competitiveness.
May 8, 2013
Parsons calls off master class by John Galliano, the designer widely condemned as anti-Semitic, saying he would not agree on a "frank discussion" of his career.
May 3, 2013
Australian graduates in the arts less likely than those in other fields to say that degree is linked to their jobs -- but IT graduates are next-lowest, report concludes.
April 2, 2013
Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese delivers the 42nd Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, arguing for cinema's importance as an object of analysis -- and therefore of preservation.
May 21, 2012
Struggling arts institution couldn't raise enough money to deal with deficit and enrollment decline.