In their recent Commentary “The Productivity Imperative” (Jan. 7, 2009), Marguerite Roza, Dan Goldhaber, and Paul T. Hill suggest that schools could get better bang for their budget buck if they cut ...

At the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the painting “El Jaleo” —a canvas spanning 11 feet that features a flamenco dancer—is a popular starting point for getting students to spend time with ...

Although silence has filled the UChicago campus, classes are still very much in session. Students and professors continue to adjust to online learning, but certain courses have had more difficulty in ...

Fourteen-year-old Zarria Porter spends her days surrounded by fine works of art. On her way to dance and computer classes, she passes through a sun-drenched lobby showcasing Georgia O’Keeffe’s ...

Many courses in the Art, Art History, and Film Department satisfy the University's Arts Core requirement, and several fulfill the Cultural Diversity requirement. The University’s Core Courses web page ...

Since coming to office, the Obama Administration has been intent on standardizing what is taught at each grade level in all of the nation’s schools. It has used its flagship “Race to the Top” ...

If third grader Kezyiah Cleveland were in her regular science class, she'd sitting at her desk and quietly filling out a worksheet. “I would be doing my work but I would be bored,” she said. But ...

Core New Art Space, one of the city’s old-line co-ops, is hosting three members in the main gallery, its usual format, as well as one outsider in the tidy annex. The lineup includes two abstract ...

Charming campuses, small classes, courses on literature and philosophy. The picture of a private liberal arts university is what comes to mind for many when they think of the quintessential college ...

It’s not every day that students get to take free trips downtown to hear the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) perform at the Symphony Center. Last weekend, the three sections of MUSI 101, Intro to ...

A Catholic liberal arts university in northern Virginia is getting ready to cut 10 traditional majors and programs – including theology, religious studies and economics – over a "lack of potential for ...