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Throughout its student body and its faculty, Yale--which arguably totes the most developed arts department of any American liberal arts college--overwhelmingly respects and supports its students enrolled in art classes. Arts at Yale is seen for and what it is-respected as: an academic pursuit by those with a passion for and a dedication to the discipline...
...Harvard released the Brown Report, an investigation commissioned by President Nathan M. Pusey '28 to determine whether art was an "appropriate" academic pursuit. The study resoundingly endorsed the visual arts as a novel learning method and way to develop students' analytical skills. Although this triggered the impetus for investment in artistic education across the nation, according to Phelan, the Brown Report had "virtually no impact at Harvard...
...token tribute to the celebration of arts--does not compensate for the number of students with a genuine passion for the visual and environmental sciences who are turned away from VES classes each semester. It is easy to see that the act of creating visual art is an intellectual pursuit. Why can't the rest of the University see that...
...occasion, Fineberg's pursuit of women led him to broaden his education...
This year's celebration of the UN Day offers a unique opportunity to examine the UN's accomplishments in direct contrast to its failures. Fifty-five years ago, appalled by the horrors of World War II, the world's countries agreed to cooperate in pursuit of an international just peace. Since that time, the UN has augmented its mandate and implemented numerous programs to improve literacy, to provide food and sustainable agriculture for all, and to help children escape from poverty and slavery. A global response to something like the Ebola virus can be mounted now, an impossible feat prior...