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In 1971, there were 88 member stations and a total staff of 65; now NPR's total staff is 862, with 390 in news and 17 overseas bureaus, and the network has 1,008 member and affiliated statio…
Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies found while 80% of former students gained financially from attending university, about 20% earned less than those with similar school results who…
He revolutionized the Broadway musical with "Company" in 1970. And since, he has created brilliant shows lauded for their originality. But few hits. And where's the legacy? " Commentary
"For outside observers, this was yet one more sign of the American university's dereliction of its responsibility as the carrier of Western culture. Yale "has succumbed to a life-draining de…
Artistic Directors like me have been wringing our hands over the same question for decades. How do we get younger audiences to come to our theatre? How do we engage young people today in our…
A big part of the appeal of classical architecture for the right is this perceived ability to endure. Buildings can be read as part of an unbroken chain, supposedly embodying an uncomplicate…
Virginia Opera seeks applications for the position of General Director from individuals with senior experience in opera company administration, financial management, and fund-raising.
New Music USA supports the sounds of tomorrow by nurturing the creation, performance, and enjoyment of living music in the United States. We are seeking an exceptional Communications Directo…
The primary responsibilities of the faculty are to teach and to develop the curriculum.
According to the UC Berkeley Labor Center, 25 percent of part-time faculty nationally rely on public assistance programs. In 1969, 78 percent of instructional staff at US institutions of hig…
"You can have a bad experience whether flying with it in your hand or freighting. I've seen a forklift go right through a guitar case before. Airlines should be as explicit as possible on th…
Many of these videos fall into what Carlson calls "infotainment," where the goal isn't to teach, but to pass on information, even if it doesn't lead to understanding. "They're not saying, 'H…
Trump hasn't seen the play, according to playwright Phelim McAleer, but praised its concept: a script based entirely on congressional testimony and the text messages between former FBI agent…
Theaters in China, the world's second largest box office market behind the U.S. and Canada, have almost entirely shut down. So have theme parks and film shoots. Travel bans meant to curb the…
Bedoya describes the culture of the city as "the embodiment of forms of knowledge and wisdom people have gained through their different lived experiences." Another way he expresses this idea…
Classical music is a rare remaining area where citizens of countries that are at loggerheads (or worse) with one another can interact in a productive manner. "The most important aspect we're…
"I finally realized it felt more creative to be doing what I was doing in early music because there was so much that we hadn't figured out; there was so much that was not in the scores. And …
It allows students to design and test ideas in ways not possible in traditional classes. The school decided to dip its toe into the VR world, then discovered its classes quickly filled up. "…
Under the plan, which was approved this week by the boards of both organizations, the library " the nation's fifth largest " will become the parent institute of the historical society. The s…
Under the rubric of "ubiquitous computing," "smart dust," and the "Internet of Things," computers are melting into the fabric of everyday life. Light bulbs, toasters, even toothbrushes are b…
Over the course of his career, Gershwin was praised and criticized in equal measure for his willingness to borrow and fuse musical elements from various cultural and ethnic realms. He regula…
The robots are watching over hotel housekeepers, telling them which room to clean and tracking how quickly they do it. They're managing software developers, monitoring their clicks and scrol…
There has also been unprecedented leadership turnover across the classical performing arts sector. "Furthermore, the pipeline for leadership is not there to meet the demands. Changing tastes…
The panel said it had worked for months to draw up a list of works that should never be moved from the Florentine gallery, and the portrait of Pope Leo X was one of them. The famed portrait …
In 1961, Fred Adams " then a theater professor with two years of experience at the College of Southern Utah (now SUU) " and Barbara Gaddie, his girlfriend (they married in 1963), were in a l…
