Cultural Arts LIVE Conference will feature virtual learning on art, music, writing, dance and more
Published: Monday, November 30th, 2020 @ 10:42 am
By: Governor's Office
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Remarks by President Trump at the Presentation of the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 @ 9:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On November 21, 2019, President Donald J. Trump will award the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal to the following individuals and organizations
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 5:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The humanities may not be dead, but they are certainly moribund on many college campuses. Once the crown jewels of higher education, now they are valued about as much as knockoffs at a pawn shop
Published: Monday, July 11th, 2016 @ 2:19 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:56 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The opening message was roundly cheered—it was exactly what the crowd of roughly 150 professors and alumni came to hear at the “Public Universities, the Humanities, and Education in North Carolina” event held on October 10 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 @ 3:55 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Enrollment in the liberal arts and humanities continues to sink, particularly in languages and literature. At Harvard, for example, almost 60 percent of the students who start in the humanities switch disciplines by the end of their second year.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 10:17 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 4:05 am
By: Chris Downey
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Saturday, February 7th, 2015 @ 10:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The job rationale for going to college is intense these days, especially now that there are statistics from state governments showing that some majors offer dismal prospects while others are high-paying.
Published: Saturday, November 1st, 2014 @ 7:58 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A long sacrosanct pedagogical principle is that group projects and small group learning are indispensable to learning.
Published: Thursday, July 17th, 2014 @ 8:10 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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From its title, the casual reader might expect The Value of the Humanities to be a love letter to art, music, and literature. However, this book is not for the casual reader. It is written by a specialist, Oxford professor of English Helen Small, for other specialists who are trying to stay...
Published: Tuesday, April 15th, 2014 @ 3:21 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Please send money. Sadly, that is the message of "The Heart of the Matter," the 2013 paper published by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in defense of the humanities and social sciences. I read the report recently because it will be the subject of a public discussion at...
Published: Wednesday, January 29th, 2014 @ 5:20 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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In a previous article, I argued that students and professors in the sciences benefit from studying the humanities. Now...
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 @ 3:48 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The humanities, once the core of higher education, have fallen on hard times. Today's emphasis on education for jobs combined with humanities professors' rejection of their own foundations are chasing students from the study of the liberal...
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 10:00 pm
By: Jane Shaw
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