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An annual report addressed recent academic challenges for the Pueblo School for Arts and Sciences during a Pueblo D60 meeting on Feb. 21.

On his first day in office in January, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro declared that most state jobs would not require a college degree. And in his State of the Union

Everyone who goes to college should have to prepare for the only job that all of us share: being a citizen.

The fellowship program for undergraduates connects their general education and major requirements to public engagement and community building through dialogue across differences.

Mystics and visionaries: A fine arts seminar The Weitzman School’s Jackie Tileston’s seminar looks at the ways in which alternative forms of knowledge have fed artistic practices, both in the past and for contemporary artists in cultures around the globe. (Pre-pandemic image) Exhibition view of Hilma af Klint’s “The Ten Largest” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, 2018. (Image: Courtesy of Ryan Dickey) Hilma ...

Stavros Niarchos Foundation grant establishes SNF Ithaca Initiative

Integrating tough questions about the intersection of race, religion, and politics Through student discussions and outside lectures, one SNF Paideia Program course examined the Jewish experience, the history of prejudice, and intersectionality in Jewish identity, among other topics. For the SNF Paideia Program course, Jews, Race, and Religion, Steven Weitzman, the Ella Darivoff Director of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, designed curriculum and public ...

Panelists discussed the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on students of color and low-income students who may not have access to resources crucial to remote learning.

The future of conservatism A top GOP pollster, a former White House aide and Penn grad, and a leading ‘Never Trumper’ journalist share their thoughts on where the Republican Party goes from here. A virtual event sponsored by the Red & Blue Exchange looked at where the GOP goes from here. The aftermath of Donald Trump’s election loss, the insurrection by his supporters at the United States Capitol, and the subsequent impeachment hearing have re...

editorial@newsandsentinel.com A “Nation At Risk,” the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, stated that the decline in educational performances is the result of disturbing inadequacies in the way the educational process is conducted. The report indicated that these inadequacies are causing the loss of markets, intellectual strengths and spiritual strengths. Lastly, the report offered five solutions: modify the school curriculum, raise educational expectations, make b...