Sự Đóng Cửa Của Các Khoa và Chương Trình Học: Cách Tiếp Cận Tâm Điểm và Ngoại Biên Đối Với Nghệ Thuật Tự Do và Nghệ Thuật Thực Tiễn

Minerva - Tập 58 - Trang 211-233 - 2019
Robert Osley-Thomas1
1University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA

Tóm tắt

Liệu các ngành nghệ thuật tự do tại các trường đại học Mỹ có tỷ lệ trượt cao nhất trong giai đoạn từ những năm 1970 đến đầu những năm 2000? Các truyền thống lý thuyết quan trọng thực sự tin rằng nghệ thuật tự do là những lĩnh vực bị đe dọa nhiều nhất trong học viện, trong khi các lý thuyết khác có quan điểm khác nhau. Bài báo này xem xét lại sự dễ bị tổn thương của các ngành học bằng cách đánh giá dữ liệu mới. Nó tập trung vào việc đóng cửa các khoa và chương trình học, và sử dụng phân tích lịch sử sự kiện để cho thấy rằng các khoa và chương trình nghệ thuật thực tiễn đã thất bại với tỷ lệ cao hơn nhiều so với các khoa và chương trình nghệ thuật tự do. Trong quá trình này, bài báo đặt ra các câu hỏi quan trọng về cách mà các trường đại học Mỹ đang thay đổi trong bối cảnh cắt giảm ngân sách và thu hẹp.

Từ khóa

#ngành học #nghệ thuật tự do #nghệ thuật thực tiễn #đóng cửa khoa #phân tích lịch sử sự kiện #giáo dục đại học #cắt giảm ngân sách

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