Author and npr correspondent anya kamenetz speaks on the state of higher education at the new schoolMarch 4 in New York |
NEW YORK, February 17, 2015—The New School’s Eugene Lang College presents a conversation with Anya Kamenetz, author and lead education blogger for NPR, on Wednesday, March 4 at 4:15 pm at the Klein Conference Room, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Kamenetz will be joined by Carolyn Berman, co-chair of The New School's Literary Studies program, for a discussion about the value of higher education in an age of rapid job market shifts and climbing costs. Students will be invited to weigh in on this pressing issue. Stephanie Browner, dean of Eugene Lang College, noted that the school boasts "an ever-evolving curriculum that prepares our students to succeed in a constantly changing world.” “Given its commitment to confronting pressing societal issues and engaging with contemporary challenges, The New School is the ideal setting for this timely and critical discussion,” Browner added. “We are excited to welcome Anya, an author and reporter with a wide-ranging insight into the state of higher education.” Kamentetz’s discussion is the second event in “Looking at the University,” a series examining the cost and value of higher education in the United States. The first event will feature a screening of the documentary Ivory Tower on Thursday, February 26 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm at the John L. Tishman Auditorium, 63 Fifth Avenue. The film will be followed by a discussion with the director Andrew Rossi and New School Culture and Media chair Noah Isenberg. Kamenetz is the author of several books about the future of education, including Generation Debt (Riverhead, 2006), which dealt with youth economics and politics, and DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education (Chelsea Green, 2010), which investigated innovations to address the crises in cost, access, and quality in higher education. Her latest book, The Test (PublicAffairs, 2015), is about the past, present and future of testing in American schools. She joined NPR as an education blogger in 2014. To learn more about the series, visit http://events.newschool.edu/event/AnyaKamenetz#.VNojiinpiJU Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts is a seminar-style liberal arts college located in New York City that was established in 1985. Remaining faithful to its founding philosophy, Eugene Lang College grew out of a highly progressive freshman-year program developed at The New School in 1973. Lang offers intensive liberal arts study as well as a faculty committed to teaching undergraduates in an interdisciplinary context. Areas of study include religious studies, urban studies, social inquiry, interdisciplinary science, culture and media, literary studies, the arts, philosophy, psychology, economics, and environmental studies. For more information, visit www.newschool.edu/lang. |
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