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re:Learning at SXSW EDU
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Academe Should Stop Being So Defensive About the Value of the Liberal Arts

re:Learning at SXSW EDU

By  Goldie Blumenstyk
March 17, 2017

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Re:Learning at SXSW EDU
This special series from the team of Chronicle reporters who attended SXSW EDU this year showcases video highlights from some of the key speakers at the annual gathering of educators, tech entrepreneurs, and policy makers.
  • Make Your Institution More Than a College, This President Says. Make It a Movement.
  • How to Help Young People (and Adults) Unplug and Engage
  • Why ‘Media Literacy’ Doesn’t Stand a Chance
  • The ‘4-Hour Guy’ Shares His Theories on Learning Fast
  • How Artists Push Social Change
  • Can Lessons Learned From Fighting Al Qaeda Apply to Higher Education?
Three college presidents who spoke earlier this month at SXSW EDU argue that the teaching and learning experiences of such an education is more relevant than ever. This segment is part of a special series of video highlights from SXSW EDU, produced by The Chronicle.

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Re:Learning at SXSW EDU
This special series from the team of Chronicle reporters who attended SXSW EDU this year showcases video highlights from some of the key speakers at the annual gathering of educators, tech entrepreneurs, and policy makers.
  • How the Lessons of a Hip-Hop Group Can Help Save Education
  • A Defender of Impoverished Students, and a Scholar of Their Struggles
  • How the Arts — Too Often Embattled and Underfunded — Are Key to Innovation
Three college presidents who spoke earlier this month at SXSW EDU argue that the teaching and learning experiences of such an education is more relevant than ever. This segment is part of a special series of video highlights from SXSW EDU, produced by The Chronicle.

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Goldie Blumenstyk
The veteran reporter Goldie Blumenstyk writes a weekly newsletter, The Edge, about the people, ideas, and trends changing higher education. Find her on Twitter @GoldieStandard. She is also the author of the bestselling book American Higher Education in Crisis? What Everyone Needs to Know.
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