Harvard President and Composer on the Value of an Arts Education

Harvard President Drew Faust invited  trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis to discuss the value of an arts education. They state the arts prepares students with skills, for a world we do not know yet.

Here is an excerpt from the article in USA Today:

We need education that nurtures judgment as well as mastery, ethics and values as well as analysis. We need learning that will enable students to interpret complexity, to adapt, and to make sense of lives they never anticipated. We need a way of teaching that encourages them to develop understanding of those different from themselves, enabling constructive collaborations across national and cultural origins and identities.

In other words, we need learning that incorporates what the arts teach us.

Read the full article here.