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A report from the Creative Campus Research Conference at Vanderbilt University, The Creative Campus: Higher Education and the Arts
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007How can universities and colleges create an environment that fosters innovation, both in the institution and in the students? From history, we learn that creativity across domains (science, engineering, architecture) thrives in the presence of a vital artistic scene — think of Renaissance Italy, Fin de Siecle Vienna, or the PARC Xerox artist residencies in More…
Steven Tepper, Taking the Measure of the Creative Campus, The Peer Review
Saturday, September 30th, 2006Four years ago, while still at Princeton University, I started teaching a course on the social conditions of creativity in art, science, and business. Teaching about creativity is a lot like teaching about health and nutrition— it has certain spillover effects outside the classroom. Nutritionists see “bad health” all around them— in grocery stores, in restaurants, and in their cupboards. Likewise, I More…
Steven Tepper, Riding the Train: The Creative Campus, Inside Arts
Sunday, July 30th, 2006For university leaders, the creative campus is appealing because it inexpensively boosts the reputation and excellence of their institutions. In the face of astronomical costs associated with big science, the challenge of recruiting and retaining star faculty and the rising price of student services, the arts are a sight for sore and overspent eyes. In this regard, our More…
Steven Tepper, The Creative Campus: Who’s No. 1?, The Chronicle Review
Thursday, December 30th, 2004For better or for worse, we live in a scorecard society. We measure the aptitude, intelligence, creativity, and personality of children, students, and workers. Increasingly, we also give out institutional grades to track the performance of public schools, government services, and corporations (for example, ranking businesses by their record on attracting a diverse work force, protecting the environment, More…
Steven Tepper, The Creative Campus: How do we measure up?, The American Assembly for the 104th American Assembly
Thursday, September 23rd, 2004The subtitle of this essay, “How do we measure up?” is a bit misleading. I have not, nor has anyone as far as I know, ever tried to measure the creative impulse, creative output or creative environment of American universities. So, at least in terms of direct measures, I remain agnostic on the question of More…
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