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OPINION: Higher ed partnerships will help the arts survive Trump’s budget cuts

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It also would completely eliminate funding for the National Endowment of the Arts in 2018. For example, with only a $148 million annual budget, NEA investments in the arts help contribute to a $730 billion economic arts and culture economic industry, including 4.2 percent of the annual gross domestic product and 4.8

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STUDENT VOICES: I don’t think you need an A+ in calculus to work a normal job

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A photojournalist, she’s at work on an oral history book project, interviewing scores of public school students, from kindergarten through 12th grade, across the country. As far as economic diversity, I feel like for the most part people that go to Mount Abe aren’t that rich. school system is a “mess.” Do they feel that way?