Doing Well and Doing Good By Doing Art
For Higher Education, Theater, Visual Arts, Community Development, Research, Youth
Are there connections between involvement in arts learning and general academic success? In 2009, this researcher analyzed ten additional years of NELS data related to the previously studied students, then age 26. The results strongly connect arts learning with both general academic success and pro-social outcomes (i.e., outcomes such as volunteerism, involvement in the community, or civic participation).
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