If you’re an aspiring performing artist, you’ve probably heard (at every family barbeque and birthday party since starring in your first-grade production of Jack and the Beanstalk) that your career of choice is a long shot. It’s true–acting and singing are notoriously competitive and difficult to break into–but there’s...
Read MorePop quiz: What are the visual arts? (If you said this in a Keanu Reeves voice a la Speed, you win.) In addition to painting, drawing, and sculpture–three of the most time-honored mediums–other creation and design methods include architecture, photography, video, and filmmaking. And new mediums, like AI-generated art,...
Read MoreTucked in the northeast corner of Texas and boasting a 118-acre urban arts district–the largest in the country–is Dallas. It’s packed with cultural gems like the Winspear Opera House, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Sixth Floor Museum. Additionally, the city is well-known for its architecture, including the...
Read MoreLSU Online is the shared online education platform for the Louisiana State University (LSU) system, delivering more than 150 fully online degree programs and certificates from multiple LSU institutions under one enrollment experience. The platform draws programs from LSU Baton Rouge (the flagship R1 research campus), LSU Shreveport (LSUS),...
Read MoreSo you’ve decided (or you’re seriously considering) taking a gap year. Maybe you’re burned out after years of pushing through an increasingly high-stakes academic grind. Maybe a rare opportunity landed in your lap. Maybe you’re just not ready, and you’re honest enough to admit it. Whatever the reason, the...
Read MoreAn analysis of 744 occupations reveals that the relationship between education and career outcomes is more complicated than the conventional wisdom suggests, especially when artificial intelligence enters the equation. For decades, the advice given to high school students has been remarkably consistent: get a four-year degree, and you’ll be...
Read MoreShould you take a gap year? To answer that question, we’ll need to make a brief detour to the 1980s. Back then, parents’ worst nightmare was that their flaky Gen-X teens would defer entry into college, stating that they first needed to “find themselves.” After a year of goat...
Read MoreMost adults comparing online degree programs make the same mistake: they compare marketing materials. They look at which program sounds more flexible, which website is cleaner, which enrollment counselor was more responsive. None of those things predict whether the degree will open the door they need, cost what they...
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