William, I'd be surprised if students enrolled in art programs were less happy
than students of political science -- so let's go ahead and run those kind of
questions.(FWIW - political science became my favorite subject in school and
I had no idea how I would ever make a living. When I was unhappy, it had far
more to do with romantic frustration or the military draft)
But -- I'd also like to know what art students were expecting from their
schools -- and then follow up years later to see what happened.
How many stayed in the artword as either gallery artists, teachers, dealers,
amateur artists, collectors, or even members of museums ? How would those
results compare between different kinds of art schools -- especially music
schools -- or even non-art schools -- and how would the students compare with
their parents?
I'd also like to know what attitudes students thought were being taught (for
example: an aversion to sentimentality?) - and of course, I'd run my test to
see whether attending an art school made any difference at all in aesthetic
discernment.
Other than qualifying people to participate in the educational system itself
-- just what are art schools accomplishing ? Wouldn't a serious administrator
want to have some answers ?
Composing good questions may be beyond the skill set of those on this list (
and even then, who would fund such a study ?)
But still -- it would be a nice project for us -- and a far better use of our
sophistication than its usual application of boosting self esteem.
Maybe -- somewhere down the road -- educational institutions really will be
interested in what they've been accomplishing -- professional social
scientists will step in to help them -- and our input -- archived for eternity
-- will become useful.
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Do you mean should someone go to art schools and ask the students if they're
happy? And should those results be compared to students in political science?
Sure, go ahead. But it'll save time to know that good art students are never
happy. That's why they're artists. They are marginalized in our society.
The only artists admired are those whose products are worth lots of money.
Poly Scistudents are aiming at money via mainstream ways, to be valued for
money. They're happy. What does this have to do with curricula? Nobody is
forced to
study art.
What is your goal with this social science stuff? The only thing that counts
in our society is money so the people who are happy have money and those who
aren't are unhappy...or sane.
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