Susan Fuhrman

Heather Woodfield, Executive Director of One Percent for Culture, Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers College, Columbia University, and Nancy Kleaver, Executive Director of Young Audiences, discuss the state of arts education in New York City schools and funding of New York’s cultural institutions. Last week Leonard Lopate and Studio 360 host Kurt Anderson moderated a conversation with mayoral candidates about arts education and funding, and we’ll find out where the candidates stand on those issues.

Patricia Williams, professor of law at Columbia University, writes the Mad Law Professor column for The Nation magazine, comments on the apparent hate crime at Teachers College, Columbia University and the wider picture of race and academia. Susan Fuhrman, president of Teachers College, Columbia ...