Is a Cinema Studies Degree the New M.B.A.?
This article in the NY Times deals with the growing number of students in film schools even though few will get jobs in the traditional film industry. The reason for this? Film schools are
beginning to attract those who believe that cinema isn’t so much a profession as the professional language of the future.
Ms. Elizabeth Daley, the dean of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema-Television comments that
filmic skills are too valuable to be confined to movie world professionals.
She goes on to say that
“The greatest digital divide is between those who can read and write
with media, and those who can’t,” Ms. Daley said. “Our core knowledge
needs to belong to everybody.”
We live in a media rich world. We need to recognize this in the way we teach and learn.
Thanks to David Warlick for getting me thinking this morning.
