The Arts: Building People Who Can Have Bigger-Than-Me Experiences?
(ArtsJournal)

A survey of high-school students that has been repeated for the past 60 years presents a startling picture. In 1950, 12 percent of students agreed with the statement, `I am a very important person.` By 1990 that had risen to 80 percent. Other scholars have found that student scores on an index of empathy have been going […]