EDUCATION - Funding and Advocating the Humanities

Note that this is a "I want my piece of the pie" issue.

"Report Argues U.S. Is Neglecting, Undervaluing Education in the Humanities" PBS Newshour 6/19/2013

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JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour):  Languages, history, philosophy and more, a call for new commitments to the humanities in higher education.

A report to that effect was issued today by a congressionally-mandated panel of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  It comes at a time when much focus has been on the need for the U.S. to nurture more graduates who specialize in science, technology, math, and engineering.  It also comes amid lower funding for research in the humanities and a drop in interest in civics courses.

Two members of the panel join us now, co-chair Richard Brodhead, president of Duke University, and actor and writer John Lithgow.

 
 

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