Op-Eds

 

06/18/2015 – Maine Policy Review

Jonathan F. Fanton  

Margaret Chase Smith Essay: The Right of Independent Thought

 

05/12/2014 – University of Maine reception address

Earl A. Powell III: 

The Humanities and the Role of the Art Museum

 

11/14/2013 – The Washington Post

Mary Sue Coleman and John Hennessy: 

Lessons from the humanities and social sciences

 

11/05/2013 – New York Times

Annette Gordon-Reed: 

A Victim of Austerity and Student Debt

 

11/01/2013 – Museum

James Cuno: 

What Matters Most: Museums play a crucial role as humanist institutions

 

10/31/2013 – Humanities Symposium Address

Wayne Clough: 

“A Voice that will be Heard”

 

10/24/2013 – Duke Today

Richard Brodhead: 

In an Age of Metrics, Liberal Arts Education Still Holds Value

 

10/04/2013 – The Austin American-Statesman

Francisco G. Cigarroa: 

Humanities guides students’ quests for the stars

 

06/20/2013 – New York Times

David Brooks: 

The Humanist Vocation

 

06/20/2013 – Los Angeles Times

James Cuno: 

The soft sciences matter as much as ever

 

06/19/2013 – Raleigh News & Observer

Richard Brodhead: 

The humanities and social sciences remain essential

 

06/19/2013 – Time

Annette Gordon-Reed: 

Critics of the Liberal Arts Are Wrong

 

06/19/2013 – Miami Herald

Donna Shalala & Eduardo Padrón: 

Humanities, social sciences for a vibrant competitive, secure nation

 

06/18/2013 – USA Today

Norman Augustine & David Skorton: 

Humanities, social sciences critical to our future

 

Media Coverage

 

11/ 04/ 2015  –  The Chronicle of Higher Education

Another Commission Will Take On the Future of Higher Education

 

09/28/2015 – Asia-Pacific Journal

Japanese University Humanities and Social Sciences Programs Under Attack

 

09/25/2015 – DukeTODAY

Duke President Richard H. Brodhead on the NEH's 50th Anniversary: On the Fate and Fortunes of Public Goods

 

09/01/2015 – Miami Herald

Beyond the Classroom: Want to help your child write better? Put the video games away and get a book

 

09/01/2015 – Jack Miller Center

Liberal Education and American Democracy

 

09/01/2015 – Merinews

Mumbai to host conference on "New Trends in Humanities, Gender and Cultural Studies"

 

08/06/2015 – The New Atlantis

The Humanities and the University

 

07/29/2015 – NextGov

Why Science Students Need to Think Outside the Lab

 

06/24/2015 – PayScale

Liberal Arts Proponents Fight Back Against the Haters

 

06/17/2015 – Foreign Affairs

The Decline of International Studies: Why Flying Blind is Dangerous

 

04/16/2015 – Emory News Center

Digital scholarship offers innovations for teaching in the humanities

 

02/17/2015 – Minnesota Humanities Center

The Heart of the Matter

 

01/21/2015 – Bangor Daily News

The world needs the humanities, and UMaine is responding

 

01/12/2015 – Freeman Spogli Institute

Eikenberry: Humanities are key to foreign policy

 

12/ 23/ 2014 – Merinews

Mumbai to host conference on New Trends in Humanities, Gender and Cultural Studies

 

12/21/ 2014  – 4humanities.org

What Are the Humanities?

 

11/19/2014 – Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences

CCAS A&S Advocacy Award

 

11/07/2014 – Senior Correspondent

The Fading Humanities

 

10/12/2014 – The Tartan

Souter stresses humanities in U.S.

 

10/10/2014 – Carnegie Mellon University

Heart of the Matter

 

10/10/2014 – TribLIVE News

Former Supreme Court justice makes case for humanities in speech at CMU

 

09/24/2014 – Organization of American Historians

Historical Organizations React to the AP U.S. History Debate

 

09/23/2014 – Association of American Colleges & Universities

Taking It to the Streets: Preparing for an Academy in Exile

 

09/21/2014 – RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage

Embracing the Future as Stewards of the Past: Charting a Course Forward for Historical Medical Libraries and Archives

 

09/01/2014 – The American Spectator

IN DEFENSE OF LIBERAL ARTS

 

08/04/2014 – Public History Commons

In our hands

 

08/04/2014 – Public History Commons

Humanities on the move

 

07/21/2014 – Case Western Department of English

The Value of an English Major/Education in the Humanities

 

07/21/2014 – Public History Commons

Finding the roots of civic engagement in the public humanities

 

07/08/2014 – The Guardian

Lack of languages stifles Brits and Americans

 

07/07/2014 – Public History Commons

Never let a (humanities) crisis go to waste

 

07/03/2014 – Times Higher Education (UK)

University still a bastion of social elite, says Hefce official

 

07/02/2014 – UNL Newsroom

UNL a partner in consortium to expand humanities research

 

06/27/2014 – Fast Company

Should Universities Be Built in Silicon Valley's Image?

 

06/23/2014 – Society of Architectural Historians Blog

Architectural History and Architectural Humanities

 

06/20/2014 – Inside Higher Ed

AAAS Unveils Updated Data on Humanities Funding

 

06/19/2014 – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Status of the Humanities: ‘We Haven’t Quite Recovered From the Recession’

 

06/17/2014 – WBUR

Are Humanities Really In Decline In Higher Ed?

 

06/02/2014 – Social Science Space

Humanities and the Liberal University: Calls to Action

 

05/29/2014 – The Hoya

Reconsidering the Humanities Crisis, Part I

 

05/29/2014 – Wake Forest University

Humanities for Our Future: Envisioning the Heart of Humanities Education

 

05/12/2014 – The Dartmouth

Summit considers role of the humanities

 

05/05/2014 – Dartmouth Now

International Humanities Summit Convenes at Dartmouth

 

04/25/2014 – Washington University in St. Louis Newsroom

Thorp discusses why the humanities are essential to American higher education

 

04/22/2014 – Carnegie Mellon University

Heart of the Matter

 

04/14/2014  –  Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences To Host "Mapping the Future of the Humanities and Social Sciences"

 

04/09/2014 – WUSTL Newsroom

Keeping the humanities vital: Holden Thorp to deliver Phi Beta Kappa/Sigma Xi Lecture

 

04/06/2014 – The Stanford Daily

The Humanities and Medicine

 

03/24/2014 – New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science

Data collection — where we are, where we want to be

 

03/17/2014 – The NCSU Technician

Getting to the ‘Heart of the Matter’

 

03/07/2014 – NewsObserver.com

Retired lieutenant general and one-time ambassador is back in NC on academic mission

 

03/06/2014 – NC State University Bulletin

Supporting Humanities, Social Sciences

 

03/06/2014 – Maryland Humanities Council

Better Living Through the Humanities (Podcast)

 

02/28/2014 – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

Special Issue

 

02/25/2014 – Social Science Space

Social Sciences Learn the Tactical Benefits of Concentration

 

02/24/2014 – The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Economic Logic of the Humanities

 

02/21/2014 – Real Clear Politics

How to Improve Our Colleges and Universities

 

02/19/2014 – Duke Chronicle

Humanities on defensive, finds champions at Duke

 

02/15/2014 – Psychology Today

Why We Need to Rescue Liberal Arts Education For Prosperity

 

02/12/2014 – The Daily Targum

Humanities unfairly disregarded in favor of STEMs

 

02/12/2014 – British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Fuelling Prosperity and Growth - Crossing Continents

 

02/12/2014 – StudentHumanities YouTube Channel

Student Advocates for the Future of the Humanities

 

02/06/2014 – Union College

Union to host forum on the humanities

 

02/04/2014 – New York Law Journal

State Bar Asks Lawyers to Back Civics Education

 

02/03/2014 – SFU Liberal Arts Blog

The Humanities and Social Sciences á la USA

 

02/03/2014 – Central Washington University

CWU Office of the Provost

 

02/01/2014 – The Imaginative Conservative

The Political Right and the Common Core Strawman

 

02/01/2014 – Core Humanities at University of Nevada

Welcome to Core Humanities

 

01/29/2014 – George Washington Today

President Knapp Encourages Collaboration to Promote Arts

 

01/28/2014 – Arts at Oxford

'Why invest in the humanities? Because we're human'

 

01/27/2014 – Northeastern CSSH

Humanities poised for a resurgence

 

01/27/2014 – The Guardian

Funding the humanities: what story do we want to tell?

 

01/27/2014 – The Legatum Institute

The Importance of Culture in a Prosperous Society

 

01/25/2014 – Providence Journal

Why major in English?

 

01/16/2014 – Time

Why I Let My Daughter Get a ‘Useless’ College Degree

 

01/15/2014 – Library Journal

Asking Fundamental Questions about the Humanities

 

01/14/2014 – Duke Today

Brodhead in China Speaks on Interconnected Knowledge and the 21st Century University

 

01/10/2014 – HASTAC

How to Teach Public Humanities: Notes from the Chicago Humanities Summit

 

01/08/2014 – The Heartland Institute

National Civics, History Tests to Disappear

 

01/04/2014 – The Chronicle of Higher Education

AHA Day 2: Fun With The Humanities

 

01/02 2014 – The Scholarly Kitchen

A Brighter Future for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences?

 

12/23/2013 – America

Saving the Humanities

 

12/19/2013 – ALSCW News

“The Heart of the Matter”: Symposium on the Humanities, University of West Georgia, Oct 31, 2013

 

12/18/2013 – The Jamestown Comet

Language skills lacking in American education

 

12/10/2013 – Durham Herald-Sun

Carnegie gives Brodhead academic leadership grant

 

12/09/2013 – Gibbes Museum Blog

Changing the World through the Visual Arts

 

12/09/2013 – Saporta Report

"The Heart of the Matter": Why We Need the Humanities

 

12/02/2013 – The Daily Free Press (Boston University)

Humanities see dip in funding, but not interest

 

12/01/2013 – New York Times

Humanities Studies Under Strain Around the Globe

 

11/30/2013  –  New York Times

The Real Humanities Crisis

 

11/25/2013 – Remaking the University

National Humanities Report Reinforces Stereotypes about the Humanities

 

11/22/2013 – Humanities Writ Large (Duke University)

Humanities Education and Career Preparation

 

11/21/2013 – Lima News

Art exhibit explores racism, promotes dialogue

 

11/20/2013 – Drury Magazine

Questioning the dollars & sense of the humanities

 

11/19/2013 – On Campus (Columbia University)

As Modern Language Association President Marianne Hirsch Advocates for the Humanities

 

11/19/2013 – University of Maryland

Award-Winning Actor Visits Campus for Humanities Talk, Speaks to Theatre Class

 

11/19/2013 – KQED Northern California Public Radio

Richard Brodhead on the Humanities

 

11/18/2013 – WYPR Maryland Public Radio

Humanities Connection - The Humanities Prepare Students For More Than Just A Career

 

11/14/2013 – The Courant

Humanities Are At The Heart Of Real Education

 

11/12/2013 – The Highlander (UC Riverside)

Humanities and STEM Make Strange but Necessary Bedfellows

 

11/12/2013 – Inside Higher Ed

Thinking for Oneself

 

11/11/2013 – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Mellon Puts Humanities in Close Touch with Urban Studies

 

11/11/2013 – The Hedgehog Review

Humanities, Heal Thyself!

 

11/11/2013 – Thought Catalog

Why We Need Humanities Majors

 

11/10/2013 – Valley News

Editorial: Student Disciplines; Humanities Lose Their Luster

 

11/08/2013 – The Hechinger Report

'Life Support' for the Liberal Arts? Here's Why Not

 

11/08/2013 – Albion Pleiad

Percentage of Humanities Majors Declines Nationwide

 

11/07/2013 – Cavalier Daily (University of Virginia)

In defense of intrinsic value

 

11/06/2013 – Austrian Economics Center

“Humanities in the Age of Twitter”

 

11/06/2013 – Action Speaks! (podcast)

Action Speaks at The Athenaeum: Humanities in America

 

11/06/2013 – The Harvard Crimson

Same Story, New Book: Repackaging Humanities at Harvard

 

11/05/2013 – Pacific Standard

What's the Economic Value of an Arts Education?

 

11/05/2013 – New York Times

The Fate of the Humanities

 

11/05/2013 – Satyagraha (Blog)

On the AAAS Report on the Humanities and Social Sciences, ‘The Heart of the Matter’

 

11/04/2013 – Perspective

Secretary of Smithsonian Institution Speaks on Importance of Humanities

 

11/03/2013 – Portland Press Herald

Maine Voices: We must rethink how STEM is taught

 

11/02/2013 – The Book Haven

The questionable utility of the dancing bear, or, the future of the humanities

 

11/01/2013 – The New Criterion

What Dido did, Satan saw & O’Keeffe painted

 

11/01/2013 – The CT Mirror

Opinion: History, civics and balancing 'STEM'

 

11/01/2013 – The Hedgehog Review

Not Quite the Heart of the Matter

 

10/31/2013 – Daily Journal of Commerce

Architecture: It’s not a science, it’s art

 

10/31/2013 – American Spectator

The Heartlessness of the Matter

 

10/ 30/ 2013 – New York Times

As Interest fades in the Humanities, Colleges Worry

 

10/30/2013 – The Washington Times

Fields: Is your toddler ready for Moby-Dick?

 

10/25/2013 – Chatham Daily News

Let us not throw out humanities and social sciences with the bath water

 

10/24/2013 – The New Republic

Senator Outraged that National Endowment for the Humanities Funds Study of Humanities

 

10/22/2013 – Times-Georgian

Secretary of Smithsonian to speak at UWG

 

10/21/2013 – Portland Press Herald

Our View: The humanities still teach marketable skills

 

10/14/2013 – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Are we cheering for STEM at the expense of arts?

 

10/14/2013 – The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Wedge Driving Academe’s Two Families Apart

 

10/07/2013 – Huffington Post

Why Study the Arts and Humanities?

 

09/26/2013 – Time

What Colleges Will Teach in 2025

 

09/21/2013 – Concord Monitor

My Turn: Souter is right: Humanities programs are critical

 

09/19/2013 – The Daily Illini (University of Illinois)

Realize the importance of humanities in engineering

 

09/18/2013 – MLA Commons

Vulnerable Times at the Chicago Convention

 

09/16/2013 – New York Law Journal

Rally for the Humanities, Souter Urges

 

09/16/2013 – SIRIS Lab

The crisis in the Humanities: a matter of numbers

 

09/15/2013 – Huffington Post

Who’s Afraid of the Liberal Arts?

 

09/14/2013 – Center for the Humanities, University of Miami

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Humanities and Social Sciences Forum

 

09/13/2013 – Marion Roach Smith (Blog)

Defending Humanities: Say It With Words

 

09/12/2013 – Albany Times Union

Souter decries cuts in humanities funds

 

09/07/2013 – The Nation (Pakistan)

FCC English Dept launches journal

 

09/06/2013 – The New Republic

The Real Humanities Crisis is Happening at Public Universities

 

09/05/2013 – Arizona Daily Wildcat (University of Arizona)

Humanities program should not be disregarded

 

09/04/2013 – Inside Higher Ed

A New Humanities Report Card

 

09/04/2013 – The Chronicle of Higher Education

‘Report Card’ on the Humanities Finds Light Amid the Gloom

 

09/03/2013 – Indiana University Center for Civic Literacy (Blog)

A Fist Bump for the Humanities

 

08/29/2013 – Huffington Post

How Human Resources Can Help the Humanities

 

08/28/2013 – Miami Herald

Don’t Neglect the Humanities

 

08/28/2013 – The Patriot-News

Here's a way to help foster an innovative, strong and competitive society: As I See It

 

08/27/2013 – The Hartford Courant

Math And Science Education Just Part Of The Story

 

08/26/2013 – The Crimson White (University of Alabama)

It’s time to fight the war for education, challenging teachers

 

08/23/2013 – The State

Beasley: Oh the humanities!

 

08/ 21/ 2013 – The Washington Post

The Smartest Summer Ever: Full STEAM Ahead!

 

08/21/2013 – NewsDay

Schmich: If you were picking a college major today, what would it be?

 

08/20/2013 – Lebanon Daily News

Find a place for humanities’ study in our modern age

 

08/20/2013 – Duke Chronicle

Brodhead discusses recent debut on The Colbert Report

 

08/20/2013 – Los Angeles Times

College: It's not just 'Made in the U.S.A.'

 

08/19/2013 – Zócalo Public Square

The Humanities Aren’t as Dead As You Think

 

08/16/2013 – Inside Higher Ed

Fourth-Grade Lessons

 

08/15/2013 – Cornell Sun

President Skorton, Yo-Yo Ma, George Lucas: Humanities are ‘Critical’ to Education

 

08/15/2013 – The Colbert Report

Interview with Duke University President and Commission Co-Chair Richard Brodhead

 

08/15/2013 – The Herald-Sun

Duke President Brodhead receives Colbert fist bump

 

08/13/2013 – Sidney Herald

Battle of the studies

 

08/13/2013 – WNCN North Carolina Public Radio

Duke president to appear on 'The Colbert Report'

 

08/12/2013 – Portland Press Herald

Off Campus: No need to choose between career, deep thoughts

 

08/10/2013 – Idaho Statesman

Readers View, education: America needs the humanities more than ever

 

08/09/2013 – Vermont Public Radio

Gilbert: The Case for Humanities

 

08/06/2013 – Slate

How Women Killed the Humanities (To Save Ourselves!)

 

08/06/2013 – Independent Record

Humanities make a difference to Montana

 

07/31/2013 – The Christian Century

Christian humanists

 

07/30/2013 – The Daily Herald

Teaching the humanities bolsters ingenuity

 

07/30/2013 – Inside Higher Ed

Humanities as Spectacle

 

07/28/2013 – Chicago Tribune

If you could pick a major now, what would it be?

 

07/27/2013 – Minnesota Daily

In tough economy, liberal arts must defend themselves

 

07/25/2013 – World News Report

Canadian Center of Science and Education reveals importance of humanities and social sciences

 

07/25/2013 – The Washington Times

High-tech and humanity

 

07/23/2013 – Inside Higher Ed

Another Whack at the Humanities

 

07/22/2013 – Portland Press Herald

Off Campus: Focus on STEM education overshadows humanities’ importance

 

07/18/2013 – The Vancouver Sun

Colleges doing more to emphasize career prep

 

07/17/2013 – Times Higher Education (UK)

Liberal arts, British style

 

07/17/2013 – The New Republic

The Decline of the Humanities—and Civilization

 

07/16/2013 – Providence Journal

Humanities in peril

 

07/15/2013 – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Humanities Scholars See Declining Prestige, Not a Lack of Interest

 

07/15/2013 – Huffington Post

The Crisis in the Humanities: Why Today’s Educational and Cultural Experts Can’t and Won’t Resolve the Failings of the Liberal Arts

 

07/14/2013 – LaCrosse Tribune

Richard Kyte: Value of humanities is priceless

 

07/13/2013 – The Star Press

Humanities, social sciences critical to future

 

07/13/2013 – The Columbus Dispatch

Jessica A. Johnson commentary: Studying the humanities is fundamental to who we are

 

07/12/2013 – The Wall Street Journal

Who Ruined the Humanities?

 

07/12/2013 – Corvallis Gazette-Times

Think Too Much: The case for the liberal arts

 

07/11/2013 – Inside Higher Ed

The Gender Lens

 

07/11/2013 – Huffington Post

STEM and STEAM Boosted by U.S. and U.K. Reports

 

07/11/2013 – The Mountain Times

Public education needs more emphasis on the humanities

 

07/10/2013 – Iowa State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

American Academy of Arts & Science’s Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences

 

07/10/2013 – Student Reporter

Reforming the Business School, a Pure Product of American Culture

 

07/08/2013 – The Daily Californian

Why the humanities?

 

07/05/2013 – The Durham News

Brodhead: Remind people why humanities matter

 

07/04/2013 – The Barre Montpelier Times Argus

Heart of the matter

 

07/03/2013 – The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Humanities: What Went Right?

 

07/03/2013 – New York Times

The Humanities in Crisis? Not at Most Schools

 

07/02/2013 – WNPR Connecticut Public Radio

Can the Humanities be Saved?

 

07/02/2013 – KCUR Kansas City Public Radio

The Value of the Humanities

 

07/02/2013 – The Liberty County Vindicator

Preparing for a Bright New World

 

07/01/2013 – The Network on Transitions to Adulthood

The Job Outlook for Recent College Graduates

 

07/01/2013 – The Duke Chronicle

Oh the humanities

 

07/01/2013 – Education Week

Reviving History Instruction: What’s Old is New Again

 

07/01/2013 – RadioTimes

Why the humanities matter

 

06/30/2013 – TeachThought

Why Humanities Still Matter In 2013

 

06/30/2013 – China Daily

Humanities prove a hard sell during hard times

 

06/30/2013 – The Wall Street Journal

Illiberal Education and the ‘Heart of the Matter’

 

06/29/2013 – Boston Herald

All those workplaces a stage

 

06/29/2013 – Athens Banner-Herald

Humanities must be integral part of education

 

06/27/2013 – WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Karen Hitchcock: The Need to Re-imagine our Nation’s System of Higher Education

 

06/27/2013 – New York Times

Quants Ask: What Crisis in the Humanities?

 

06/26/2013 – Brain Pickings

George Lucas, John Lithgow, and Other Luminaries on How the Humanities Make Us Human

 

06/26/2013 – A Better Iowa

Putnam: The heart of the matter

 

06/26/2013 – Huffington Post

STEM Is a Liberal Art

 

06/26/2013 – Slate

The Decline of the Humanities

 

06/26/2013 – Business Insider

America Is Raising A Generation Of Kids Who Can't Think Or Write Clearly

 

06/25/2013 – KPCC Southern California Public Radio

How relevant is a liberal arts degree?

 

06/25/2013 – The Wall Street Journal MarketWatch

Is the Internet killing English?

 

06/25/2013 – LinkedIn Today

Why Learning the Humanities Is a Key to Success

 

06/24/2013 – New York Times

A Case for the Humanities Not Made

 

06/24/2013 – New York Daily News

Satchmo, Soprano and our humanity: learning from two American originals

 

06/24/2013 – CNN

On the chopping block: History, literature, civics and the arts

 

06/24/2013 – The Atlantic

Actually, the Humanities Aren't in Crisis

 

06/24/2013 – National Communication Association

AAAS Report, the Heart of the Matter

 

06/23/2013 – The Daily Californian

Report urges increased investment in humanities and social sciences

 

06/23/2013 – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Rethinking the Bachelor’s Degree to Bolster the Humanities

 

06/22/2013 – New York Times

The Decline and Fall of the English Major

 

06/22/2013 – The Airspace

Why are the Humanities Hurting?

 

06/21/2013 – Times Union

Smith: At a solstice, rebalancing our schools

 

06/21/2013 – Tampa Bay Times

Editorial: A complete education includes humanities

 

06/21/2013 – Salon

Will reading make you rich?

 

06/20/2013 – Physics Today

New report: Yes, STEM—but humanities and social sciences too!

 

06/20/2013 – CNN Money

Why the humanities need to be saved

 

06/20/2013 – NPR’s “Morning Edition"

Lax Education in Humanities, Social Sciences Spark Outcry

 

06/20/2013 – The State

Educators, artists, lawmakers urge more emphasis on the humanities

 

06/20/2013 – The Journal Sentinel

Report to Congress claims humanities education as important for nation as STEM

 

06/20/2013 – Scientific American (Blog)

Why Study Humanities? What I Tell Engineering Freshmen

 

06/20/2013 – The Inquisitr

Humanities Committee Worried That The Arts Are Endangered

 

06/20/2013 – Triangle Business Journal Online

Arts to education policy makers: ‘Don’t forget us!’

 

06/19/2013 – PBS NewsHour

Report Argues U.S. is Neglecting, Undervaluing Education in the Humanities

 

06/19/2013 – Inside Higher Ed

Making the Case for Liberal Arts

 

06/19/2013 – The Wall Street Journal

Democratic and Republican Senators and Representatives Commend Release of Report on Education, International Security, Competitiveness, and Culture

 

06/19/2013 – PennNews

Humanities/Social Sciences Panel Reports; Two From Penn Are Members

 

06/19/2013 – History News Network

1964 Report: Humanities "Uniquely Equipped to Fill the 'Abyss of Leisure'" Made Possible by Forty-Hour Workweek

 

06/19/2013 – Education Week

The Path to Protecting Humanities and Social Sciences

 

06/19/2013 – AARP News Blog

Are We Teaching Our Next Generation the Right Stuff?

 

06/19/2013 – Miami Herald

Educators, artists, lawmakers urge more emphasis on the arts

 

06/19/2013 – Duke Chronicle

Brodhead co-chairs effort to rebuild humanities, social sciences

 

06/19/2013 – PR Newswire

Democratic and Republican Senators and Representatives Commend Release of Report on Education, International Security

 

06/19/2013 – Durham Herald-Sun

Humanities commission co-chaired by Brodhead releases report

 

06/19/2013 – The New York Observer

You Don’t Need a Tech Degree To Be a Productive Member of Society, Liberal Arts Professors Swear

 

06/19/2013 – American Council of Trustees and Alumni

Statement from Anne Neal on a new report from the Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences

 

06/18/2013 – New York Times

Humanities Committee Sounds an Alarm

 

06/18/2013 – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Humanities and Social Sciences Are Central to National Goals, Report Argues

 

06/18/2013 – Reuters

U.S. in danger of losing humanities, social sciences edge: panel

 

06/18/2013 – Duke Today

Brodhead on the ‘Undersold’ Humanities

 

05/01/2013 – Gerald Early Delivers Humanities Awards Keynote

Missouri Passages

 

10/30/2012 – The Wall Street Journal

Liberal Arts Should Complement Technical Subjects

 

10/29/2012 – Duke Today

Leading the Charge for the Humanities

 

10/23/2012 – Duke Today

Regional Forum on Humanities and Social Sciences to Meet at Duke This Week

 

09/20/2012 – Washington University in St. Louis Newsroom

The humanities and public life: American Academy of Arts and Sciences explores state of humanities education nationally

 

09/14/2012 – El Nuevo Herald

Destacan importancia de alentar las artes en la educación

 

09/14/2012 – Miami Herald

Humanities commission focuses on arts in education

 

09/14/2012 – Veritas (University of Miami)

Opening a National Dialogue on the Humanities

 

09/14/2012 – Center for the Humanities, University of Miami

American Academy Commission on Humanities and Social Sciences Forum

 

09/13/2012  – St. Louis American

Gerald Early convenes national commission on humanities in St. Louis

 

09/12/2012 – Stanford Report

Stanford gathering explores why national security needs the humanities

 

09/12/2012 – St. Louis Post Dispatch

In a complex world, what is the value of the arts?

 

09/10/2012 – The Valley Advocate

Humanities and Economic Development

 

09/07/2012 – The Book Haven

Why do I need to know that? Defending the humanities, social sciences in a techno world

 

08/20/2012 – National Endowment for the Humanities

New England state councils participate in a forum on the Humanities and Civil Society

 

08/07/2012 – Merced Sun-Star

Invest in Knowledge

 

07/30/2012 – New England Journal of Higher Education

Humanitarian Efforts

 

03/19/2012 – Duke Today

Brodhead: Advocating for the Humanities

 

10/20/2011 – The Stanford Daily

Saving the Fuzzy

 

09/16/2011 – Harvard Magazine

John Lithgow on the Arts, and Life

 

09/02/2011 – American Radio Works

New Pressures on Liberal Education

 

06/28/2011 – National Humanities Alliance

American Academy of Arts & Science’s Commission on the Humanities & Social Sciences Meets in Chicago

 

06/24/2011 –  Education Week

Sciences, Arts, Humanities, Fight for Status of Math, Reading

 

06/15/2011 – Huffington Post

The Humanities: Fundamental but Utilitarian

 

05/23/2011 – The Phi Beta Kappa Society

The Odyssey, really?

 

03/03/2011 – Houston Chronicle

Focus on science need not exclude liberal arts study

 

02/18/2011 – Inside Higher Ed                

Yanked from the Margins

 

02/17/2011 – Education Week Blog

Commission Set Up to Improve Humanities, Social Science Studies

 

02/17/2011 – New York Times

Lucas, Burns, Souter Among Those Named To New Commission on the Liberal Arts

 

02/17/2011 – The Chronicle of Higher Education

National Commission Formed to Bolster Humanities and Social Sciences

 

02/17/2011 – Gannett News Service

New humanities commission has Tennessee influence

 

02/17/2011 – Education Week

Commission Set Up to Improve Humanities, Social Science Studies