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Bernard Osher

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Business, Corporate, and Philanthropic Leadership
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Principles of Conduct for Professors

An Academy study group looked at the intellectual and ethical dilemmas faced by U.S. professors as they balance responsibilities to their students, their disciplines, the university, and the broader community.

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Introduction

Download the full report (PDF) Introduction Discussions about the ongoing health of the humanities in higher education tend to focus on a single data series: the trend in undergraduate degrees. The American Academy’s Humanities Indicators (HI) developed and has fielded…
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A Call for Constructive Engagement

Working with the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) , the Academy convened college and university presidents and leaders of scholarly societies to develop and support a statement in defense of learning and higher education.
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Heather K. Gerken

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Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Law
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A Call for Constructive Engagement

Working with the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), the Academy convened college and university presidents and leaders of scholarly societies. Together, they developed and supported a unified defense of learning and higher education. More than 650 leaders signed the statement on behalf of their students, faculty, staff, and communities.
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Americans and the Humanities: New Data, New Insights

A new report provides data and insights about how Americans engage in the humanities and what their views are on the benefits of pursuits such as studying or participating in activities related to art history, languages, literature, history, and philosophy.
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The Assembly on University Goals and Governance

In 1969, during a time of great student unrest across the country, the Academy founded The Assembly on University Goals and Governance to study a series of issues in higher education that were not directly linked to the problems of disorder.

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The Heart of the Matter Report Has Broad Impact

Released in June of 2013, The Heart of the Matter, the report of the American Academy’s Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences, has become an integral part of an ongoing national dialogue about the state of the humanities and social sciences in the United States.
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Della C. Warrior

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Leadership, Policy, and Communications
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Scientific, Cultural, and Nonprofit Leadership
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Urban School Desegregation

The Academy’s Committee on Urban School Desegregation was established to convene an interdisciplinary study group to examine long-range prospects for urban school desegregation and consider solutions to ongoing education equality. A series of three conferences were held, after which a selection of the papers presented were anthologized into a volume, Race and Schooling in the City, published by Harvard University Press in 1981. Funding was provided by the Ford Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, and the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

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Morton L. Mandel

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Business, Corporate, and Philanthropic Leadership
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The Humanities in American Life: Insights for Religious Studies

The first national survey on the humanities finds wide agreement about the personal and societal benefits of the humanities, substantial engagement with a range of humanities activities at home and in the workplace, as well as strong support for teaching most humanities…
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Jeffrey A. Gibson

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Humanities and Arts
Specialty:
Visual Arts
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