The American Academy serves the nation as a champion of scholarship, civil dialogue, and useful knowledge. As one of the country's oldest learned societies and independent policy research centers, the Academy convenes leaders from the academic, business, and government sectors to respond to the challenges facing the nation and the world.
- Recommendations from The Lincoln Project—An Educational Compact for the 21st Century.
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- Dædalus: “On Political Leadership”
Read about this Dædalus issue and access the introduction
- Read about the new class of members
- An exploration of the evolving relationship between scientists and the public.
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- New Global Nuclear Future Initiative publication examines governance structures for reducing risks posed by dual-use technologies.
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- The Heart of the Matter Around the Country details discussions and impact made by the Academy’s Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences
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- Drawing from national leaders in education, business, and government, the Academy will study the current state of undergraduate education and the nation’s education needs by 2035. Learn more
- Read more about the Innovation Imperative
- Phil S. Baran, Sally Haslanger, Darren Walker, Patricia Churchland, and Roland Fryer, representing each of the Academy's five classes, offered remarks during Induction.
Read more about this year’s inductees
- In response to a bipartisan request from Congress, the Academy has created a national commission to examine the current state of language education.
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- Author Phil Klay, Academy Fellow and 19th U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, and
Academy Fellow Scott Sagan on "Writing About War," a conversation about the ethics of war,
at Stanford University
Learn more about the New Dilemmas in Ethics, Technology and
War project
- Are the humanities really in crisis in higher education? This new Indicators report highlights challenges but also progress in the field.
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