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A Place for Art

The Commission on the Arts is the Academy’s first major programmatic effort focused on the arts and culture. At its center is the belief that the arts are essential to both individual and civic life and that artists are crucial to the functioning and development of healthy communities.
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Commission on the Arts

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has a multi-year Commission on the Arts with distinguished cochairs, an array of diverse Commission members, more than $1 million of support from foundations and individuals, and a commitment to exploring the role of the arts in American life.

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John A. Lithgow, Deborah F. Rutter, and Natasha D. Trethewey
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Humanities Indicators
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Humanities Indicators

The Humanities Indicators is a database of comprehensive statistical information about the humanities in the United States, providing researchers and policy-makers in the private and public sectors with better tools to answer basic questions about areas of concern in the humanities.

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Norman M. Bradburn and Robert B. Townsend
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Education
language learning
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Commission on Language Learning

The Commission on Language Learning examined the current state of language education, projected what the nation’s education needs would be in the future, and offered recommendations for ways to meet those needs.

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Paul LeClerc
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Education
commission on the humanities and social sciences
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Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences

The Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences claimed a space in the national dialogue for the humanities and the social sciences and recommended specific steps that government, schools and universities, cultural institutions, businesses, and philanthropies could take to support and strengthen these areas of knowledge.

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Richard H. Brodhead and John W. Rowe
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Students and Teacher in College Classroom
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A Profile of Humanities Departments pre-Covid

A wide-ranging survey of humanities departments shows that prior to the pandemic, departments in most humanities disciplines appeared relatively unchanged since the Great Recession, with the exception of declines in undergraduate degrees.
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