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Humanities Indicators Project Explores the Public Humanities

While much of the discussion about the state of the humanities tends to focus on the declining number of students majoring in the humanities, the health of the field relies on a much wider array of practices. The American Academy’s Humanities Indicators project has been exploring this wider frame of humanities activity by compiling data from federal sources and conducting the first national survey about the health of the field.
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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

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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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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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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New Issue of Dædalus Explores Why Jazz Still Matters

Is jazz a relic of the past, or does it continue to have meaning and influence for today’s artists and audiences? And while it may still be present, does it still matter? The Spring 2019 issue of Dædalus, “Why Jazz Still Matters,” explores that very question.
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