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The Higher Education Forum

The Forum, a collaboration of higher education leaders and scholars, launched in 1984 and moved to the Academy in 2022. The Higher Education Forum is an opportunity for the Academy to provide leadership and learning on pressing issues in higher education with a cross-disciplinary and cross-sector approach that draws on the strengths of its members and Affiliates.

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Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education

Drawing from national leaders in education, business, and government, this commission analyzed the current state of undergraduate education and offers recommendations to improve the quality of student learning, increase college completion rates, and ensure all students have access to an affordable postsecondary education.

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Roger W. Ferguson and Michael S. McPherson
Education
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Humanities Indicators

The Humanities Indicators is a nationally recognized source of nonpartisan information on the state of the humanities, providing researchers and policy-makers with better tools to answer basic questions about areas of concern in the field.

Chairs
Norman Marshall Bradburn and Robert B. Townsend
Arts & Humanities
Education
educating all children
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Universal Basic and Secondary Education

This study investigated the rationale, the means, and the consequences of providing high-quality primary and secondary education to all the world's children.

Chairs
Joel E. Cohen and David E. Bloom
Education
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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.

Chair
Paul LeClerc
Arts & Humanities
Education
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Publications

Publications

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SEP 2021

Art for Life’s Sake

This report from the Commission on the Arts calls on parents, teachers, and governments at the national, state, and local level to recognize the value of arts education and put in place changes that will assure access to every student.
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Commission on the Arts
Arts & Culture
Arts & Humanities
Education
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News

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Reps. Price and Young Launch America’s Languages Caucus

Inspired by the Academy report on "America's Languages," Congressmen David Price (D-NC) and Don Young (R-AK) announced the creation of the Congressional Caucus on American Languages, a bipartisan effort to support and enhance foreign language competency and international education in the U.S.
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Rediscovering Humanities Education in Community Colleges

Much of the attention about the humanities in higher education tends to focus on four-year colleges and universities (and more specifically, on the declining number of students who major in the humanities). In recent years, the American Academy’s Humanities Indicators (HI) have been exploring the growing presence of the humanities in the community college sector.
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