What the 2018 Spending Bill Means for Education and the Humanities
Last March, the Trump administration proposed eliminating national humanities, arts, and education programs despite the fact that the combined cost of these... Read More
Guess Who Funds STEM Research at Universities? The Humanities.
Since 2008 an increasing number of humanities faculties across the United States have faced program and departmental closures. The argument behind these... Read More
Curious about Humanities Initiatives Near You?
Enter your zip code into the NEH Impact Index to browse through projects in your community that were funded by the National... Read More
Opportunities for International Education on the Chopping Block
A congressional subcommittee has passed a bill that could eliminate all funding for Fulbright-Hays, a Department of Education program that provides opportunities... Read More
The Value of Language Study
President Trump’s proposal to defund the National Endowment for the Humanities is not the only threat facing the humanities. His administration has... Read More
Language and Literacy in the US: Heading in the Wrong Direction
If you look at the numbers, it might seem that language learning and literacy are no longer valued by many elected officials... Read More
Proposed Cuts at Stony Brook University Put the Humanities at Risk
In the spring of 2017, Stony Brook University, a public institution and part of the State University of New York system, announced... Read More