Institutional Support for Humanities and Social Sciences Majors
CUNY Researchers to Study Community College to 4-Year Institution Transfer
January 6, 2019, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
“We’re going to be doing a variety of statistical analysis of Gutman students to see who’s interested in the humanities and what happens to them, but we’re also going to be doing focus groups with Gutman students to talk to them about their interest in the humanities and where they may want to continue their education.”
$2 Million Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant to Expand Cleveland Humanities Collaborative
January 3, 2019, Crain’s Cleveland Business
"Together, we're building a special partnership that advances the humanities in a region known for its cultural institutions and scholarship."
UCI Gets $1.1-million Grant to Pilot Study on Value of a Liberal Arts Education
December 10, 2018, Los Angeles Times
“Developing thoughtful and robust models and measures of the economic, social and personal outcomes of a liberal arts education will greatly help all of us understand better what the worth of such an education is and communicate that value to academic decision-makers and the public.”
Community Colleges and Universities Collaborate to Foster the Next Generation of Humanities Scholars
February 2018, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
“Today, community colleges are an increasingly important part of the higher education ecosystem because of their potential influence on intergenerational mobility and their immediate impact on addressing the causes of social inequality. Nearly half of all undergraduates in the United States are enrolled in two-year institutions.”
The Humanities Proposition
June 2016, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
“A university is only as strong as its ability to deal with the forces of change—not to resist them doggedly, but to redirect them in productive ways. When particular models of higher education are no longer sustainable or desirable, they will disappear or lose market share. The independent liberal arts college, for example, educated about a quarter of all college students in 1950, but today enrolls only two percent of all undergraduates.”
