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November/December 2013 – Museum
James Cuno: What
Matters Most: Museums play a crucial role as humanist institutions
November 2013 – Humanities Symposium Address
Wayne Clough:
“A Voice that will be Heard”
November 5, 2013 – New York Times
Annette Gordon-Reed: A Victim of Austerity and Student Debt
October 4, 2013 – The Austin American-Statesman
Francisco G. Cigarroa: Humanities guides students’ quests for the stars
June 20, 2013 – The New York Times
David Brooks: The Humanist Vocation
June 20, 2013 – Los Angeles Times
James Cuno: The soft sciences matter as much as ever
June 19, 2013 – Raleigh News & Observer
Richard Brodhead: The humanities and social sciences remain essential
June 19, 2013 – Time
Annette Gordon-Reed: Critics of the Liberal Arts Are Wrong
June 19, 2013 – Miami Herald
Donna Shalala & Eduardo Padrón: Humanities, social sciences for a vibrant competitive, secure nation
June 18, 2013 – USA Today
Norman Augustine & David Skorton: Humanities, social sciences critical to our future
Media Coverage
November 5, 2013 – New York Times
The Fate of the Humanities
November 5, 2013 – Satyagraha (Blog)
On the AAAS Report on the Humanities and Social Sciences, ‘The Heart
of the Matter’
November 4, 2013 – Perspective
Secretary
of Smithsonian Institution Speaks on Importance of Humanities
November 3, 2013 – Portland Press Herald
Maine Voices: We must rethink how STEM is taught
November 2, 2013 – America
Saving the Humanities?
November 2, 2013 – The Book Haven
The questionable utility of the dancing bear, or, the future of
the humanities
November 1, 2013 – The New Criterion
What Dido did, Satan saw & O’Keefe painted
October 31, 2013 – Daily Journal of Commerce
Architecture: It’s
not a science, it’s art
October 31, 2013 – American Spectator
The Heartlessness of the Matter
October 30, 2013 – The New York Times
As Interest fades in the Humanities, Colleges Worry
October 30, 2013 – The Washington Times
Fields: Is your toddler ready for Moby-Dick?
October 27, 2013 – The Courier of Montgomery County
Liberal arts not luxury learning when balanced
October 25, 2013 – Chatham Daily News
Let us not throw out humanities and social sciences with the bath
water
October 24, 2013 – Duke Today
Brodhead: In
an Age of Metrics, Liberal Arts Education Still Holds Value
October 22, 2013 – Times-Georgian
Secretary of Smithsonian to speak at UWG
October 21, 2013 – Portland Press Herald
Our View: The humanities still teach marketable skills
October 14, 2013 – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Are we cheering for STEM at the expense of arts?
October 14 – The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Wedge Driving Academe’s Two Families Apart
October 7, 2013 – The Blog, Huffington Post
Why Study the Arts and Humanities?
September 26, 2013 – TIME
What
Colleges Will Teach in 2025
September 21, 2013 – Concord Monitor
My Turn: Souter is right: Humanities programs are critical
September 19, 2013 – The Daily Illini
Realize the importance of humanities in engineering
September 18, 2013 – MLA Commons
Vulnerable Times at the Chicago Convention
September 16, 2013 – New York Law Journal
Rally for the Humanities, Souter Urges
September 15, 2013 – The Blog, Huffington Post
Who’s Afraid of the Liberal Arts?
September 13, 2013 – Marion Roach Smith (Blog)
Defending
Humanities: Say It With Words
September 12, 2013 – Albany Times Union
Souter decries cuts in humanities funds
September 7, 2013 – The Nation (Pakistan)
FCC English Dept launches journal
September 6, 2013 – The New Republic
The Real Humanities Crisis is Happening at Public Universities
September 5, 2013 – Arizona Daily Wildcat
Humanities program should not be disregarded
September 5, 2013 – The New Republic
Why Are We Starving the Humanities and Splurging on Science?
September 4, 2013 – Inside Higher Ed
A New Humanities Report Card
September 4, 2013 – The Chronicle of Higher Education
‘Report
Card’ on the Humanities Finds Light Amid the Gloom
September 3, 2013 – Indiana University Center for Civic Literacy
A Fist Bump for the Humanities
August 29, 2013 – Huffington Post
How Human Resources Can Help the Humanities
August 28, 2013 – Miami Herald
Don’t Neglect the Humanities
August 28, 2013 – The Patriot-News
Here's a way to help foster an innovative, strong and competitive
society: As I See It
August 27, 2013 – The New Yorker
Why Teach English?
August 27, 2013 – The Hartford Courant
Math And Science Education Just Part Of The Story
August 26, 2013 – The Crimson White (University of Alabama)
It’s time to fight the war for education, challenging teachers
August 23, 2013 – The State
Beasley: Oh the humanities!
August 22, 2013 – The English Department Blog at Saint Anselm College
English: The Hot New Major?
August 21, 2013 – The Root DC, The Washington Post
The Smartest Summer Ever: Full STEAM Ahead!
August 21, 2013 – NewsDay
Schmich: If you were picking a college major today, what would it
be?
August 20, 2013 – Lebanon Daily News
Find a place for humanities’ study in our modern age
August 20, 2013 – Duke Chronicle
Brodhead discusses recent debut on The Colbert Report
August 20, 2013 – Los Angeles Times
College: It's not just 'Made in the U.S.A.'
August 19, 2013 – Zócalo Public Square
The Humanities Aren’t as Dead As You Think
August 16,2013 – Inside Higher Ed
Fourth-Grade Lessons
August 15, 2013 – Cornell Sun
President Skorton, Yo-Yo Ma, George Lucas: Humanities are ‘Critical’ to Education
August 15, 2013 – The Colbert Report
Interview with Duke University President and Commission Co-Chair
Richard Brodhead
August 15, 2013 – The Herald-Sun
Duke President Brodhead receives Colbert fist bump
August 13, 2013 – Sidney Herald
Battle of the studies
August 13, 2013 – WNCN North Carolina Public Radio
Duke president to appear on 'The Colbert Report'
August 12, 2013 – Portland Press Herald
Off Campus: No need to choose between career, deep thoughts
August 10, 2013 – Idaho Statesman
Readers View, education: America needs the humanities more than
ever
August 9, 2013 – Vermont Public Radio
Gilbert:
The Case for Humanities
August 6, 2013 - Slate
How Women Killed the Humanities (To Save Ourselves!)
August 6, 2013 – Independent Record
Humanities make a difference to Montana
July 31, 2013 – The Christian Century
Christian humanists
July 30, 2013 – The Daily Herald
Teaching the humanities bolsters ingenuity
July 30, 2013 – Views, Inside Higher Ed
Humanities as Spectacle
July 28, 2013 – Chicago Tribune
If you could pick a major now, what would it be?
July 25, 2013 – World News Report
Canadian Center of Science
and Education reveals importance of humanities and social sciences
July 25, 2013 – The Washington Times
High-tech and humanity
July 23, 2013 – Inside Higher Ed
Another Whack at the Humanities
July 22, 2013 – Portland Press Herald
Off Campus: Focus on STEM education overshadows humanities’ importance
July 18, 2013 – The Vancouver Sun
Colleges doing more to emphasize career prep
July 17, 2013 – Times Higher Education (UK)
Liberal arts, British style
July 17, 2013 – New Republic
The Decline of the Humanities—and Civilization
July 16, 2013 – Providence Journal
Humanities in peril
July 15, 2013 – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Humanities Scholars See Declining Prestige, Not a Lack of Interest
July 15, 2013 – The Blog, The Huffington Post
The Crisis in the Humanities: Why Today’s Educational and Cultural
Experts Can’t and Won’t Resolve the Failings of the Liberal Arts
July 14, 2013 – LaCrosse Tribune
Richard Kyte: Value of humanities is priceless
July 13, 2013 – The Star Press
Humanities, social sciences critical to future
July 13, 2013 – The Columbus Dispatch
Jessica A. Johnson commentary: Studying the humanities is fundamental
to who we are
July 12, 2013 – The Wall Street Journal
Who Ruined the Humanities?
July 12, 2013 – Corvallis Gazette-Times
Think Too Much: The case for the liberal arts
July 11, 2013 – Inside Higher Ed
The Gender Lens
July 11, 2013 – The Blog, Huffington Post
STEM and STEAM Boosted by U.S. and U.K. Reports
July 11, 2013 – The Mountain Times
Public education needs more emphasis on the humanities
July 10, 2013 – Iowa State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts & Science’s Commission on the Humanities
and Social Sciences
July 8, 2013 – Op-Eds, The Daily Californian
Why
the humanities?
July 5, 2013 – The Durham News
Brodhead: Remind people why humanities matter
July 4, 2013 – Opinion, The Barre Montpelier Times Argus
Heart of the matter
July 3, 2013 – The Conversation, The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Humanities: What Went Right?
July 3, 2013 – The Opinion Pages, The New York Times
The Humanities in Crisis? Not at Most Schools
July 2, 2013 – WNPR’s “The Colin McEnroe Show”
Can the Humanities be Saved?
July 2, 2013 – KCUR’s “Central Standard”
The Value of the
Humanities
July 2, 2013 – The Liberty County Vindicator
Preparing for a Bright New World
July 1, 2013 – The Network on Transitions to Adulthood
The Job Outlook for Recent College Graduates
July 1, 2013 – The Duke Chronicle
Oh the humanities
July 1, 2013 – Education Week
Reviving History Instruction: What’s Old is New Again
July 1, 2013 – RadioTimes*
Why the humanities matter
*Correction: The Heart of the Matter film was produced by Ewers Brothers Productions.
June 30, 3013 – TeachThought
Why Humanities Still Matter In 2013
June 30, 2013 – China Daily
Humanities prove a hard sell during hard times
June 30, 2013 – The Wall Street Journal
Illiberal Education and the ‘Heart of the Matter’
June 29, 2013 – Boston Herald
All those workplaces a stage
June 29, 2013 – Online Athens, Athens Banner-Herald
Humanities must be integral part of education
June 27, 2013 – Minnesota Daily
In tough economy, liberal arts must defend themselves
June 27, 2013 – WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Karen Hitchcock: The Need to Re-imagine our Nation’s System of Higher
Education
June 27, 2013 – The New York Times ArtsBeat
Quants Ask: What Crisis in the Humanities?
June 26, 2013 – Brain Pickings
George Lucas, John Lithgow, and Other Luminaries on How the Humanities
Make Us Human
June 26, 2013 – The Des Moines Register A Better Iowa
Putnam: The heart of the matter
June 26, 2013 – The Huffington Post Blog
STEM Is a Liberal Art
June 26, 2013 – Slate, Culture Gabfest
The Decline of the Humanities
June 26, 2013 – Business Insider
America Is Raising A Generation Of Kids Who Can't Think Or Write Clearly
June 25, 2013 – Southern California Public Radio AirTalk
How relevant is a liberal arts degree?
June 25, 2013 – The Wall Street Journal MarketWatch
Is the Internet killing English?
June 25, 2013 – LinkedIn Today
Why Learning the Humanities Is a Key to Success
June 24, 2013 – The New York Times
A Case for the Humanities Not Made
June 24, 2013 – New York Daily News
Satchmo, Soprano and our humanity: learning from two American originals
June 24, 2013 – CNN
On the chopping block: History, literature, civics and the arts
June 24, 2013 – The Atlantic
Actually, the Humanities Aren't in Crisis
June 24, 2013 – National Communication Association
AAAS Report,
the Heart of the Matter
June 23, 2013 – The Daily Californian
Report urges increased investment in humanities and social sciences
June 23, 2013 – The Chronicle of Higher Education blog
Rethinking the Bachelor’s Degree to Bolster the Humanities
June 22, 2013 – Sunday Observer, The New York Times
The Decline and Fall of the English Major
June 22, 2013 – The Airspace
Why are the Humanities Hurting?
June 21, 2013 – TimesUnion
Smith: At a solstice, rebalancing our schools
June 21, 2013 – Tampa Bay Times
Editorial: A complete education includes humanities
June 21, 2013 – Salon.com
Will reading make you rich?
June 20, 2013 – Physics Today
New report: Yes, STEM—but humanities and social sciences too!
June 20, 2013 – CNN Money / Fortune Magazine
Why
the humanities need to be saved
June 20, 2013 – NPR’s “Morning Edition,” by Cory Turner
Lax Education in Humanities, Social Sciences Spark Outcry
June 20, 2013 – The State
Educators, artists, lawmakers urge more emphasis on the humanities
June 20, 2013 – The Journal Sentinel
Report to
Congress claims humanities education as important for nation as STEM
June 20, 2013 – Scientific American Blog
Why Study Humanities? What I Tell Engineering Freshmen
June 20, 2013 – The Inquisitr
Humanities Committee Worried That The Arts Are Endangered
June 20, 2013 – Triangle Business Journal Online
Arts to education policy makers: ‘Don’t forget us!’
June 19, 2013 – PBS NewsHour
Report Argues U.S. is Neglecting, Undervaluing Education in the
Humanities
June 19, 2013 – The Washington Post
Report: Humanities, social science education needed for innovation
along with STEM
June 19, 2013 – Inside Higher Ed
Making the Case for Liberal Arts
June 19, 2013 – The Wall Street Journal
Democratic and Republican Senators and Representatives Commend Release
of Report on Education, International Security, Competitiveness, and Culture
June 19, 2013 – Penn News
Humanities/Social Sciences Panel Reports; Two From Penn Are Members
June 19, 2013 – History News Network
1964 Report: Humanities ‘Uniquely Equipped to fill the “Abyss of
Leisure”’ Made Possible by Forty-Hour Workweek
June 19, 2013 – Education Week News
The Path to Protecting Humanities and Social Sciences
June 19, 2013 – AARP News Blog
Are We Teaching Our Next Generation the Right Stuff?
June 19, 2013 – Miami Herald
Educators, artists, lawmakers urge more emphasis on the arts
June 19, 2013 – Duke Chronicle
Brodhead co-chairs effort to rebuild humanities, social sciences
June 19, 2013 – PR Newswire
Democratic and Republican Senators and Representatives Commend Release
of Report on Education, International Security
June 19, 2013 – Durham Herald-Sun
Humanities commission co-chaired by Brodhead releases report
June 19, 2013 – The New York Observer “BetaBeat”
You Don’t Need a Tech Degree To Be a Productive Member of Society,
Liberal Arts Professors Swear
June 18, 2013 – The New York Times
Humanities Committee Sounds an Alarm
June 18, 2013 – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Humanities and Social Sciences Are Central to National Goals, Report Argues
June 18, 2013 – Reuters
U.S. in danger of losing humanities, social sciences edge: panel
June 18, 2013 – DukeToday
Brodhead on the ‘Undersold’
Humanities
May 2013 – Missouri Passages (MO Humanities Council)
Gerald Early Delivers Humanities Awards Keynote
October 30, 2012 – The Wall Street Journal
Liberal Arts Should Complement Technical Subjects
October 29, 2012 – Duke Today
Leading the
Charge for the Humanities
October 23, 2012 – Duke Today
Regional
Forum on Humanities and Social Sciences to Meet at Duke This Week
September 20, 2012 – Washington University in St. Louis Newsroom
The humanities
and public life: American Academy of Arts and Sciences explores state of humanities
education nationally
September 14, 2012 – El Nuevo Herald
Destacan importancia de alentar las artes en la educación
September 14, 2012 – Miami Herald
Humanities commission focuses on arts in education
September 14, 2012 – Veritas – University of Miami
Opening a National Dialogue on the Humanities
September 13, 2012 – St. Louis American
Gerald Early convenes national commission on humanities in St. Louis
September 12, 2012 – Stanford Report
Stanford gathering explores why national security needs the humanities
September 12, 2012 – St. Louis Post Dispatch
In a complex world, what is the value of the arts?
September 10, 2012 – The Valley Advocate
Humanities
and Economic Development
September 7, 2012 – The Book Haven
Why do I need to know that? Defending the humanities, social sciences
in a techno world
August 20, 2012 – National Endowment for the Humanities
New England state councils participate in a forum on the Humanities
and Civil Society
August 7, 2012 – Merced Sun-Star
Invest in Knowledge
July 30, 2012 – New England Journal of Higher Education
Humanitarian
Efforts
March 19, 2012 – Duke Today
Brodhead: Advocating
for the Humanities
October 20, 2011 – The Stanford Daily
Saving the Fuzzy
September 16, 2011 – Harvard Magazine
John Lithgow on the Arts, and Life
September 2, 2011 – American Radio Works
New Pressures on Liberal Education
June 28, 2011 – National Humanities Alliance website
American Academy of Arts & Science’s Commission on the Humanities
& Social Sciences Meets in Chicago
June 24, 2011 – Education Week
Sciences, Arts, Humanities, Fight for Status of Math, Reading
June 15, 2011 – The Huffington Post
The Humanities: Fundamental but Utilitarian
May 23, 2011 – The Phi Beta Kappa Society blog
The Odyssey, really?
March 3, 2011 – Houston Chronicle
Focus on science need not exclude liberal arts study
February 17, 2011 – New York Times
Lucas, Burns, Souter Among Those Named To New Commission on the
Liberal Arts
February 17, 2011 – The Chronicle of Higher Education
National Commission Formed to Bolster Humanities and Social Sciences
February 17, 2011 – Gannett News Service
New humanities commission has Tennessee influence
February 17, 2011 – Education Week Blog
Commission Set Up to Improve Humanities, Social Science Studies
Curriculum Matters
February 18, 2011 – Inside Higher Ed
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