American Academy/NEH Partnership for the Humanities Indicators

FAIN: BN-230198-15

American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Cambridge, MA 02138-1929)
Norman M. Bradburn (Project Director: October 2014 to May 2017)

This proposal requests a second renewal of the 2011 cooperative agreement between the National Endowment for the Humanities (hereafter NEH) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This agreement will support 1) the development of new data sets on the state of the humanities, with the support of outside specialists; 2) the development of additional survey research on the state of the humanities in community colleges, the work of digital and traditional humanities centers, and other research topics proposed during a convening on the question “What Are The Humanities Good For?” (to be held November 14, 2014); 3) introduction of new interactive data visualizations on the site; and 4) ongoing updates of the current suite of indicators and continuing promotion through a variety of media.

Media Coverage

Community Colleges Buck the Trend of Shrinking Humanities (Media Coverage)
Publication: Chronicle of Higher Education
Date: 1/20/2015
URL: http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/community-colleges-buck-the-trend-of-shrinking-humanities/92463

Community College Liberal Arts (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Scott Jaschik
Publication: Inside Higher Ed
Date: 1/20/2015
URL: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/20/data-show-steady-growth-humanities-and-liberal-arts-education-community-colleges

Below the Radar (Media Coverage)
Publication: Inside Higher Ed
Date: 1/20/2015
URL: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/below-radar

The Discouraging Humanities Job Market, in One Vivid Chart (Media Coverage)
Publication: Vitae
Date: 3/4/2015
URL: https://chroniclevitae.com/news/931-the-discouraging-humanities-job-market-in-one-vivid-chart

Connections: Is There A Crisis In The Humanities? (Media Coverage)
Publication: WXXI News
Date: 3/13/2015
URL: http://wxxinews.org/post/connections-there-crisis-humanities

This One Chart Shows Why Now May Be the Worst Time for You to Get that PhD (Media Coverage)
Publication: Washington Post Wonkblog
Date: 3/23/2015
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/23/this-one-chart-show-why-now-may-be-the-worse-time-for-you-to-get-that-phd/

If You’re Thinking about Grad School, This Chart Will Scare You (Media Coverage)
Publication: Vox
Date: 3/21/2015
URL: http://www.vox.com/2015/3/21/8267257/humanities-phd-jobs

Nuanced Analysis of the Humanities (Media Coverage)
Publication: Inside Higher Ed
Date: 4/13/2015
URL: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/04/13/report-offers-mixed-picture-state-humanities-2015

For the Humanities, Some Good News Is Mixed With the Bad (Media Coverage)
Publication: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Date: 4/13/2015
URL: http://chronicle.com/article/For-the-Humanities-Some-Good/229291/

Data on the Humanities (Media Coverage)
Publication: Daily Nous
Date: 4/13/2015
URL: http://dailynous.com/2015/04/13/data-on-the-humanities/

Report on the State of Humanities Is Cautiously Optimistic (Media Coverage)
Publication: Hyperallergic
Date: 4/22/2015
URL: http://hyperallergic.com/199376/report-on-the-state-of-humanities-is-cautiously-optimistic/