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Where Can a PhD Take You?
University Everywhere
How do the humanities provide vital tools for living?
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is a research university attracting students from across the globe and offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees. Photo: Brendan George Ko for Mellon Foundation
Our understanding of culture and history is critical to creating meaning in our lives today. Yet, there’s dwindling enrollment in higher education across liberal arts disciplines. To help lay the foundation for a more equitable and just tomorrow, Mellon is committed to broadening what is possible through the humanities and expanding definitions of what a true classroom—and student of the world—looks like.
American University
The Humanities Truck Takes Academia on the Road
March 8, 2022
Opinion: Studying Humanities can Prepare the Next Generation of Social Justice Leaders
Armando Bengochea
Senior Program Officer and Director of MMUF
Senior Program Officer and Director of MMUF
“Humanities scholars are increasingly committed to co-creating knowledge in partnership with non-academic community members and organizations.”
Mellon Voices
A Q&A with Higher Learning Leadership
University of California San Diego
How the Arts and Humanities Are Helping to Reimagine the US-Mexico Border
Civic Nation
A Nonpartisan Initiative Empowers College Students to Go ALL IN as Voters and Engaged Citizens
National Park Foundation
On the “Front Lines” of History at America’s National Parks
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