Hearing on Reauthorization of the National Foundation on Arts and Humanities Act of 1965: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held in New York, NY, on September 17, 1984U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984 - 229 pages |
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Page 12 - humanities" includes, but is not limited to, the study of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature: history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archeology; the history, criticism, theory, and practice of the arts; those aspects of the social sciences which" have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment.
Page 205 - States, at Arden House, Harriman, New York, May 31-June 3, 1984, reviewed as a group the following statement. This statement represents general agreement; however, no one was asked to sign it. Furthermore, it should not be assumed that every participant subscribes to every recommendation.
Page 2 - I must study politics and war, that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.
Page 213 - A group of men and women representing a broad range of experience, competence, and American leadership meet for several days to discuss the Assembly topic and consider alternatives for national policy. All Assemblies follow the same procedure. The background papers are sent to participants in advance of the Assembly. The Assembly meets in small groups for four or five lengthy periods. All groups use the same agenda. At the close of these informal sessions, participants adopt in plenary session a...
Page 140 - States and the well-being of its people, the educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people.
Page 204 - Fund," and Marine Midland Bank, who helped sponsor this Assembly. They and The American Assembly, a national nonpartisan educational institution, have taken no stands on the subjects that were presented for public discussion. The participants spoke for themselves rather than for the institutions with which they are affiliated. William H. Sullivan President The American Assembly...
Page 213 - Business, the Assembly is a national, educational institution incorporated in the State of New York. The Assembly seeks to provide information...
Page 223 - I look to the diffusion of light and education as the source most to be relied on for ameliorating the condition, promoting the virtue and advancing the happiness of man.
Page 21 - Similar steiis have not been taken in the humane studies, so that a student may often enter a college or university without adequate training in the humanities or, for that matter, a rudimentary acquaintance with them. Sound education requires that the schools open equally inviting doors into all fields of instruction, «' that students may discover where their undeveloped talents lie.
Page 30 - ... (4) foster the interchange of information in the humanities; (5) foster, through grants or other arrangements with groups, education in, and public understanding and appreciation of the humanities; (6) support the publication of scholarly works in the humanities; and (7) insure that the benefit of its programs will also be available to our citizens where such programs would otherwise be unavailable due to geographic or economic reasons.