We believe that the opportunity to experience a liberal arts education is part of the promise of our democracy, and that it must not be restricted to the privileged few.
The Teagle Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are jointly sponsoring Cornerstone: Learning for Living to revitalize the role of the humanities in general education.
Knowledge for Freedom programs invite underserved high school students to study humanity's deepest questions about leading lives of purpose and civic responsibility.
The Teagle Foundation and the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations are jointly sponsoring Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts to develop statewide, regional, and consortial partnerships between community colleges and independent colleges to facilitate transfer and completion of the baccalaureate in the liberal arts.
The Civics in the City initiative supports efforts to prepare students to become informed and committed participants in the civic life of New York City.
Higher education leaders are committed to ensuring the sustainability of the Teagle-supported New England Transfer Guarantee.
This piece gathers key insights from a panel with two Teagle grantees sharing how and why the humanities are thriving at community colleges.
Vanderbilt's new core curriculum, which follows the Cornerstone model, prepares students to be effective leaders who can apply their learning and insights.
Teagle president Andrew Delbanco discusses his book The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War.
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