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.
This episode cites the importance of seminar classrooms as our "best rehearsal spaces for democracy," quoting Teagle president Andrew Delbanco.
Purdue's Cornerstone: Learning for Living program is one example of successfully "translating" the value of the liberal arts in a STEM-focused context.
Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University, highlights the impact of Teagle's Knowledge for Freedom initiative in this NYT opinion piece.
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