AAU Universities believe robust humanities education is critical to cultivating a broadly educated workforce ready to compete in the knowledge-based, global economy of the 21st Century. From the basic building blocks of early education to the highest levels of academic attainment, humanities fields provide individuals from all disciplines, including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with skills, competencies and the expertise needed by the public, private and nonprofit sectors. AAU follows federal funding and policy issues that affect the humanities, including annual appropriations for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Humanities graduates are gainfully employed and holding positions of authority, according to a report from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
The following letter is for Chairman Calvert and Ranking Member McCollum of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, urging $155 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018.
The following speech was delivered at the Notre Dame Forum on the topic of "What Notre Dame Graduates Need to Know."
statement by Hunter Rawlings, President of the Association of American Universities (AAU), on the deep cut proposed for the National Endowment for the Humanities in the FY15 appropriations bill approved July 9 by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.
The following Jefferson lecture is by Walter Isaacson for the Awards and Honors 2014.
