Autumn 2024: Fall to It

Fall often carries with it, as Wallace Stegner called it in Angle of Repose, “something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year’s mistakes had been wiped clean by summer.” Fall is also a time of preparation for the long winter ahead. Find ways to champion the arts and sciences on campuses and in communities before we turn the page on 2024.

• • Learn about Banned Book Week founded by the Society’s former Vice President Judith Krug in 1982
  • Explore the impact of the NEH in celebration of its 59^th anniversary on September 29th
  • Mark your calendar for National Arts & Humanities Month in October
  • Find 10 compelling reasons for policymakers to support the cultural sector in 2024 from Americans for the Arts
  • Discover campuses where the humanities are thriving. On October 2 at 2pm ET,  the Chronicle of Higher Education hosts a webinar with tips, tools, and suggestions to revive campus and community interest in the humanities.
  • Join the National Arts & Sciences Initiative team at the National Humanities Conference taking place from November 13-17 in Providence, Rhode Island
  • Help the Society spread the word about #DoublePell. Everyone deserves access to arts and science education.

Looking to stay connected?

• • Follow us on Twitter where we post each Tuesday about our advocacy efforts and the value of the liberal arts and sciences.
  • Sign up for our State of the Arts & Sciences newsletter where we provide monthly updates.
  • If you’re looking for resources on how the liberal arts and sciences can lead to a life in public service, you can also check out the resources from our most recent Key into Public Service Scholarship.

National Organizations

American Academy of Arts and Sciences 

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Council of Learned Societies

Association of American Colleges & Universities

Association of American Universities

Council of Graduate Schools

Council of Independent Colleges

Consortium of Social Sciences Associations

National Alliance for the Humanities

National Humanities Center

Reports and Infographics

Myths and Realities About Humanities Majors
(Humanities Works)

Strategies for Recruiting Students to the Humanities: A Comprehensive Resource
(National Humanities Alliance)

What Are You Going to Do with That?
(National Humanities Alliance)

Doubling the Maximum Pell Grant
(National Association of Student Financial Aid Adminstrators)

chArts and Sciences
(Phi Beta Kappa)

The Real, Long-term Labor Market Outcomes of Liberal Arts Grads
(Strada Institute for the Future of Work and Emsi)

Federal Funding for Social and Behavioral Sciences
(Association of American Universities)

It Takes More than a Major
(Association of American Colleges & Universities)

Liberal Arts Degrees and Their Value in Employment
(Association of American Colleges & Universities and National Center for Higher Education Management Systems)

Power of the Liberal Arts
(Council of Independent Colleges)

Science Matters
(Science Coalition)

Heart of the Matter
(American Academy of Arts & Sciences)

Arts + Social Impact Explorer
(Americans for the Arts)

District Advocacy Guide: Engaging Humanities Advocates on a Local Level
(National Humanities Alliance)

NEH Impact Index
(Graduate Center Digital Initiatives)

The State of Humanities 2018
(American Academy of Arts & Sciences)