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Excellence & equity the National Endowment for the Humanities / Stephen Miller.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, (c)1984.Description: 1 online resource (203 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813163857
Other title:
  • Excellence and equity
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HV97 .E934 1984
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Subject: Since its establishment in 1965 the National Endowment for the Humanities has distributed many millions of dollars in grants. Has the money been well spent? What impact have the Endowment's programs had on the academic community, the schools, and the public at large?In this first book-length study of the Endowment, Stephen Miller offers a trenchant analysis of the agency's origins, its accomplishments, and the criticisms leveled against it. In the political maneuvering that led to its establishment, Miller sees a basic misunderstanding between those in academia who lobbied for NEH and those inches.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction HV97.33 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn900345244

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Founding of NEH; 2. A Short History of the Endowment; 3. The Politics of NEH; 4. The Peer Review Process; 5. Research in the Humanities; 6. The Problem of Preservation; 7. The Teaching of the Humanities; 8. Public Programs in the Humanities; 9. Conclusions and Recommendations; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

Since its establishment in 1965 the National Endowment for the Humanities has distributed many millions of dollars in grants. Has the money been well spent? What impact have the Endowment's programs had on the academic community, the schools, and the public at large?In this first book-length study of the Endowment, Stephen Miller offers a trenchant analysis of the agency's origins, its accomplishments, and the criticisms leveled against it. In the political maneuvering that led to its establishment, Miller sees a basic misunderstanding between those in academia who lobbied for NEH and those inches.

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