TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller,Stephen
TI  - Excellence & equity: the National Endowment for the Humanities 
SN  - 9780813163857
AV  - HV97 .E934 1984
PY  - 1984///
CY  - Lexington, KY
PB  - University Press of Kentucky
KW  - National Endowment for the Humanities
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Arts
KW  - United States
KW  - Endowments
KW  - Federal aid to the arts
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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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