Teagle Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities Award Bard College $50,000 Cornerstone: Learning for Living Grant to Develop Second-Year Common Courses

The Teagle Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Bard College a $50,000 Cornerstone: Learning for Living initiative grant. The 12-month implementation grant will support faculty-led development of a new core cluster of second-year Common Courses. These second-year courses will make more explicit the bridge between first-year learning and increasing specialization on the part of our students in years three and four. The Common Courses Second Year Offering is being developed to meet the desire of students to find their way into a field of study and to complete distribution requirements while extending and testing skills acquired in year one. The Teagle Foundation and NEH are partnering to sponsor the Cornerstone: Learning for Living grant program to reinvigorate the humanities in general education on campuses across the country.

About the Teagle Foundation
The Teagle Foundation works to support and strengthen liberal arts education, which we see as fundamental to meaningful work, effective citizenship, and a fulfilling life. Our aim is to serve as a catalyst for the improvement of teaching and learning in the arts and sciences while addressing issues of financial sustainability and accountability in higher education. For more information, visit teaglefoundation.org

About the National Endowment for the Humanities
Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at neh.gov.
 

Post Date: 06-02-2021