Challenge Grants for Two-year Colleges
The National Endowment for the Humanities invites two-year colleges to apply in a special Challenge Grant competition to strengthen their long-term humanities programs and resources.
Two-year colleges are major educational assets that have too often been overlooked, even though over half of students in post-secondary education attend two-year institutions.
The humanities can and should play a vital role in community colleges.
The perspectives of history, philosophy, and literature can enrich the educational experience of students attending two-year colleges, deepening their understanding of questions related to differences among cultures, as manifested in diverse understandings of citizenship, politics, and ethics.
NEH seeks to encourage two-year colleges to develop models of excellence that enhance the role of the humanities on their campuses.
The goals of this initiative are to enable two-year colleges to strengthen programs in the humanities, especially the study of the worlds many cultures and civilizations; to support model humanities curricula at two-year colleges that may be replicated at other institutions; and to encourage two-year colleges to broaden the base of financial support for the humanities.
Two-year colleges are major educational assets that have too often been overlooked, even though over half of students in post-secondary education attend two-year institutions.
The humanities can and should play a vital role in community colleges.
The perspectives of history, philosophy, and literature can enrich the educational experience of students attending two-year colleges, deepening their understanding of questions related to differences among cultures, as manifested in diverse understandings of citizenship, politics, and ethics.
NEH seeks to encourage two-year colleges to develop models of excellence that enhance the role of the humanities on their campuses.
The goals of this initiative are to enable two-year colleges to strengthen programs in the humanities, especially the study of the worlds many cultures and civilizations; to support model humanities curricula at two-year colleges that may be replicated at other institutions; and to encourage two-year colleges to broaden the base of financial support for the humanities.
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/challenge/challenge-grants-two-year-colleges
Additional Information of Eligibility:
The only eligible applicants are accredited U. S. two-year colleges and community colleges that predominantly award associate degrees that can be earned in two years of study.
Both private, independent colleges and government-supported colleges are eligible.
Community-college districts and two-year-college consortia may also apply, in collaboration with at least one two-year college.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/challenge/challenge-grants-two-year-colleges
Contact:
Office of Challenge GrantsNational Endowment for the HumanitiesRoom 4201100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8309 challenge@neh.gov
Agency Email Description:
challenge@neh.gov
Agency Email:
challenge@neh.gov
Date Posted:
2012-10-23
Application Due Date:
2013-02-20
Archive Date:
2013-03-22
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