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Oases of excellence in the spotlight
Also in today's New York Times, a much-noticed article details the rise of what ACTA calls (following on the words of Professor Gertrude Himmelfarb, 2007 winner of our Philip Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education) oases of excellence. These programs, as the article points out, give students the opportunity to study subjects that often get short shrift in today's academy, such as American history, Western civilization, and the Great Books. As part of our commitment to helping concerned alumni make donations in ways that further academic excellence, ACTA is featuring the heads of several oases at our upcoming ATHENA Roundtable -- including Professor Rob Koons of the University of Texas' Program in Western Civilization and American Institutions, whom the Times quotes. Our president, Anne Neal -- co-author of The Intelligent Donor's Guide to College Giving, one of the seminal publications on this topic -- also chaired the 2005 Philanthropy Roundtable conference on higher education cited in the article as having catalyzed much of the recent activity. We're delighted by the success concerned alumni and engaged faculty are having on campuses today, and we hope you will join us at ATHENA in a few weeks to hear even more glad tidings.
Posted by Charles Mitchell on September 22, 2008 at September 22, 2008 03:20 PM
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