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How do the humanities provide vital tools for living?
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is a research university attracting students from across the globe and offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees. Photo: Brendan George Ko for Mellon Foundation
Our understanding of culture and history is critical to creating meaning in our lives today. Yet, there’s dwindling enrollment in higher education across liberal arts disciplines. To help shape a shared future, Mellon is committed to broadening opportunities through the humanities and expanding how we define both the classroom and the student of the world.
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