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<h2>What are Public Humanities?</h2>
<p>Public humanities mean cultural work in the public interest and
liberal arts education for democracy. The public humanities movement
seeks the same goal (that is, to make colleges and universities ?agents
and architects of a flourishing democracy?) that inspired the
Declaration on the Civic Responsibilities of Higher Education, adopted
July 4, 1999 and endorsed by more than 300 university and college
presidents nationwide. According to the Declaration, ?[c]ivic
engagement means an institutional commitment to public purposes and
responsibilities intended to strengthen a democratic way of life in the
rapidly changing information age of the 21st century.?</p>
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What are Public Humanities?
Public humanities mean cultural work in the public interest and
liberal arts education for democracy. The public humanities movement
seeks the same goal (that is, to make colleges and universities “agents
and architects of a flourishing democracy”) that inspired the
Declaration on the Civic Responsibilities of Higher Education, adopted
July 4, 1999 and endorsed by more than 300 university and college
presidents nationwide. According to the Declaration, “[c]ivic
engagement means an institutional commitment to public purposes and
responsibilities intended to strengthen a democratic way of life in the
rapidly changing information age of the 21st century.”
