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January 26, 2026

Helping Higher Education Leaders Prepare Students for Civic Life

The Ƶ has released a publication designed to help colleges and universities address a defining academic and societal challenge: preparing young people today with the knowledge, skills, and habits to sustain a healthy constitutional democracy. Preparing Students for Civic Life: A Guide for Higher Education Leaders includes strategies and case studies.
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December 29, 2025

What Humanities Indicators Measure and How They are Used

The Humanities Indicators, a project of the Ƶ, is a nationally recognized source of nonpartisan information about the humanities. The Indicators are available to the public. The information provided is used by journalists and decision-makers to understand and convey the state of the humanities for a range of audiences and purposes—including an array of examples compiled here.
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December 10, 2025

Support for Enlarging the House of Representatives in the Boston Globe

A Boston Globe editorial endorses responding to the nation’s “redistricting war” by increasing the size of the House of Representatives from its current 435 members, as recommended by the Ƶ in Our Common Purpose and a subsequent detailed proposal.
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Boston Globe editorial
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November 18, 2025

Legal and Economic Questions about AI Technologies

An article from UC Berkeley’s College of Computing, Data Science, and Society covers an Ƶ event featuring experts at Berkeley titled “Generative AI Is Terrific, But Is it Really Legal?” The coverage highlights the legal and economic issues at the intersection of artificial intelligence and creative endeavors.
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UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society

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