By ELLA DELANY
The New York Times - December 1, 2013
NEW YORK — In the global marketplace of higher education, the humanities
are increasingly threatened by decreased funding and political attacks.
Financing for humanities research in the United States has fallen
steadily since 2009, and in 2011 was less than half of one percent of
the amount dedicated to science and engineering research and
development. This trend is echoed globally: According to a report in
Research Trends magazine, by Gali Halevi and Judit Bar-Ilan,
international arts and humanities funding has been in constant decline
since 2009.
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