"The grants continue the Trump administration's funding of university programs labeled as civics, civil discourse, Western civilization, great books and other topics that many conservatives back. Earlier this month, the administration announced it awarded nearly $38 million in other grants to civil discourse efforts at universities. Now the NEH, which the Trump administration overhauled last year, says it's further fueling the spread of such initiatives."
"The largest NEH awards-$10 million apiece-are going to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Texas at Austin and the Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education. The New York Times, citing unnamed sources, reported that "many of the large grants" from NEH, including those three, "were noncompetitive, meaning the recipients were selected to apply." The NEH and White House didn't respond to Inside Higher Ed 's requests for comment Friday."
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded more than $75 million in grants, including $10 million each to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education. The awards fund programs labeled civics, civil discourse, Western civilization, and great books. Nearly $38 million was awarded earlier to civil discourse efforts at universities. Many large grants were noncompetitive, with recipients selected to apply. Last year the Department of Government Efficiency sent termination notices to 65 percent of NEH staff and canceled over 1,000 grants totaling $175 million; a federal judge blocked cancellation. The president proposed defunding the NEH, and the White House fired multiple members of the National Council on the Humanities, leaving only four members, all Trump appointees.
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