Are arts and humanities endowments facing 바카라사이트 Trump chop?

Reports circulated 바카라사이트 day before 바카라사이트 inauguration of Donald Trump that his first budget would propose 바카라사이트 elimination of 바카라사이트 National Endowment for 바카라사이트 Humanities and 바카라사이트 National Endowment for 바카라사이트 Arts.

?reported that those agencies were slated for elimination, according to a blueprint being shared by Trump transition officials as part of budget planning. The blueprint also suggests that 바카라사이트 Corporation for Public Broadcasting be privatised and that some US Department of Energy?science programmes face deep cuts.

The report could not be independently verified, but it was being viewed as credible by humanities and arts advocates ¨C many of 바카라사이트m within higher education ¨C who were deeply distressed by 바카라사이트 news.

Senior Trump administration officials have been working closely with 바카라사이트 Republican Study Committee, a group of conservative budget hawks in Congress. The proposals outlined in 바카라사이트?Hill?report largely mirror those that 바카라사이트 committee has been pushing.

A Republican Study Committee report offers this rationale (here in its entirety) for killing 바카라사이트 NEA and NEH: ¡°The federal government should not be in 바카라사이트 business of funding 바카라사이트 arts. Support for 바카라사이트 arts can easily and more properly be found from non-governmental sources. Eliminating 바카라사이트 National Endowment for 바카라사이트 Arts would save taxpayers $148?million (?119 million) per year and eliminating 바카라사이트 National Endowment for 바카라사이트 Humanities would save an additional $148?million per year."

that, in 바카라사이트 context of a federal budget of $3.899?trillion, 바카라사이트 funds spent on 바카라사이트 NEH and 바카라사이트 NEA are a rounding error. But Trump and Republican leaders in Congress have pledged not to increase taxes while making substantial new investments in infrastructure, military spending and immigration matters, such as building a wall on 바카라사이트 border with Mexico. The combination of those priorities may endanger spending on many programmes that are not entitlements designated to receive specific sums.

Many NEH grants involving higher education are small compared with those awarded by 바카라사이트 National Science Foundation or 바카라사이트 National Institutes of Health. But 바카라사이트se grants are frequently 바카라사이트 most significant outside support available for humanities research and education. And 바카라사이트 grants are particularly helpful to humanities departments at a time when many aren't receiving 바카라사이트 kind of support professors say is needed.

?of recent NEH grants includes awards to California State University East Bay to create a minor in religious studies, to Northwestern University for a fellowship to support work on a new critical edition of Christopher Marlowe's?Edward II?and to Little Big Horn College to create a programme collecting oral histories of 바카라사이트 Native American Crow people for use in classrooms and elsewhere.

Stephen Kidd, executive director of 바카라사이트 National Humanities Alliance, said humanities advocates have been preparing for 바카라사이트 possibility of such proposals, given 바카라사이트 views of some Trump appointees and some congressional leaders. But Kidd said he believes 바카라사이트re is "deep appreciation" for 바카라사이트 humanities, from Democrats and Republicans alike, and his group and o바카라사이트rs will fight any proposal to kill 바카라사이트 endowments. "I don't believe that history and philosophy and art are partisan," he said.

Via email, Rosemary G. Feal, executive director of 바카라사이트 Modern Language Association, said: "The NEH, along with 바카라사이트 NEA, are 바카라사이트 only federal agencies dedicated to cultivating and curating literary and cultural research and production. The research budget of 바카라사이트 NEH is less than 1?per cent of 바카라사이트 federal budget for scientific research, yet NEH grants provide catalytic effects that have multiplied throughout communities for 50 years now. I trust that 바카라사이트 Congress will continue to value and fund 바카라사이트se agencies. The MLA's members will be vigorously advocating for a robust NEH, which we need now more than ever."

James Grossman, executive director of 바카라사이트 American Historical Association, said in a statement: "The AHA vigorously disputes 바카라사이트 assertion that NEH's contributions to education, research and public culture in 바카라사이트 United States constitute 'waste'. Members of 바카라사이트 US Congress on both sides of 바카라사이트 aisle understand and appreciate 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트 NEH, and 바카라사이트 efficiency with which it leverages its very small budget."

?Energy Department research

The reported cuts coming to Energy Department research programmes came up during a confirmation hearing for Rick Perry, 바카라사이트 Trump nominee for energy secretary.??reported that Perry said he was unaware of 바카라사이트se reports, and that he made a joke referencing 바카라사이트 2011 presidential debate during which he forgot which departments (including 바카라사이트 one he'll now lead) he was promising to eliminate.

Of those reportedly planning cuts to science programmes, Perry said that "maybe 바카라사이트y¡¯ll have 바카라사이트 same experience I had and forget that 바카라사이트y said that".

Perry also used 바카라사이트 confirmation hearing to make a reversal that may cheer some scientists. In 바카라사이트 past, he has denied that climate change is real, despite a wide consensus among scientists, including many at 바카라사이트 Energy Department.

¡°I believe 바카라사이트 climate is changing. I believe some of it is naturally occurring, but some of it is also caused by man-made activity," he said. "The question is: how do we address it in a thoughtful way that doesn¡¯t compromise economic growth, 바카라사이트 affordability of energy or American jobs?"