Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Duke University $3M to Grow Liberal Arts Colleges and HBCU Visiting Faculty
Duke University has landed a $3 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to grow its relationships with liberal arts colleges and historically black colleges and universities. The grant will fund a five-year initiative called Humanities Unbounded, which will include roughly a dozen two-year visiting faculty fellowships, according to Gennifer Weisenfeld, dean of the humanities at Duke.
Humanities Unbounded builds on a previous initiative – also funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation – known as Humanities Writ Large. While HWL involved 1-year visiting faculty fellowships, Humanities Unbounded will see selected visiting faculty fellows spend one year at Duke, followed by a second funded year teaching and continuing research at their home campuses, says Weisenfeld...