PLAYING TO THE CROWDS AT THE EXPENSE OF SCHOLARSHIP

The US’s National Endowment for the Humanities has been supporting popular traveling exhibitions in an attempt to reach out to audiences. “To many scholars, the idea that the endowment supports barn photography with enthusiasm while it considers cutting scholarly projects represents a terrible shift in priorities. And to these scholars, the shift couldn’t come at a worse time, since the agency is already short on cash, with a budget of only $115-million.” – Chronicle of Higher Education 10/02/00