Strategic Framework 2025-2030: Bold Action for Growth and Strength
Our goal is to catalyze the re-centering of humanistic knowledge in academia and in society at large as a force for mutual understanding, the enrichment of individual lives, democratic participation, and better stewardship of our planet. We aim to gather and increase resources for humanistic knowledge in the forms of community-building, the sharing of strategies and best practices, and funding.
Strategic Objectives
Speak Out
Become an ever-stronger advocate for the humanities and social sciences
Promote
Reward ingenuity, quality, and brilliance in the production and circulation of knowledge
Transform
Catalyze change in academic practice and culture that strengthens the place and resonance of the humanities and social sciences
Be Ready for Anything
Increase our ability to adapt to changing conditions, threats, and needs
ACLS seeks a world where inquiry into human thought and endeavor is central to the missions of colleges and universities and valued as a public good. In this world, the community embraces a plurality of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, which is essential for excellence; study and debate proceed freely without fear or censorship; academic societies and institutions of higher education recognize and reward the full range of work that constitutes meaningful contributions to scholarship. Believing that knowledge is produced everywhere, across the arts and sciences, off campus as well as on campus, in all nations, we seek to dissolve the intellectual and professional walls and hierarchies that hinder free inquiry.