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We call on Secretary McMahon and all readers of her letter to stand with us in support of this vital knowledge and for the funding it deserves.

ACLS urges the Department of Education not to rescind the regulations governing Title VI and Fulbright-Hays programs.

ACLS strongly opposes key parts of the proposed changes and urges the Office to withdraw the proposal.

ACLS President Joy Connolly shares an update on our litigation and lessons learned about advocating for the humanities and social sciences.

ACLS President Joy Connolly addresses the latest attacks on humanistic knowledge on the federal and state levels.

On Thursday, May 7, 2026, US District Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that the mass termination by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) of more than 1,400 grants to support scholars, research institutions, and humanities organizations was “unlawful, unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect.”…

ACLS joined ACE and 37 other higher education associations in submitting a comment letter to the Department of Education.

Joy Connolly details political attacks on higher education, including a censorship review process at Texas Tech University, and urges renewed advocacy for academic freedom.

Joy Connolly outlines how attacks on tenure, academic freedom, and international exchange threaten the vitality of higher education and our democracy.

The American Council of Learned Societies joins PEN America in sending a letter in defense of academic freedom to the Texas A&M Board of Regents