Humanities

====In liberal arts education====
[[The Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences]] 2013 report, ''The Heart of the Matter, supports'' the notion of a broad "[[Liberal arts colleges|liberal arts education]]", which includes study in disciplines from the natural sciences to the arts as well as the humanities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/06/18/humanities-social-sciences-column/2436093/ |date=Jun 18, 2013 |first1=Norman |last1=Augustine |first2=David |last2=Skorton |title=Humanities, social sciences critical to our future |website=[[USA Today]] |access-date=2017-11-02 |archive-date=2018-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016114736/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/06/18/humanities-social-sciences-column/2436093/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/428644/august-15-2013/richard-brodhead |title=The Colbert Report: Richard Brodhead |date= August 15, 2013 |website=Colbert Nation |access-date=2013-09-09 |archive-date=2013-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909041842/http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/428644/august-15-2013/richard-brodhead |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Many [[colleges]] provide such an education; some require it. The [[University of Chicago]] and [[Columbia University]] were among the first schools to require an extensive [[core curriculum]] in philosophy, literature, and the arts for all students.<ref>[[Louis Menand]], "The Problem of General Education", in ''The Marketplace of Ideas'' (W. W. Norton, 2010), especially pp. 32–43.</ref> Other colleges with nationally recognized, mandatory programs in the liberal arts are [[Fordham University]], [[St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)|St. John's College]], [[Saint Anselm College]] and [[Providence College]]. Prominent proponents of liberal arts in the United States have included [[Mortimer J. Adler]]<ref>Adler, Mortimer J.; "A Guidebook to Learning: For the Lifelong Pursuit of Wisdom"</ref> and [[E. D. Hirsch, Jr.]]