Tag: Mellon

  • How to Influence a University Without Anyone Noticing

    Noah Swank
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    By Tao TanMarch 2, 2026 The Mellon Foundation has changed the shape of the humanities and social sciences, as three recent pieces have powerfully shown. Tyler Austin Harper argued in The Atlantic that Mellon’s funding concentration leaves ambitious humanities scholars with little practical alternative to aligning their work with the foundation’s priorities. John D. Sailer

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