For Cultural Endowments, Modest Gains

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Under President Obama's budget proposal for the 2013 fiscal year, the National Endowments for the Arts and for the Humanities would each be allocated $8-million more than in the 2012 fiscal year. The proposed budget, released on Monday, would increase spending at each of the endowments to $154-million, up from the $146-million each organization received when Congress finally approved a comprehensive spending plan for the current year in December. Among other activities, the two endowments offer grants to colleges for academic programs, research, and fellowships in the arts and humanities.