This past summer, we convened the 46th ΦBK Triennial Council, the first ever to be entirely virtual. We gathered to celebrate the fundamental role that liberal arts and sciences education plays in our society and our democracy.
Three lessons in particular emerge from the crisis, the first two of which concern the critical importance of the liberal arts and sciences for our time.
We are reaching out to engage at the campus level as more institutions confront hard choices and as those choices threaten to undermine the possibilities for a robust arts and sciences experience.
Liberal education in particular cultivates the capacity to deal with complexity and diversity and not be threatened by differences of opinion.
The creativity and energy characteristic of the liberal arts enables us to continue our growth and our positive impact on the lives of our members and our nation.
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the resilience, generosity, and courage of our ΦBK family.
Phi Beta Kappa has a unique voice to contribute to conversations that matter today.
Phi Beta Kappa addresses efforts to eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Phi Beta Kappa has an important role to play in affirming the benefits of education, especially liberal arts education, for all of society.
Earning a key symbolizes a founding American ideal that many have questioned lately: opening the doors to opportunity based on merit.
The Society recently adopted a new strategic plan, “Mapping the Future of the Phi Beta Kappa Society,” that focuses on ΦBK’s potential role in a changing world.
A free and self-governing people require engaged and informed members of society. For this project, liberal arts education remains absolutely essential.
