The Foundation supports education in the liberal arts because public life must be informed by the sustained and rigorous acts of thinking that a great education sponsors and exercises. There is no true excellence without true representation in a democracy.
Education is the gateway to excellence and equity.
The Foundation aims to promote excellence and redress inequity by supporting individual achievement and providing challenging opportunities for traditionally underrepresented groups. Teachers as Intellectual Leaders Meaningful partnerships among all levels of education are critical for chartering teaching as a lofty profession. Only by treating teachers as lifelong learners and giving them the means to expand their own minds will they be able to foster the intellects of the young.