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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy sponsored the National Commission on Language Learning and its final report: America’s Languages: Investing in Language Education for the 21st Century, both of which were in original impetus for the “America’s Languages Initiative.

Mission

Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences honors excellence and convenes leaders from every field of human endeavor to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and work together "to cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity, and happiness of a free, independent, and virtuous people."