Deborah Loewenberg Ball has been elected to the Council of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. This 19-member body comprises fellows of the Academy who, according to the Academy’s bylaws, advise the Board primarily on the academic work of the Academy, including studies and projects, publications, archives, and other programmatic matters. The Council:
Provides oversight of the scholarly and policy research activities of the Academy and its publications;
Presents to the Board any proposed policies and strategies related to the academic studies, commissions, publications, and other programmatic initiatives of the Academy;
Reviews and recommends to the Board for their approval all academic studies and commissions undertaken in the name of the Academy;
Provides advice regarding the Academy’s publications, including Dædalus and such other reports and bulletins; and
Approves topics for issues of Dædalus.
Loewenberg Ball was elected a fellow of the Academy in 2014 and serves on its Education Program Committee. She is currently a member of the Academy’s Higher Education Forum and was earlier a member of the Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education, taking part in the public launch in 2017 of its publication, The Future of Undergraduate Education, The Future of America in Washington, D.C.