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Kepple, Ronald A.; And Others – 1985
In response to William J. Bennett's "To Reclaim a Legacy: A Report on the Humanities in Higher Education," five essays provide insights into the humanities from varying perspectives. "Humanities Education and Business," by John A. Ziegler, underscores the importance of a liberal education in business and industry, considering…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives, Educational Quality
Rassweiler, Anne D., Ed.; Hylander, Joan W., Ed. – 1984
The keynote address before the Community College Humanities Association (CCHA) Central Division Conference is presented in this publication along with a series of reports reflecting the activities of the CCHA for 1983-84. In his address entitled "Born Again Humanities or Here Comes the Sun," Landon C. Kirchner discusses the incipient…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Humanities, Professional Associations
Download full textSchmeltekopf, Donald D., Ed.; Rassweiler, Anne D., Ed. – 1980
This two-part report contains the papers delivered at a national planning workshop conducted by the Community College Humanities Association (CCHA) in October 1979 to analyze the role of the humanities at the community college, as well as the report of the inaugural conference of the CCHA. Part I begins with Donald Schmeltekopf's presidential…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
Schmeltekopf, Donald D., Ed.; Rassweiler, Anne D., Ed. – Review and Proceedings of the Community College Humanities Association, 1982
Designed as a forum for views on issues concerning the humanities in two-year colleges, this journal begins with "A Call for Common Learning," in which Ernest Boyer discusses the goals of education and outlines six themes which students should study to understand themselves, their society, and the world in which they live. Responding to…
Descriptors: Business Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum
Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1980
This report provides the verbatim minutes of the meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on the theme, The Future of Scholarly Communication. Comments by David W. Breneman and Warren J. Haas on the Report of the National Enquiry into Scholarly Communication were followed by general discussion, as was Richard W. Boss's The Library…
Descriptors: Communications, Cost Effectiveness, Humanities, Library Catalogs
Jones, Alan H., Ed. – 1985
This seminar discussed the civic preparation that educators themselves need to enable them to better prepare elementary and secondary students to become more effective and responsible citizens. The proceedings began with a paper on "Civil Learning for Teachers: Capstone for Educational Reform," by R. Freeman Butts. Following this, the five general…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility
Pennsylvania Governor's Office, Harrisburg. Office of the Cultural Advisor. – 1990
Presented by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and focusing on education and the arts, humanities, and sciences, these proceedings present a public discourse about useful knowledge for the 1990s. Ernest L. Boyer discusses the need for students to learn to make connections by putting their learning in historical, social, and ethical perspective.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Fine Arts, Futures (of Society)
Copas, Ernestine M., Ed.; And Others – 1981
Proceedings of a workshop on career advancement for women faculty members and administrators within the University System of Georgia are presented. The workshop was a vehicle for faculty development and an experience in networking. Topics include professional writing in science, the humanities, and education; strategies for academic promotion, and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Career Ladders, Editing, Faculty Promotion
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1982
Presentations made at this semiannual meeting include papers on the first 50 years of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the challenge to libraries from changing scholarship, a report from the Library of Congress (LC) on new preservation technologies, and a report on the ARL business meeting. Individual papers address the history of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Federal Legislation, History, Humanities
Lightman, Marjorie, Ed.; Zeisel, William, Ed. – 1981
Proceedings of a conference on independent research institutions and scholarly life in the 1980s, which was sponsored by the Institute for Research in History, are presented. Summaries of workshops and the general session transcript are presented along with an introductory essay. A working papers essay is also included to delineate the major areas…
Descriptors: Ethics, Financial Support, Higher Education, Humanities
Potter, David L., Ed. – 1985
Proceedings of a conference on Virginia's undergraduate curriculum are presented. Attention is focused on the future of the traditional arts and sciences disciplines. Contents include: (1) a keynote address on benefits of studying the humanities, along with answers to audience questions (William H. Bennett, head of the National Endowment for the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Curriculum, College Planning, College Science
Schmeltekopf, Donald D., Ed.; Rassweiler, Anne D., Ed. – 1981
This four-part volume addresses issues that concern the humanities in community colleges. Part I provides: (1) Martin E. Marty's discussion of the role of community colleges in promoting the humanities within society; (2) Mark H. Curtis' description of the current rift between vocational and humanities education and of efforts to ameliorate this…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Frankena, William K., Ed. – 1980
Focusing on critical issues facing graduate education, these papers presented at a conference sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) examine areas such as declining enrollments, job shortage among college teachers, and the role of graduate schools in relation to the various intellectual disciplines. The overview paper,…
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Responsibility
International Society for Individualized Instruction, Chico, CA. – 1986
Papers presented at this conference focus primarily on the development of critical thinking and problem solving skills. Topics related to critical thinking include metacognition, curriculum development, and teaching strategies in foreign languages; teaching critical reading of literature to develop critical thinking skills; use of guided design in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Critical Thinking, Humanities, Individualized Instruction
Buckingham, Cynthia, Ed.; And Others – 1982
Five essays on public uses of the humanities from the 1981 National Conference of State Humanities Councils are presented. After a foreword by Donald Gibson and an introduction by Steven Weiland, "The Uses and Status of Literature" by Catherine Stimpson is presented. She recommends that public programs in the humanities address the…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Education, Educational Quality, Higher Education
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