General education requirements in the humanities at American colleges and universities were studied by the Higher Education Panel in spring 1984, based on usable surveys returned by 374 of the 454 institutions to which the survey had been sent. Data from the colleges were statistically weighted to reflect the national population of 2,566…

One of a set of programmed texts specifically designed for college upperclassmen doing research for term papers, this text focuses on humanities related topics, and the examples have been selected with advanced research for academic disciplines in mind. The text emphasizes making critical and evaluative judgments about the materials used and is…

A collection of reports on 12 classroom-based research projects is presented, representing the individual and collaborative efforts of faculty, advisors, and program coordinators from Sacramento City College and Irvine Valley College, California. First, a final report is presented on the Cooperative Classroom-Based Research project, including…

A survey of university department heads in selected social sciences and humanities departments of Canadian universities was undertaken to determine the extent to which bibliographic training formed a component of curriculum during the year 1982-1983. The questionnaire was administered to 407 department heads of whom 241 (59.2%) replied. For the…

Opinions of senior academic officials about changes in the quality of students in the humanities over the past 5 years were surveyed in 1982. Responses were received from officials from 385 institutions with undergraduate programs and 295 schools with graduate programs. Sixty-two percent of the officials believed that undergraduate student quality…

The report presents data from a nationwide survey conducted in spring 1988 to obtain information about undergraduate general education and humanities requirements in U.S. colleges and universities for students entering in 1983-84 and 1988-89. Two sections of the report focus on general education requirements at four-year schools and general…

This study examines the status of and influences on the humanities in community service programs at eight community colleges in Southern California and offers recommendations for improving this position. After introductory material and a review of the literature on humanities and community services in the two-year college, Chapter II presents the…

Describes a survey of reference-bibliographers at 21 medium sized academic libraries that examined workload in terms of daily activities, committee work, and publication responsibilities. The need for further research to determine the impact of reference-bibliographer workload on the quality of library services is emphasized. The questionnaire…

Findings and methodological problems of a survey on financial support for humanities in higher education are discussed. Usable data were gathered from 351 of 671 Higher Education Panel member institutions. Two weighting methodologies were employed. The conventional method assumed that nonrespondents were similar to respondents, whereas a…

This report discusses the structures, procedures, outcomes, and evaluation of the Tier One Project (TOP), which was conducted at Los Medanos College from July 1981 to February 1983 to develop general education courses embodying humanities concerns. Background to the project is provided first, delineating TOP's objectives of examining general…

Enrollments of students over 18 years old in part-time education and training programs were studied in 1981, with special emphasis on adults studying the humanities. Information is provided on: the characteristics of adult students enrolled in humanities courses, the subjects that they studied, reasons adult students studied the humanities, the…

The Scholars-in-the-Schools program (SIS), previously known as Humanities-in-the-Schools (HIS), is designed to improve humanities education by placing humanities scholars in residence at a middle school or high school. The scholar works with teachers and students as a resource person in a variety of ways: as a curriculum consultant; lecturer;…

The result of a 2-year research project conducted by the Center for the Study of Community Colleges, this report summarizes trends in humanities education in the two-year colleges in the United States as revealed through national surveys of full- and part-time humanities instructors, campus facilitators, and community service directors. The first…

Materials from a project to integrate the new research on women into the University of Arizona curriculum are divided into four sections. Section I, recruitment, contains a letter describing the project to prospective faculty participants and a list of questions used to interview faculty for participation in the project. Section II contains an…

Information on the size of the full-time humanities faculty, the proportion of that faculty who took sabbaticals or leaves without pay in recent years, and some of the policies and practices associated with sabbaticals was elicited by a survey of Higher Education Panel members. Usable responses were obtained from 546 colleges and universities, and…