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Download full textMonterey Peninsula Coll., CA. – 1976
The conference brought together staff of the National Endowment for the Humanities and more than 150 teachers and administrators from 15 states to discuss the future of the humanities in contemporary education and to review six model humanities programs in two- and four-year colleges. The model programs include: (1) Austin College's total…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Humanities, Humanities Instruction
Schmeltekopf, Donald D., Ed.; Billiar, Donald E., Ed. – 1983
This collection of articles, reviews, and reports related to the humanities in community and two-year colleges begins with Fred Pincus's "Class Conflicts and Community Colleges: Vocational Education during the Reagan Years," which discusses the social effects of the Reagan administration's educational policies, especially with respect to…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy
Schmeltekopf, 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
Yarrington, Roger, Ed. – 1980
Based on the deliberations and outcomes of the National Assembly on the Strengthening of the Humanities, this report contains recommendations for the improvement of humanities education in community colleges. The first article in the report, "Reviving the Humanities: Data and Direction," by Arthur M. Cohen and Florence B. Brawer, provides…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Involvement, Community Support
Society for Health and Human Values, Philadelphia, PA. – 1972
This document reports on the second session held by the Society for Health and Human Values. The aim of the meeting is to concentrate on specific measures for achieving a human-values orientation within the varied settings of medical education. Specifically, the following questions are raised: Why human values studies in medical education? How are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Health, Higher Education, Humanism
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1977
A round table discussion among community college presidents and humanities faculty on how to encourage adults to enroll in humanities courses resulted in eleven recommendations. These included experimentation in how to access community interests in humanities courses, the integration of humanities with occupational training to help people deal…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Maryland Univ., College Park. – 1982
The council for the Understanding of Technology in Human Affairs (CUTHA) is a broad-based educational group whose purpose is to promote the understanding of technology and its relationships to society. Provided in this document is a summary of CUTHA's third curriculum workshop which focused on technology for the liberal arts student. The major…
Descriptors: Administration, Art, College Curriculum, College Science
Chicago City Colleges, IL. – 1985
Papers presented at "The Future of Literature in the Community College" conference are included in this proceedings. The following papers are presented: (1) "The Value of Literature in the Community College Curriculum: One Credo, Several Courses," by Carol Barrett; (2) "The Use of Literature in the Teaching of English as a Second Language," by…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Triplette, Marianne, Ed. – 1983
Twenty-three conference papers related to the topic of women and curriculum are presented. Keynote addresses have been grouped together in the first section to provide an overview of the field of women's studies. Papers covering research about women in the sciences, social sciences, and the humanities are grouped together in Part II. The text…
Descriptors: Blacks, Curriculum Development, Employed Women, Feminism
Kelder, Richard, Ed. – 1994
This collection of 26 papers focuses on interdisciplinarity and its impact on the core or general education curriculum at postsecondary institutions. The papers include: "Professing or Instructing: Outstanding Challenges in the Task of Facilitating Student Reflection on Identity as Individual, as Family Member, and as Citizen" (Steve R. Gordy and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Colleges, Community Colleges
Cross, Robert D.; Bennett, Clifford T. – 1987
This document reports on a summer institute for 20 secondary school history teachers from the central Virginia public school community. Emphasis at the institute was on the fact that historically, as well as morally, all people are important. This idea is the basis for the "new social history" that tends to start with everyday experience. Because…
Descriptors: Course Content, Cultural Context, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1981
The need for better high school/college articulation is addressed in five papers. In "High School/College Partnerships That Work," Ernest L. Boyer describes the ongoing efforts to encourage high school/college collaboration and considers five principles necessary for establishing cooperative programs, including the need for educators at…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), College Faculty, College Preparation
Guroff, Katharine S., Ed.; Boeker, Margaret C. – 1981
Conference proceedings and descriptions of 62 projects funded through Project QUILL (Quality in Liberal Learning) are presented. Project QUILL, which began in 1978, awarded small incentive grants to higher education institutions to encourage new approaches to the integration of traditional disciplines, professional education, and the needs of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Students, Career Education, College Curriculum
