Educational leaders have, from time to time, claimed that humanities students are going to find direction, confidence, purpose, and a richer life through their studies. Yet, these students are exposed to only a few samples of history or literature -- not nearly enough subject matter to enrich their lives. (CK)

The role of the humanist as interpreter of cultural documents is defined and discussed. (DB)

The article deals with historical concepts of progress as it relates to humanistic studies and the arts. An interpretation of Williams' work is used for illustration. (DB)

Incidents leading to social change are discussed. (CK)

A case is made for financial support for research and study in the humanities, which form part of what we call our cultural inheritance.

A justification and explication of the existence of elites in the academic world, but especially in the humanities where they perform a practical and necessary function for the enrichment of the mankind, is presented. (JH)

Research in the humanities should be done in areas of interest, under circumstances conducive to intellectual study and should not be undertaken for the purposes of gathering all information on a subject, for the purpose of seeking the novel, in order to apply the latest research tools, or totally because the subject is being taught and…

The discussion centers around the dimensions of classification and experience in the study of art, literature, the social sciences, and philosophy. (DB)

Research is controlled by variables (subject matter, personality of researcher, current interests, institutional setting, time period in the history of the discipline and of the world) which in turn generate a research style.'' The results of various forms of research are discussed here. (JB)

Interpreting art necessarily leads to a revelation of one's inner self. (CK)

Discusses man as the object of humanistic studies, the clarifying and proposing solutions to human problems as the method, and the rendering of human standards to consciousness as the way to finding meaning. (DB)

The article discusses alternatives to dogmatism and skepticism in humanistic research and teaching. (DB)

My argument will be that literary history is necessary less for the sake of intellect than for the sake of literature." Discussed are theories of form and literary vocation, using Milton as an example. (DB)

Higher education suffers from a conflict between the points of view of the old and the young. (CK)