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Download full textBlackman, Sandra; Chodorow, Stanley; Ohmann, Richard; Okura, Sandra; Purrington, Sandra Sanchez; Stein, Robert – 1994
This paper records three plenary sessions held at the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) National Education Conference, August 27-29, 1993. The conference built on what was learned in the first year of the project and reported in ACLS Occasional Paper 20. Sessions allowed participants to talk with colleagues who had been project…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanities
American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY. – 1994
These papers are the work of scholars who received support as post-secondary fellows in 1992-93 in the Elementary and Secondary Schools Teacher Curriculum Development Project. The project seeks to familiarize teachers with current developments in the humanities, support their development of curricular materials based on their studies, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction
Washington State Board for Community Coll. Education, Olympia. – 1982
This collection of materials examines and advocates the role of the humanities in society. First, the importance of advocacy in explaining the significance of the humanities is underscored, and the purpose and content of the collection are outlined. Next, the mission of the humanities in helping people understand their options and develop their…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Benefits
Rand, Richard, Ed. – 1992
This book provides a collection of papers that address issues central to university ideals: the teaching of values, the role of philosophy and literary studies in their sister disciplines (especially history), the precarious balance between research and teaching, the defense of intellectual autonomy, and the public responsibility of the…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Colleges, Conflict Resolution
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1988
Presented is a compilation of materials concerning the Augusta College Humanities Program in Augusta, Georgia, beginning with a brief description of the program and its background. In 1984, the college began a 2.5-year project to revitalize and strengthen its required sophomore level three course humanities sequence (Greece and Rome, the Middle…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Course Descriptions, Experiential Learning
Gill, David W., Ed. – 1997
Essays on the role of religion in higher education include: "Should God Get Tenure?" (David W. Gill); "On Being a Professor: The Case of Socrates" (Bruce R. Reichenbach); "Academic Excellence: Cliche or Humanizing Vision?" (Merold Westphal); "Religion, Science, and the Humanities in the Liberal Arts Curriculum" (H. Newton Maloney); "Tolstoy and…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Christianity, College Curriculum, College Faculty
Brawer, Florence B., Ed. – 1980
Based on research conducted by the Center for the Study of Community Colleges between 1975 and 1980, this monograph presents 11 articles on the role of humanities and sciences at two-year colleges. In the first three articles, Miriam Beckwith compares data on humanities faculty in Washington State with nationwide information; Joseph Marks…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Curriculum Research, Educational Media
O'Callaghan, Phyllis, Ed. – 1988
Thirteen essays describe the interdisciplinary approach of the graduate liberal studies program from the point of view of each of the disciplines involved: philosophy, history, art, literature, social science, psychology, science, and theology. The following are included: "Graduate Liberal Studies Programs: Origin and Aims" (Phyllis O'Callaghan);…
Descriptors: Art Education, College Programs, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories
Koblik, Steven, Ed.; Graubard, Stephen R., Ed. – 2000
This book seeks to examine the residential liberal arts colleges as an institution, from its role in the lives of students, to its value as a form of education. It explores the threat faced by liberal arts colleges, as well as the transformative role, but positive and negative, information technology will play in future development and survival.…
Descriptors: Democracy, Diversity (Institutional), Educational Economics, Educational Finance
Watson, JoAnna M., Ed.; Stevens, Rex P., Ed. – 1982
Nine essays on education in the humanities and the debate surrounding liberal education are presented by the faculty of Mercer University. "Liberal Education and the Christian Intellectual Tradition," by Willis B. Glover, addresses the root question of what liberal education means. In "Science as a Liberal Arts Discipline," Dan R. Quisenberry…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Educational Assessment, Educational Benefits
Bardo, John W., Ed. – 1990
This collected work presents nine papers concerning state college and university expectations which were originally presented at an August 1989 conference in Colorado developed by the Academic Affairs Resource Center. Topics considered in the essays include the essential philosophy undergirding the American Association of State Colleges and…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Economic Development, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
Finn, Chester E., Jr, Ed.; Ravitch, Diane, Ed. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2007
Citing Aristotle, Franklin and Einstein as proponents of a broad, liberal-arts education, Finn and Ravitch promote the need for liberal learning as preparatory to the civic life needed for a well-functioning democracy. Drawing together the work of a number of educators, the editors have organized this volume in two sections. Part I, Liberal…
Descriptors: General Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Democracy, Accountability
