This report of a four-week continuing education seminar in the history of medical ethics for health care practitioners describes the participants, the process, the evaluation, and the outcomes of this infusion of the humanities into the health sciences. (SK)

Describes how visual arts curricula contribute to the attainment of American general education objectives. The contribution of the arts to culture and human fulfillment is discussed. Available from Carfax Publishing Company, P.O. Box 25, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 1RW England. (AM)

Asserts that just as the methodology of science is hypothetico-inductive research, rhetoric is the methodology of the humanitites. (JL)

The Talent Identification Program at Duke University has expanded from a 13- to a 16-state area and has offered courses for junior high students identified as gifted in mathematics, humanities, and the social sciences. (CL)

The difficulty in defining the terms "the humanities" and "nontraditional learners," it is suggested, lies in the breadth of the terms. The programs described involve people who have reached an age of legal and social responsibility and who are exploring the best ideas and things humans have produced. (MLW)

Describes the Communication module of the B.A. (Honors) Humanities modular degree at Bristol Polytechnic which involves non-Art and Design students in practical audiovisual media work as they undertake "live" projects for clients in the community, e.g., teachers, social workers, or charities. Five references are appended. (Author/LLS)

Examines reasons why those who engage in performance and direct performances take up the burden. Considers performance an authentic, primary experience; a way of knowing; and also a way of knowing what is worth knowing. (PD)

Project Heroes is a humanities program for learning disabled children which is designed to maximize four principles--appreciation of process, acknowledgement of independence, development of a sense of worth, and skill acquisition. (SB)

Responds to a report by the Commission of the Humanities that concluded the humanities need rethinking as much as support, explores the ways that teaching methods have jeopardized humanistic education. (HTH)

The article describes a unit of activities in the humanities (involving famous Americans who achieved heroic proportions) for junior high and high school gifted students. Activities include taking a class survey and exploring the importance of the contributions of the Americans included in the unit. (PHR)

Personal account of the trying but finally successful nonacademic job search of a recipient of a doctorate in English. (DF)

Human understanding, so different from prediction, manipulation, or explanation, is the origin of our moral sense. It is indispensable to us, and irreplaceable by any scientific method. Therefore, we must defend as best we can the education which refines and embellishes it. (Author/SJL)

Advocates treating the discipline of English as a part of the arts. Suggests that a whole curriculum would give equal attention to the arts, humanities, and mathematico-scientific studies. (HTH)

Suggests that technical writing courses and general writing courses should have the same goal: the development of thoughtful, communicating adults. (MKM)