Emphasis on the conflict between humanism and technology in curriculum development serves to detract from the important and feasible task of using technology to further humanize education. (JH)

Examines the humanistic and artistic interest within the speech communication field. (PD)

Reports on the New Mexico Humanities Newspaper Project through which state scholars become newspaper contributors. (HOD)

Describes New York University's program for retraining recipients of Ph.D.'s in the humanities for careers in business. (EKN)

Discusses the relationship between the humanities and cooperative education and its relevance to today's working world. Because humanistic values are intrinsically needed in a technological society, humanities teachers and students must be integrated into the world of work. (JOW)

Adapted from the report of the Commission on the Humanities, "The Humanities in American Life" (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980). The humanities' role in education is explored. (MLF)

Describes media literacy followed by argument for its inclusion in secondary school curriculum. Includes discussion of research on media literacy and examples of classroom curriculum. (Contains 28 references.)(PKP)

The article describes organizing a seminar in the humanities as a "metalogue" where the object of study is both a text and the occasion itself, as well as the conscious analogical relation between the two. Two examples of the seminar as metalogue are offered. (Author/DB)

Analyzes the antihumanistic elements of Jacques Derrida's theory of deconstruction. Argues that the modern French intellectuals, including Foucault, Derrida, and Lacan, have had an antihumanistic effect on the American social sciences and humanities by rejecting the existence of truth, morality, and rationality. (FMW)

Describes the interdisciplinary and psychological links between the sciences and specific fields of the humanities, including history, literature, and theology and the role of imagination in science. (PAM)

Examines the historical background of the journal "Libraries & Culture," formerly known as "Journal of Library History." Discusses a shift in focus from the library profession to the literary humanities and the history profession, and considers the evolution of library history in the last third of the twentieth century. (Author/LRW)

Claims poststructuralism offers vocabularies and arguments that might help administrators analyze academic practices. Argues the theory (1) offers a critique of faith in immutable truths that is usefully remembered in practicing administration; (2) provides an important reminder of the waywardness of language; and (3) is useful in its…

Discusses the work of Andrew Debicki, an academician with a commitment to twentieth century poetry. Considers the position of peninsular Spanish literature within the context of the humanities today. (Author/VWL)