Part of a four-article report on "Learning in Black Colleges.

Continuing education can help health practitioners move beyond the narrow confines of their specialty so that they can identify themselves with the mainstream of humanity. (SK)

Asserts that the resources available for teaching values through the humanities are unlimited and offers specific examples of suitable works. (Author/WD)

Cites the growing influence of new technologies as a major force in the rise of a cultural studies that tends to marginalize literature. Contends that reading must be distinguished from theory and that genuine acts of reading disable or disqualify the theory that may have been the motivating presupposition of the reader. (PA)

Argues that transitioning from physical education to kinesiology involved developing the kinesiological sciences such that the discipline has become dominated by a scientific outlook, thus marginalizing the humanistic features of movement. Gym classes are being weeded out of many university programs, with the claim that they must be retained and…

Argues that the healer acts as the muse of the humanities, while the humanities function as healer's creative force. Describes how the author reached the crossroads of the humanities and healing (as an English professor and a psychotherapist), and examines the work of John Keats. Shows how poetry therapists stand at the crossroads where emotion…

Asserts that by stressing the humanities' importance to individual and societal health and well-being, service learning can provide opportunities to serve arts organizations and other humanistic institutions of learning. Suggests that such experiences will better ensure the development of life-long learning habits and humanistic citizenship. (EV)

Presents case histories of late-life creativity in literature (May Sarton), painting (Marcel Duchamp), music (Leos Janacek), dance (Martha Graham), and theatre (Jessica Tandy). Offers suggestions for a course on humanistic creativity in later life. (Contains 74 references.) (SK)

This article makes the case for the relevance of Kant's perception in "The Contest of the Faculties" of the Humanities (as Philosophy) both to the university and to society in general. It illustrates this point by commenting on 20th-century essays by such diverse thinkers as Freud, Weber and Hayek. It suggests that the future of the Humanities is…

This report discusses concerns that the future of the UK's world class research base might be threatened by the decline in modern language learning and calls for a series of measures by Universities and Government bodies to address this danger. It investigates evidence for the role of language skills in academic research in the humanities and…

In the late 1970s, it became clear to a group of Kirkwood Community College (KCC) faculty and administrators that fewer and fewer students were taking humanities courses, that students' selection of courses was usually imbalanced, and that most had little idea of what the term "humanities" embraced. With a grant from the National…

Two schools of thought exist with regard to the goals of humanities instruction. The "university orientation" places an emphasis upon impersonal, intellectual, and purely academic objectives. The "liberal arts orientation" maintains that humanities instruction should contribute to the beliefs, values, expectations, attitudes, fears, emotions, and…

An examination of both the plight of the humanities and present reasons for a measure of "tempered optimism" is conducted. A profile of the graduate student in the humanities provides a sketch of his qualifications, attitudes, and progress. Increased financial aid, the establishment of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, and…

This is a students' programmed text for Level Alpha of a humanistic approach to the instruction of Classical Greek and Greek culture in secondary schools. The goals of the program are to help students become aware of: (1) the impact of Hellenic civilization on contemporary society, including the impact of the Greek language on English; (2) the…

This is a teacher's guide for Level Beta of a humanistic approach to instruction of Classical Greek and Greek culture in secondary schools. The goals of the program are to help students become aware of: (1) the impact of Hellenic civilization on contemporary society, including the impact of the Greek language on English; (2) the similarities and…