The use of new technologies to deliver courses in humanities to adult, off-campus students in rural western Minnesota is described in nine essays. A 4-year project was funded to improve access to the humanities, resulting in the redesign of 40 courses since 1981. In addition discussing the background of the project, evaluative mechanisms, and committee structures, descriptions are provided of faculty member's experiences in adapting and teaching the humanities courses using audio teleconferencing, audio tapes, video tapes, correspondence, and computer-assisted instruction. Essay titles and authors are as follows: "Institutional Cooperation to Improve Access to the Humanities in Western Minnesota" (Gerrit Groen); "Evaluation and Funding of Course Modification Proposals" (Mary Hickerson); "Adapting English Courses to Independent Study" (Vern Thompson); "Creating Computer-Assisted Instructional Programs for 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey'" (Gary L. Litt); "An Adaptation of an Elementary Spanish Course for the Rural, Adult Learner" (Janice Wright); "Adapting Three English Courses for Off-Campus Delivery" (David Pichaske); "Three Courses, Three Experiments in the Design of Independent-Correspondent Courses" (Joseph Amato); "Teaching 'Stereotypes of Women in Literature' by Telelecture" (Patricia K. Hansen); and "Structure and Freedom: Redesigning a Course in Scandinavian History" (Richard Lewis). (SW)