Compares the historical approach to research methodologies in other social sciences. The author concludes that history, as a discipline, is more of a humanity because it does not claim to understand why changes occur over time, but devotes itself to describing the past events which shape present and future. (AM)

Imaginative account of an encounter between a modern English teacher and John Dewey, applying Dewey's insights to contemporary issues in English education. (DF)

Discusses the state of the humanities in the two-year college. (FL)

Attempts a brief summary of the American critical scene for the period 1935-1965 in order to indicate the serial prominence of 1) a sociological, 2) a New-Critical, and 3) a Marxist moment in literary criticism. Sets out to assert that for any literary work to be taught as a humanity is to bring to bear upon it the arts of communication,…

Contends that academia needs to move beyond separate departments and disciplines as they have been understood over the past century. Advocates facing up to the gravity of the environmental situation, looking for a sustainable vision that will unite individuals in a community effort, and seeking literary insights into the problem. (PA)

Dennie Palmer Wolf's career has taken her from teaching in a two-room schoolhouse to groundbreaking research on portfolios and alternative assessments. Today she directs PACE (Performance Collaboratives for Education) and is a senior research associate at Harvard Graduate School of Education. In an unequal society, schools are obligated to help…

Although administrative science has made much progress over the years, it continues to be a fragmented field of study. This essay explores one source of the continuing fragmentation of administrative science--the extensive but partial rapprochement with the humanities that has occurred in recent decades. The connection to the traditional topics of…

Describes a conference entitled Teaching for the Public Good: The Future of the Humanities in Public Higher Education. Considers what effect the humanities can and should have on public higher education now. Outlines the objectives of the conference. Discusses what is meant by public education. Considers the responsibility of humanities educators…

Uses Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse" and other novels to dramatize and highlight the conversations, conflicts, and multiple voices within and around the reader. Challenges readers to listen to all the voices in their minds for the sake of achieving a more communicative form of life. (MG)

Interviews Dale Bachman Flynn, professor of cardiology and dean of admissions and student affairs at Emory University School of Medicine, about his "In the Country of Hearts," a collection of stories about his medical practice. Discusses Flynn's personal life; his life-long practice of writing; and his interest in the intersections among medicine,…

Describes textual database queries in the humanities based on poststructuralist theories and experiences with the ARTFL (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language) database. The use of computers for literary research and text interpretation and analysis is considered. (Contains nine references.) (LRW)

Teaching health occupations students to empathize with and understand the values and concerns of patients is critical. Using literature to illustrate ethical and clinical issues is an effective means of sensitizing students to the impact they have. (SK)

Surveys scholars of children's literature to investigate role of informal information channels in humanities research. Finds that, rather than working in isolation, more than 50% of all respondents indicated that at least 50% of the time they discussed their work in its early stages, discussed specific primary sources, and found ideas for their…

Discussion of information retrieval as a process of communication focuses on the concept of symbolic interaction. Topics addressed include communication, interaction, and information retrieval; information retrieval as symbolic interaction and as social interaction; and examples from a study of the information behavior of humanities scholars at…

Reviews scholarly research (from journalism, communication, business, and the humanities) on the specialized business press. Notes the lack of theory building and ties across disciplines, and anticipates that new advances in CD-ROM technology may increase research into the field as well as strengthen ties across disciplines. (SR)