This report contains brief descriptions of National Endowment for the Humanities programs as well as a complete listing of all Endowment grants, entered by the division and program in which they were funded, for fiscal year 1991 (October 1, 1990 through September 30, 1991). The contents of the report are as follows: "Twenty Years of the…

Discusses the role of speech communication departments in higher education, focusing on student apathy in the humanities and the general educational financial crises. Suggests that speech professionals look to rhetorical and literary theorists and historians for leadership in the renewed pursuit of humanistic aims. (MH)

Presents in some detail three so-called generic areas of learning in which the author emphasizes that biological needs, drives and capacities are merely starting points in the acquisition of human knowledge. These interrelated processes are discussed under subtitles: 1) Familial bonding, 2) Institutionalized Education, and 3) Sex-role learning and…

Article described the conceptual outlook of a great teacher, Jacob Bronowski, who stressed in his new film series how imagination is influential in presenting scientific material for student audiences. (Author/RK)

Suggestions are made for realizing the essense of a culture, the general spirit premeating and expressing a era, and an event in time that must be explored -- all within the walls of a classroom. (Author/JH)

This book addresses the special set of communication and teaching tasks/problems faced by teaching assistants and lecturers in philosophy. Each of the eight chapters begins with an outline of the chapter's content. Chapter 1 reviews the unique problems faced by the graduate student who is both a student and a teacher. Chapter 2 discusses the…

To see literature as a sign and a symbol simply reasserts the view of the humanities as the embodiment of the highest aspirations of human nature. Human beings are sign givers and symbol makers as they look for the sacred meaning in their lives. Through a college humanities course, some of the symbols that artists employ in fiction, poetry, drama,…

Proceedings from this workshop sponsored by the Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship are intended to disseminate information to assist rural librarians engaged in planning and conducting public programs that explore issues related to the humanities. This report of the proceedings includes the texts of three presented papers, reactions from…

A workshop model focuses on using lesser-known resources to document black family history and lineage. Although designed for use in North Carolina, this model can be adapted for use in any state or community. Following an introduction which summarizes the workshop format is an overview which outlines the goals, objectives, and focus of the…

A critique of the Schools Council Humanities program discusses the lack of clarification of what the stated achievements of understanding, discrimination, and judgement in the human field really consist; what they logically entail, and what methodologies are consistent with them. (JH)

A deeply reflective essay on the ultimate necessity of shared purpose, humanizing inquiry, and concern for the learner as the true perspectives for the process of a liberal education. (Editor)

Discusses the role the humanities, especially English, can play in developing a social philosophy for the future which incorporates technological progress with appropriate attitudes and thought patterns. (RB)