The difficulty in defining the terms "the humanities" and "nontraditional learners," it is suggested, lies in the breadth of the terms. The programs described involve people who have reached an age of legal and social responsibility and who are exploring the best ideas and things humans have produced. (MLW)

Describes the Communication module of the B.A. (Honors) Humanities modular degree at Bristol Polytechnic which involves non-Art and Design students in practical audiovisual media work as they undertake "live" projects for clients in the community, e.g., teachers, social workers, or charities. Five references are appended. (Author/LLS)

Examines reasons why those who engage in performance and direct performances take up the burden. Considers performance an authentic, primary experience; a way of knowing; and also a way of knowing what is worth knowing. (PD)

Project Heroes is a humanities program for learning disabled children which is designed to maximize four principles--appreciation of process, acknowledgement of independence, development of a sense of worth, and skill acquisition. (SB)

Responds to a report by the Commission of the Humanities that concluded the humanities need rethinking as much as support, explores the ways that teaching methods have jeopardized humanistic education. (HTH)

The article describes a unit of activities in the humanities (involving famous Americans who achieved heroic proportions) for junior high and high school gifted students. Activities include taking a class survey and exploring the importance of the contributions of the Americans included in the unit. (PHR)

Personal account of the trying but finally successful nonacademic job search of a recipient of a doctorate in English. (DF)

Human understanding, so different from prediction, manipulation, or explanation, is the origin of our moral sense. It is indispensable to us, and irreplaceable by any scientific method. Therefore, we must defend as best we can the education which refines and embellishes it. (Author/SJL)

Advocates treating the discipline of English as a part of the arts. Suggests that a whole curriculum would give equal attention to the arts, humanities, and mathematico-scientific studies. (HTH)

Suggests that technical writing courses and general writing courses should have the same goal: the development of thoughtful, communicating adults. (MKM)

Analyzes coverage of the "Sokal Affair", in which physicist Alan Sokal submitted a fraudulent article and then criticized the journal for publishing it. Examines the four currents that overdetermined the Sokal Affair: antliberalism, anti-intellectualism, debates among the left about what constitutes a legitimate left, and the…

The ethics of 17 business scenarios were rated by 115 business students and 35 faculty and 44 humanities students and 22 faculty. Humanities faculty displayed the highest social responsibility, but discipline did not play a significant role overall. Both faculty groups generally had higher personal ethics than did students. (SK)

Examines the roles of collaboration in the sciences and humanities by focusing on the complicated relationship between syntax and semantics. Uses scholarship on the social study of science to discuss strategies for collaboration in the humanities. Discusses why those studying language and literature are in a particularly good position to…

Multicultural scholarship was critiqued by proponents at a meeting of the American Studies Association for a "politics of style" substituting for analysis of society; a "particularism" that has divided researchers into separate camps; and a "political correctness" that has avoided self-criticism. One issue raised was that multiculturalism further…

Discusses the public humanities work of Herbert F. Janick, Jr., a professor of history at Western Connecticut State University. Discusses Janick's efforts to raise historical awareness among public audiences. Examines Janick's views on scholarship, public issues, education and teaching. (RW)