In a two-year study to be released, the National Enquiry into Scholarly Communication recommends that publishing in the humanities be supported by a federal agency. The logical body is the National Endowment for the Humanities. Current financial problems with scholarly publishing are reviewed, including Enquiry recommendations regarding consortium…

In order to educate the whole person, concerted and cooperative effort on the part of science and humanities teachers is necessary to overcome the artificial distinction between various branches of learning. (MJB)

Describes a workshop in which fine arts teachers identified and defined six levels of aesthetic responses, as the first step in specifying and assessing student aesthetic behaviors. (DC)

Describes a history course on the college level that uses biographies to help students connect important political leaders, such as Hitler and Machiavelli, to the time and place that shaped their actions. Reports on the effectiveness of the class. (RKM)

Discusses the role of the University of Toronto's humanities chair in dealing with other disciplines at the university. (MM)

Although the knowledge and content of the sciences and humanities differ, the differences are superficial and a basic similarity is often overlooked. The disciplines use common intellectual or methodological principles for generating ideas and for justifying and defending conclusions. (MSE)

Traces the evolution of perspectives on Latin American underdevelopment to reveal the changing realities in Latin America as well as evolving world views. Covering the five centuries since Columbus discovered the West Indies, Topik concludes that the idea of underdevelopment is a European construct resulting from greater European progress and a…

The strength of the optometric profession lies in its members. Optometric education should include training in the use of the language, both for understanding and to prevent misunderstanding, and should emphasize values and ethics. (MSE)

Suggests that literature and film have untapped potential for increasing understanding of intercultural relations, pointing out both problems and advantages in the use of these mediums. (Author/CB)

Not all of those teaching the humanities agree on a common agenda for the future, with traditional categories of instruction being encroached upon by new areas of scholarship. In the humanities, authority will no longer rest in the content of traditional texts, but in the activity of interpreting texts. (MSE)

There must be a return to classic texts in humanities instruction, but the selection of those texts is no longer simple, because of questions about (1) identifying which are classics and (2) connections made between the classic texts studied and a student's personal life. (MSE)

This study explored the use of the monographic literature in British and American literary studies and compared its findings with those of studies of humanities journals. It was found that book references were the predominant tool for humanities scholarship and that manuscripts were cited almost as often as journal articles. (EJS)

Describes classroom experiences while teaching a unit on Matisse to gifted students. (EL)

Psychology can be considered a humanity as well as a science. Distinctions between the humanities and the sciences are examined, and five characteristics of a humanity are suggested. Three examples of psychology as a humanity are provided. The impact that this view might have on teaching and research is discussed. (Author/RM)