Describes programs sponsored by and materials available from the National Humanities Faculty, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts. (DD)

Education, the author believes, falls far short of the goals set for it by our society. The humanities receive insufficient emphasis in the schools, and the quality of life in America is poorer because this is so. (Editor)

Methods and problems of teaching Western Civilization and world history in a non-western society are similar to our own. Alternative methods of structuring a world history course must be found. (DC)

Papers in this volume are the first working papers produced by the Council of Ontario Universities. Issue 1, "The Role and State of Ontario Graduate Education" by Dennis Forcese, advocates the reinforcement of graduate education in Ontario institutions to maintain the overall quality of the institutions and to secure the future. The paper outlines…

In the year 2000, Brazil celebrated the 500th anniversary of its discovery by the Portuguese navigator, Pedro Alvares Cabral, and subsequent settlement by the Portuguese and African, Western, and Asian immigrants. The seminar commemorating these events was designed for U.S. secondary and post-secondary teachers and curriculum specialists of the…

The fundamental concern of the roundtable on which this essay is based was the world of scholarship's ability to sustain and develop a system of scholarly communication that makes individual contributions to the knowledge base broadly accessible for judgment within and among the academic disciplines. The focus was on the disciplines that have…

The Andy Holt Virtual Library, with a focus on the Humanities and Fine Arts, is free and open to the public, though designed to serve the learning communities within the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Tennessee-Martin (UT). It also plays a resource role in UT's New College and the Tennessee Governors School for the…

This paper describes how the University of Dayton, Ohio, has strengthened teacher education through the creation of two institutional general education initiatives that integrate general and professional education in a coherent learning experience. The first is a CORE program that is open to all students pursuing degree work in the elementary…

Australia is a multicultural society and, in recent years, Asian immigration has increased tremendously. In terms of the educational participation of Asian-Australian students, students from non-English-speaking backgrounds are not highly represented in humanities, arts, and education courses. They prefer business, engineering, science, and…

In response to a need for curricular support, the Idaho State Department of Education gathered teams of exemplary educators from throughout the state to write courses of study related to the original five subject areas within Idaho's Achievement Standards. In turn, all of the state's school districts received hard copies as well as online access…

The United States Military Academy has made some evolutionary improvements in its curriculum: more student-teacher interaction, an outstanding lecture series and cultural program, art seminars with Manhattanville College, and a Fine Arts Forum. (PG)

The University of North Carolina students staged an hour-long program concerning the depression and the new deal as seen from the perspective of North Carolinians. It was an experience of the 30s, using slides, music, and actors to create a 3-dimensional historical environment. (Author/PG)

The teaching of history can be enriched through the use of films about historical subjects and films which are embodiments of various aspects of history. A typical course outline and a list of suitable films are included. (CH)

Painting and poetry are analyzed to exemplify education of the variety represented by the humanities movement, education which is designed to help people live rather than to merely earn a living. (Author/KM)