Describes Datamondo, an instructional package that introduces the use of a newspaper database in humanities teaching at the secondary level in Italy. The effectiveness of the package in developing basic linguistic skills and as a research tool is evaluated. (8 references) (Author/CLB)

Issues concerning the role of the humanities and humanistic education in public policy, social issues, and politics are discussed in the contexts of both More's "Utopia" and the contemporary political situation in the United States, emphasizing the importance of developing a humanistic approach to power. (MSE)

Interprets the humanities as a rich and essential resource for understanding and making human choices in the real late twentieth century world. (MSE)

The decline in the instruction of "close reading" and in interest in the power of language is to blame for students' frustration with and lack of interest in literature. Students want to believe in literature and language but don't know how. (MSE)

The teaching of the history of medicine to medical students throughout their undergraduate medical education is advocated. History acts as a unifying force connecting a variety of scientific and humanistic disciplines and, by providing a historical perspective, serves to promote the student as a professional. (Author/MLW)

Describes the techniques used by an American literature teacher to expose students to the influences that shaped American literature.(EL)

An English/French school exchange program provided opportunities for cooperation between language and humanities faculties. A shopping survey was prepared and French pupils conducted street interviews in England. Ideas for activities resulted from cross-faculty interaction. (DH)

While most administrators and faculty would support the idea of developing aesthetic education in the college curriculum, few feel any urgency about it. Each institution should examine its mission statement and develop a comprehensive philosophy about the place of the arts in its curriculum. (MSE)

Presents suggestions for improving the quality of new employees: look for applicants with solid academic and extracurricular achievement; make sure that all technical job qualifications are valid; broaden the recruitment base; target high-scholarship schools; encourage technical people to broaden their knowledge base; and upgrade inhouse…

Describes an interdisciplinary approach designed to use the humanities as a source of material to exemplify chemical principles, stimulate critical thinking along scientific lines, and demonstrate to nonscience majors that chemistry is relevant to their academic experiences. A sample unit on environmental pollution, drugs, and poisons is also…

Reflects on the collection of academic opinion leaders at the Iowa Conference on Rhetoric and the Human Sciences who spoke on a "rhetoric turn" in academic discourse. (PD)

Responds to Roger Knight's criticisms of "English within the Arts." (HOD)

Cognitive levels of 48 university students enrolled in humanities were assessed by Piagetian tasks. Three formal abilities were measured: combinatory, probability, control of variables. Results were analyzed according to school training effect and content of tasks. (Author/MLW)

Reports the results of a study to determine why more Ph.D. graduates were not appointed as full-time faculty in arts and humanities. Finds that most often stated reason was that a non-Ph.D. had better qualifications. (AEA)

The operation of a "Walkabout" program at a large urban magnet school is reviewed. After frequent exposure to supervised community experiences in regular humanities courses students may undertake independent, semester-long Walkabout projects, usually career-oriented. (MJL)