A national survey was conducted of the humanities or general education courses required or recommended in the occupational curricula of community and junior colleges. Responses to a four-page questionnaire mailed to the president of every two-year college known to the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges totaled 336. Copies of the…

Intended as a basic resource in new primary sources for interdisciplinary studies, this book consists of twelve essays on contemporary culture, religion, and the arts. The authors, specialists in the humanities, are concerned with interdisciplinary investigation, including such issues as determining methods of study, methods of validating claims…

The course, "Ideas of Western Man: Expressionism and Realism," involves the analysis of some predominant schools and man's changing thought through the study of literature. In studying Expressionism and Realism as they have affected contemporary American Culture, philosophy is emphasized, and painting, sculpture, and music are used for…

An outline for a nine-week course called "Humanities of Art and Music" is provided. The course is an audio and visual presentation of some of the works of music, art, architectural development and homey philosophy from Caveman through the present day. The course objectives are: (1) to give the student a background of some of the folk…

A booklet on legislation affecting the Office of Education is presented. It is divided into two parts. The first is a summary of pertinent legislation arranged by title and section. The second presents a brief description of the assistance or program offered, who may apply and how funds are disbursed. Program categories include undergraduate…

In this course, the interaction of music and the American society in the twentieth century, for students who are interested in the Humanities and have working knowledge of the English language, is studied. This handbook is a guide to the course and presents, in outline format, the following topics: Course Description; Course Enrollment; Course…

A HUMANITIES COURSE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR ACADEMICALLY ABLE SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN BRANCIFORTE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA. IN A TWO-PERIOD DAILY TIME BLOCK, STUDENTS LEARN ENGLISH, LITERATURE, AND LATIN, AND INVESTIGATE TOPICS IN ARCHEOLOGY, CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, LINGUISTICS, PSYCHOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY, GREEK LITERATURE AND…

This document describes the planning and implementation of an interdisciplinary humanities program at Golden West College. A planning committee sought input from faculty and students in order to determine what needs were not being met by current general education requirements and to determine how an integrated program could be developed involving…

This 104-item annotated bibliography covers research in the teaching of English published between 1 January 1976 and 30 June 1976. Subject headings are bilingual and bidialectal studies; language and verbal learning; literature, humanities, and media; teacher education; testing and evaluation; and written and oral communication. In addition, each…

Humanities majors at one of two institutions studied rated the institutional climate significantly higher on an Aestheticism/Idealism factor than their peers in the social sciences. Social science majors at both universities rated the climate of their institution significantly higher on a Bureaucracy factor than either humanities or natural…

Argues against the attitude that "there's nothing you can do" with a major in English; outlines the advantages of an education in English that involves intensive and extensive study of language and literature and that prepares students for living and working as educated humanists. (GW)

A Mellon Foundation study estimated that by 1990 the U.S. will have a surplus of 60,000 Ph.D.s in the humanities. This article describes a unique, tuition-free program that is sponsored by the New York State Department of Education, designed to introduce Ph.D.s to the business world. (Author/RK)

It is suggested that today's pundits underestimate the intelligence of the general public and misread the future evolution of the university. It is their rhetoric, more than a trend toward vocational training, that is the largest obstacle to the reemergence of liberal education as the central purpose of the university. (LBH)

The classics are often neglected because modern educators consider them irrelevant. Yet, studying the classics facilitates mastery of standard English and stimulates intellectual awareness, both necessary to compete satisfactorily in the United States. Furthermore, liberal education stimulates students to continue learning. Adult schools, along…