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Kepple, Ronald A.; And Others – 1985
In response to William J. Bennett's "To Reclaim a Legacy: A Report on the Humanities in Higher Education," five essays provide insights into the humanities from varying perspectives. "Humanities Education and Business," by John A. Ziegler, underscores the importance of a liberal education in business and industry, considering…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives, Educational Quality
Schmeltekopf, Donald D., Ed.; Rassweiler, Anne D., Ed. – Review and Proceedings of the Community College Humanities Association, 1982
Designed as a forum for views on issues concerning the humanities in two-year colleges, this journal begins with "A Call for Common Learning," in which Ernest Boyer discusses the goals of education and outlines six themes which students should study to understand themselves, their society, and the world in which they live. Responding to…
Descriptors: Business Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum
Pennsylvania Governor's Office, Harrisburg. Office of the Cultural Advisor. – 1990
Presented by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and focusing on education and the arts, humanities, and sciences, these proceedings present a public discourse about useful knowledge for the 1990s. Ernest L. Boyer discusses the need for students to learn to make connections by putting their learning in historical, social, and ethical perspective.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Fine Arts, Futures (of Society)
Potter, David L., Ed. – 1985
Proceedings of a conference on Virginia's undergraduate curriculum are presented. Attention is focused on the future of the traditional arts and sciences disciplines. Contents include: (1) a keynote address on benefits of studying the humanities, along with answers to audience questions (William H. Bennett, head of the National Endowment for the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Curriculum, College Planning, College Science
Download full textNational Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH), Washington, DC. – 1983
Links between the humanities and careers in business are addressed in proceedings of a 1983 conference, which was attended by leaders from the corporate and academic worlds. Included are recommendations for action, excerpts from speeches, summaries of conference background papers, an annotated bibliography, the conference agenda, and a list of…
Descriptors: Business, Career Planning, College Instruction, Cooperative Programs
Maryland Univ., College Park. – 1982
The council for the Understanding of Technology in Human Affairs (CUTHA) is a broad-based educational group whose purpose is to promote the understanding of technology and its relationships to society. Provided in this document is a summary of CUTHA's third curriculum workshop which focused on technology for the liberal arts student. The major…
Descriptors: Administration, Art, College Curriculum, College Science
Hollis, Coy, Ed.; McGee, Jerry C., Ed. – 1976
A symposium on nontraditional programs in higher education in Tennessee discusses programs throughout the state that depart from the classroom mode of instruction. Programs discussed include those conducted on campus for resident students offering work study, credit and noncredit programs, and programs that focus on community activities of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Instruction, Careers, Colleges
Sheridan, Harriet W.; Hill, Barbara Ann – 1981
A report of the 1981 Wingspread Conference, which sought remedies for the current low state of the humanities in American higher education, is presented. Participants included 60 college presidents, deans, faculty members, government officials, and business and foundation officials. Recommendations are as follows: (1) a collaborative effort should…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Faculty, College Programs, College School Cooperation
Khalil, Edna M., Ed. – 1983
Proceedings of the 1983 annual meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) in the United States are presented. Included are reports of concurrent sessions, papers, and information on the Council's business meeting. Topics of concurrent sessions include: the federal legislative process, graduate school databases, the scholar-computer…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Programs, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases
Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1982
The national investment in graduate education is addressed in proceedings of the 1982 meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States (CGS). Proceedings of the CGS business meeting are also included. The keynote address by Howard R. Bowen, "Educational Possibilities for Our Grandchildren," is provided. Transcripts of the…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Doctoral Programs, Educational Opportunities, Females
American Council of Learned Societies, 2005
This American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Occasional Paper presents the proceedings of a conference on "Liberal Arts Colleges in American Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities" convened by ACLS in November 2003 in Williamstown, Massachusetts with the support of the Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences at…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Research Universities, Academic Achievement, Social Sciences
Kelder, Richard, Ed. – 1994
This collection of 26 papers focuses on interdisciplinarity and its impact on the core or general education curriculum at postsecondary institutions. The papers include: "Professing or Instructing: Outstanding Challenges in the Task of Facilitating Student Reflection on Identity as Individual, as Family Member, and as Citizen" (Steve R. Gordy and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Colleges, Community Colleges
Voght, Geoffrey M., Ed. – 1984
Part III of the proceedings contains 12 presentations. They are: "The Role of Business Language in the Traditional Curriculum" (Michel Rocchi); "Foreign Languages for Business and the Professions Belong in the Liberal Arts" (Robert A. Kreiter); "How Much and How Far? Commercial French and the Student, Instructor, Administrator, and the Business…
Descriptors: Banking, Business Administration Education, College Second Language Programs, Cross Cultural Training
Guroff, Katharine S., Ed.; Boeker, Margaret C. – 1981
Conference proceedings and descriptions of 62 projects funded through Project QUILL (Quality in Liberal Learning) are presented. Project QUILL, which began in 1978, awarded small incentive grants to higher education institutions to encourage new approaches to the integration of traditional disciplines, professional education, and the needs of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Students, Career Education, College Curriculum
