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Download full textMonterey Peninsula Coll., CA. – 1976
The conference brought together staff of the National Endowment for the Humanities and more than 150 teachers and administrators from 15 states to discuss the future of the humanities in contemporary education and to review six model humanities programs in two- and four-year colleges. The model programs include: (1) Austin College's total…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Humanities, Humanities Instruction
Vavrek, Bernard, Ed.; Whitney, Loralyn, Ed. – 1984
Proceedings from this workshop sponsored by the Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship are intended to disseminate information to assist rural librarians engaged in planning and conducting public programs that explore issues related to the humanities. This report of the proceedings includes the texts of three presented papers, reactions from…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Humanities, Program Descriptions
O'Connor, John E., Ed. – 1977
This report on a conference, which brought together representatives of various humanistic disciplines to explore the cross-disciplinary appeal of film study as well as the use of film in stimulating scholarship and teaching, includes a narrative summary of the day's conversations and issues raised, as well as of reprints of articles that suggest…
Descriptors: American Culture, Anthropology, Documentaries, Film Criticism
Society for Health and Human Values, Philadelphia, PA. – 1972
This document reports on the second session held by the Society for Health and Human Values. The aim of the meeting is to concentrate on specific measures for achieving a human-values orientation within the varied settings of medical education. Specifically, the following questions are raised: Why human values studies in medical education? How are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Health, Higher Education, Humanism
1977
Descriptions of nine humanities programs supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities at two- and four-year colleges are presented in this document. These include a 15-hour team taught interdisciplinary program for technology students at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (Georgia); the Bay Area Writing Project, aimed at strengthening…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, General Education, Higher Education, Humanities Instruction
Chicago City Colleges, IL. – 1985
Papers presented at "The Future of Literature in the Community College" conference are included in this proceedings. The following papers are presented: (1) "The Value of Literature in the Community College Curriculum: One Credo, Several Courses," by Carol Barrett; (2) "The Use of Literature in the Teaching of English as a Second Language," by…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
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
