Describes a conference entitled Teaching for the Public Good: The Future of the Humanities in Public Higher Education. Considers what effect the humanities can and should have on public higher education now. Outlines the objectives of the conference. Discusses what is meant by public education. Considers the responsibility of humanities educators…

Reports on the formation of a faculty seminar designed to explore areas for interdisciplinary scholarship and to develop courses out of the ongoing concerns of an active professional colloquium. Describes studies pursued by participants and courses that have arisen as a result of the seminar. (GW)

Explores the state of college English instruction and suggests several solutions to the problems of the nineties, including erasing the division between literature and composition teachers and developing closer working relations between educational institutions. (AEA)