Higher education is one of the key foundations that economic prosperity is founded upon. Government policies, funding and strategic planning require a fine balance to stimulate growth, prosperity health and well-being. The key Australian government policies influenced by a Review of Australian Higher Education report include attracting many more…

Briefly recaps the history of higher education in America and the creation of the College Board, and offers a pictorial essay with key dates from the founding of the College Board to the turn of the century. (EV)

This appreciative portrait of John William Miller, a professor of philosophy at Williams College, 1924-1960, was written by one of his former students. An essay by Miller is appended. (SJL)

Historicizes the reception of the term "Platonist" and "sophist." Argues that the separate commentaries of three neo-Platonists reflects a collectively held valuation of sophistry. Considers how these elaborations in turn become explicitly rejected by Augustine. Situates the transmission and developments of sophistry,…

Argues for the pluralistic bent of rhetoric. Notes that, whether rhetoric is taken as theory, practice, or pedagogy, as communication of one to many or as intertextuality, pluralism is the matrix in which rhetoricians twist and turn trying to make sense. (RS)

This article provides a brief review of the history of "Art Education." It devotes particular attention to such concerns as format, special features, and publication trends. (JDH)

The author questions whether the tension between what is "liberal" and what is "useful" is one of the oldest problems in education. (MT)

Offers recollections of the early years of the "Business Communication Quarterly" (formerly called the "Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication") and of the "Journal of Business Communication." Discusses changes in institutional support, production techniques, and readership from these journals'…

Divides collegiate theater instruction into four phases: between 1900 and 1925, between 1925 and 1945, from 1945 through the mid-70s, and from the mid-70s until today. Reviews research about each era. (PA)

Shows how sophistic rhetoric can be, and has been, understood as a plausible result of relative and nihilistic attitudes toward the possibility of knowledge. Provides an overview of Sextus Empiricus' pyrrhonean or practical skepticism to show how it resembles sophism and rejects rhetoric. Suggests that the relative and negative epistemologies are…

Reviews five major objections that have been lodged against the systems view. Pursues two further objections, which may be instrumental as reversal points for rehabilitating the systems approach. Argues for a radically revised view of systems that could have a significant impact on historical scholarship and pedagogy in rhetoric. (RS)

Using two early anatomical sketches, a woodcut, and a painting as visual examples, this article briefly traces the history of the relationship between artists and anatomists from early human times up through the late 1700s. Particular attention is paid to the career of Dr. William Hunter, the first person appointed as an anatomist at the Royal…

The field of home economics has generally been neglected within the literature focused on women, feminism, and education. Data concerning gender equity often measure women's achievements by their inroads into fields formerly dominated by men. (MT)

Reflects on the importance of a professional association in the life of a speech communication teacher. (PD)

A memoir of Jacob Viner, author and Princeton economics professor, by one of his students. (SJL)