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Peer reviewedYarrington, Roger – Community and Junior College Journal, 1978
Summarizes the discussion of a conference of community college presidents and humanities chairpersons on attracting the mature adult to humanities courses, and lists recommendations covering curriculum, outreach, and program and staff development. (RT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Curriculum Enrichment
Peer reviewedKirkwood, Ronald – Junior College Journal, 1971
At Illinois Central College, a new course in humanities for non-transfer students was designed to be contemporary and non-book-oriented as well as structured and academically sound. This article traces the development of the program. (CA)
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Curriculum Development, Humanities, Humanities Instruction
Download full textPrigmore, George T. – 1969
Development of the creative, emotive, critical, and aesthetic skills can offer a way of looking at human experience--a philosophy of Henri Bergson--different from that offered by science and logic. The development of such skills is the goal of the humanities program, and a survey of over 500 exemplary programs indicated a number of characteristics…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Course Objectives, Creative Development, Cultural Enrichment
Mittelstet, Stephen Keith – 1973
The purpose of this study was to identify characteristics of strong humanities programs/courses in selected Texas public junior colleges. Preliminary questionnaires, personnel interviews, and inspection of curricular materials served as the three primary methods used to obtain data. Preliminary questionnaires were mailed to faculty of the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Evaluation, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Objectives
Eisenberg, Diane U.; And Others – 1991
The American Association of Community and Junior Colleges' (AACJC's) two-year Advancing the Humanities Project (AHP) has assisted selected community colleges in promoting the humanities on their campuses. Parts I and II of this report on the AHP present statements by Dale Parnell and Judith Jeffrey Howard about the AACJC's humanities initiatives…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Conferences, Demonstration Programs, Humanities
Eisenberg, Diane U.; And Others – 1990
In March 1989, the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) began a year-long project to strengthen the humanities offerings in two-year institutions. Directors from eight select humanities programs which had received National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Higher Education in the Humanities grants were called upon to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Conferences, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Blum, Mark; Spangehl, Stephen – 1976
Developmental education can help college-level curriculum planners identify competency objectives in social sciences, humanities, and the natural sciences. Developmental education is interpreted as learning that helps an individual develop the abilities necessary for pursuing personal and social goals. Abilities, differing at each stage of human…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Competency Based Education
