Computer assisted instruction, rather than being dehumanizing, provides benefits for both students and instructors. Seven arguments in favor of CAI are presented and nine references listed. (STS)

Outlines some specific approaches and ideas that will add a new dimension to an introductory college biology course rendering it more motivational, personalized, and meaningful to the students. (GA)

Programed instructional techniques have been attacked as dehumanizing, dull, and restrictive. The possibility, however, that these deficiencies of programed instructional techniques have derived from a lack of creativity in application, rather than from the inherent nature of the techniques. To test this hypothesis, an evaluation was made of the…

Penal systems of European countries vary in educational programs and humanizing efforts. A high percentage of Soviet prisoners, many incarcerated for ideological/religious beliefs, are confined to labor colonies. All inmates are obligated to learn a trade, one of the qualifications for release being evidence of some trade skill. Swedish…

The history of the United States is one of the contradictory traditions of human rights and intolerance. Although human rights, diversity, and dissidence are inherent concepts in our constitution and in the Supreme Court system, this tendency has been invariably accompanied by intolerant uses of power. The Salem witchcraft trials, the Alien and…