It is no secret that humanities professors find themselves disenchanted by the current state of neoliberal universities; as the story goes, jobs are scarce, enrollment continues to drop, and students seem increasingly disconnected from the value of humanities-based classes. Universities and departments strive for new ways to respond to the current…

This study examined how students and faculty perceived the use of pedagogy, andragogy, and heutagogy in undergraduate humanities courses. Humanities courses, in particular at small, liberal arts institutions, are underrepresented in research about perceptions of learning and teaching. Participants in this study were undergraduate students and…

While the allure of Silicon Valley undoubtedly attracts students, the declining interest in the humanities at both the secondary and postsecondary levels is primarily a self-inflicted wound. Many educators often employ teaching methods that alienate students and make them feel as though the only reason for reading literature or studying history is…

A recent issue of "Educational Leadership" highlighted the lack of current focus in schools on humanities education (Ferrero, 2011). As the young lives of gifted children become ever busier with extracurricular options, parents are left with the question of how to best complement their child's academic life with his or her social and emotional…

Conservatives are a small minority within the American professoriate, according to a major study whose results were released this month. The study, arguably the best-designed survey of American faculty beliefs since the early 1970s, found that only 9.2 percent of college instructors are conservatives, and that only 20.4 percent voted for George W.…

The humanities provide us the opportunities to become more capable in thought, judgment, communication, appreciation, and action. Study of the humanities make it possible to share and appreciate the experiences of others, to learn from their lives and their thoughts. (Author/SW)

This paper records three plenary sessions held at the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) National Education Conference, August 27-29, 1993. The conference built on what was learned in the first year of the project and reported in ACLS Occasional Paper 20. Sessions allowed participants to talk with colleagues who had been project…

Author feels that the biggest threat to humanities education is the ease with which it can be eliminated in the continuing educational financial squeeze. (GB)

Considers the role of scholars and teachers of speech communication in the humanistic enterprise. (Speech delivered before the Southern Speech Communication Association Convention, Hot Springs, AR, April 8, 1982). (PD)

Argues for liberal-arts education as "crucial" to development and application of science and technology. Includes anecdotal material linking importance of arts and humanities to scientific study. Argues study of philosophy, literature, fine arts, and religion can develop spiritual foundation for technical research. (TES)

This report describes and evaluates the Humanities Cluster College (HCC), a part of the Modular Achievement Program (MAP) at Bowling Green University. This interdisciplinary program is described according to: rationale, specific aims, detailed description of the program, subjective evaluation, evaluative research, and recommendations. Related…

Article discusses the place of liberal arts in the university. (RK)

This essay reflects on the ways in which the events of 9-11 offered those in the humanities an opportunity to demonstrate the many and varied gifts the disciplines have to offer a postmodern world that, for all its technological wonder, is still, ultimately, utterly dependent on food for the soul--the sort of nourishment that the liberal arts…

The psychological impact of schooling is examined within the context of a new school of British psychoanalytic thought. It is concluded that schooling is maddening, in the sense used by Laing, Cooper, and others. A rationale for a sane humanities program is established consisting of two components: the nuclear and the cortical. The nuclear is the…

Three major rationales characterize the literature dealing with the use of humanities instruction in preparing educational administrators. These rationales focus on (1) the general liberalization of the administrator, (2) the values and purpose-defining skills of the administrator, and (3) the creative and analytical skills of the administrator.…