Discusses the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) 1985 summer seminar on Plato's political philosophy. States that the objective of the seminar was to give high school teachers an opportunity for intensive, uninterrupted study of the world's great literature so they could enrich their own knowledge of the subject and share what they gained…

North Carolina State's humanities-extension program operates through the university's cooperative-extension service. The program was begun when there was a realization that future interest in the humanities might drop, and the university wanted to find outreach outlets for the school's faculty members. (MLW)

Excerpts from "Five Reports on Undergraduate Education" are presented. Advice on what college teaching should be is the focus. 70 references. (MLW)

The two "pillars of wisdom" supporting liberal arts education, the scientific-empirical and the humanistic-rationalist traditions, are being eroded in the college curriculum and supplanted by the social sciences. The perspective this brings to the curriculum is increasingly anti-intellectual and endangers the value of the individual as…

Considers arguments opposed to and in favor of developing computer education courses for humanities students. Argues that computers, as a major part of our culture, need to be understood by every student and concludes that computer instruction must become a standard part of the humanities curriculum. (GEA)

Discusses the didactic value of literature study. Considers contemporary irrationalist philosophy's emphasis on human experience's subjective nature and its rejection of the possibility of shared, objective moral concepts being conveyed by reading literature. Acknowledges literature's subjective elements, while stressing the objective, cognitive…

Describes the California Humanities Project, an attempt to bring advanced research and scholarship in the humanities into the curriculum at all levels. Also reports on legislation which requires the California State Department of Education to develop a model curriculum on human rights with particular attention to inhumanity and genocide. (JDH)

Recognizes the decline of history instruction and reports the results of the recent pilot test of the history knowledge of 17-year-old high school students by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Lists the various projects of the National Endowment for the Humanities designed to strengthen United States History instruction. (JDH)

Five individuals discuss the relationship of the humanities and leadership in different contexts: the liberal arts (John W. Gardner); the sculpting of a statue of James Madison (Walker Hancock); the Kennedy years (Thomas R. West), our civic culture (Bruce Adams); and liberal education (Gregory S. Prince, Jr.). (MSE)

Using Institute for Scientific Information bibliographic databases covering all subject fields in 1970s, 659 research journal papers on Cyprus (215 in science, 282 in social science, 162 in arts and humanities) were analyzed to answer specific bibliometric questions. Tables covering papers, authors, journals, and book reviews are appended.…

An intensive five-day all-day humanities course on 18th century thought and culture for eighth graders that involved 11 different departments is described. The course helped students recognize that what they were taught in one class could reinforce and illuminate what they were learning in another course. (RM)

Points out that composition and literature often can be best taught when combined with architecture, philosophy, music, or other subjects. (EL)

A medical school's recruitment drive to increase applications from minorities, women, and nonscience majors was unsuccessful. The recruitment program is evaluated and the importance of systematically evaluating such efforts and the inherent difficulties of changing an applicant pool are demonstrated. (Author/MLW)

About 670 college teachers will spend 18 weeks working with noted university scholars during summer 1986 under a program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The teachers will spend the next year talking about their experiences, incorporating new ideas into their courses, and continuing their scholarly pursuits. (MLW)

In China, humanities studies include languages, history, philosophy, economics, law, political science, business, and education. Changes and trends in humanities education at the post-secondary level are discussed. (RM)