Four uses of humanities studies are discussed: applicative, replicative, associative, and interpretive. (RM)

Although a degree in Professional and Technical Communication (PTC) is a "practical" degree, its hands-on nature does not preclude it from providing students with a sound liberal education. For one educator, those who major in professional/technical communication are better prepared to fill many of the jobs that are currently going to…

The Carnegie Foundation commissioned a collection of essays as part of the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID). Essays and essayists represent six disciplines that are part of the CID: chemistry, education, English, history, mathematics, and neuroscience. Intended to engender conversation about the conceptual foundation of doctoral…

Discusses the conflict between the classical humanities and the newer existential humanities which emphasizes social action and stresses the importance of the present. (RB)

Author considered how cultural services, conceived of mainly as the arts and humanities complex, relate to other cultural activities. (Author/RK)

A company of professional actors perform scenes from history, act in plays, and do improvisations and poetry readings in university classrooms. Describes Illinois State University's unique program for enlivening the humanities. (Author/JF)

From a paper given at the NAHE Conference in Seattle, Washington, October 20, 1972. Directions necessary for the Humanities are discussed. (JB)

A case is made for financial support for research and study in the humanities, which form part of what we call our cultural inheritance.

Considers the contributions of Rene Descartes, mathematician and philosopher, to the evolution of physics, particularly his theory of the nature of the universe. (PR)

The purpose of the Voices of Brooklyn" project is to promote multicultural understanding and to involve the people of the various cultures in a common cultural undertaking. (Author/MM)