A multimillionaire responsible for several felonies stated recently that humanism is one of the leading causes of crime in the United States. A college English instructor tested the validity of the connection between humanism and deteriorating values, on a limited and informal basis, while conducting in a men's prison a series of weekly programs…

A CURRICULUM WITHIN THE SIX-PERIOD DAY, THAT WOULD PROVIDE FOR DEVELOPING SUFFICIENT DEPTH BACKGROUND IN THE HUMANITIES, WAS PRESENTED. THE PROGRAM SUGGESTED AUGMENTING THE EDUCATION OF THE GIFTED THROUGH SPECIAL SUMMER SESSION CLASSES OR IN A SATURDAY OR WEEKDAY SEMINAR-TYPE SITUATION (HORIZONTAL ENRICHMENT). THE STUDENTS WERE TO BE SELECTED IF…

Undertaken to secure hard data on the nature and extent of American public library holdings of adult non-fiction books in the humanities, this study of 19 library collections of varying sizes used an inductive approach for evaluating books based on the frequency of their citation in selected reference tools. Five points summarize the findings: (1)…

A selected annotated bibliography lists materials available at the Arkansas University library on microfilm, microfiche, and microprint. General materials--newspapers, periodicals, and theses and dissertations--are listed together, while the humanities, social sciences, and science and technology sources follow. Drama and literature are listed in…

This follow-up study of the 1963-64 philosophy students at San Bernardino Valley College (California) sought to answer these questions: (1) What kind of student enrolls in philosophy? (2) Is he usually capable of transfer? (3) If he transfers, will he take additional philosophy courses? (4) Is he likely to finish his bachelor's degree? and (5) Why…

The newsletter provides useful information for the introduction of philosophy as an organized high school course. Through the newsletter, the Center disseminates information about its operation, and further, facilitates the exchange of information about other places engaged in basic research experimentation about curriculum, methods, and…

A rhetorical work functions to produce action in the world and is controlled by the rhetorical situation which generates it. This rhetorical situation is comprised of any combination of persons, events, objects, and relations which requires rhetorical response. The three major constituents of any rhetorical situation are exigence, a condition…

Three general levels of degrees can be categorized in some general sense: the bachelor's program emphasizes the simple ideas about social systems in the social sciences and the basic ideas about the development of value systems and the appreciation of values in the humanities; master's degrees, at least in the major institutions, are often…

This edition provides an introduction to the psychological-humanistic education (PHE) movement. SUNY and the NY State Education Department have established a PHE program to develop new methods to achieve human potential, generate basic research, effect social change, and establish training programs and learning opportunities. The program is…

The purpose of the Faculty Enrichment Institute was to expose the humanities faculty of Elizabeth City State University to the latest developments in research, curriculum, teaching techniques and other related areas in order to improve the quality of instruction. This report discusses the project activities and the staff involved, and concludes…

The future curricula of the humanities are discussed in relation to the inclusion of science-fiction as an appropriate subject. It is believed that the curricula of the future will have the following characteristics in common: (1) Although curricula will give due recognition to the contributions of the past, it will begin in the present and will…

The author shows that developments within curriculum have distinct analogues within various branches of the humanities and describes how an acquaintance with events in some of these branches may be most useful in a critical appraisal of the curriculum field itself. (Author/RM)

A process of professionalization of the humanities has occurred as a result of the proliferation of specialities and subspecialities within each academic discipline. Suggestions are offered for re-establishing humanities as the basis for a common culture, for approaching questions which are fundamental to all disciplines. (SW)