"Humanities do something deeper than teach. They exercise our emotions, they discipline them, they give us patterns of excellence against which we can measure our own achievements... They ask questions." It is essential that our educators recognize the value of a broad humanities program. (Author/JL)

Tasks for scientists in a demilitarized world--developing a mental model of the new international economic order and solving environmental, food, and other social problems--are examined. The humanities can help scientists reorder values. Includes an appendix of possible products for a converted military industrial capacity. (SR)

The designation of "liberal" as the educational path toward a person's cultural completeness has given way to use of that term in contexts implying freedom for personal exploration of all kinds. The primary functions of the liberal education institution have become sidetracked by consumerism. (MLW)

For his Humanities Curriculum Project (HCP), Stenhouse defined the humanities as the study of human issues of universal concern. Because he viewed curricula as praxiologies (hypothetical strategies for realizing ideas in practice), secondary English teachers using the HCP materials were given general principles which they had to translate into…

The humanities can provide the foundation for the pursuit of excellence in both students and teachers by enriching and enlivening the common culture. (MLF)

This study investigated the hypothesis that disclosure of cognitive style map information raises the academic achievement of community college students. Experimental and control group mean differences were statistically significant. The size of the absolute difference in percentage points demonstrated a considerable effect on the semester grade.…

Discusses two developments in 1982 serving as encouragement for those fearing that humanities education is being neglected: the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges "Concept Statement on Humanities" and the Associate Degree Research Project, which will redefine the associate degree. (DMM)

Teachers of interdisciplinary courses with backgrounds in the humanities should exploit criticisms of bias toward the humanities rather than deny or avoid them, and promote discussion of the issues. Admitting bias is more honest than professing to have information without opinions. (Author/MSE)

Stressing the feasibility of "training," and not education, in the humanities for health professionals, the author presents a catalog of training activities at the University of Tennessee, assesses the successes and failures among them, and indicates some future directions for medical humanities. (SK)

Among the humanities offerings integrated into the health sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, are the following: bioethics workshop, ethical dilemmas in medical practice, health and human rights, and history of the health sciences. Such courses help illuminate the relationship between humanities teaching and the health…

Describes interdisciplinary science course for nonscience science majors which is part of the humanities program at the University of Denver. The course consists of a central lecture series, a mathematics and science tutorial, and four workshops on astronomy, mathematics, mechanics, and optics. The structure is also appropriate for a history of…

The origin of the NEXA Program at San Francisco State University is described. A historical summary is offered of the 'two-cultures' dilemma, whose origins are traced to the seventeenth century and whose consequences for the nineteenth and twentieth century experience are examined. (Author/MLW)