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Kaston, Carren O.; Heffernan, James M. – 1984
Results of a national study of college student internships in the humanities are provided. The focus was attitudes and practices of 1,621 departments and central offices on U.S. campuses concerning internships in the following majors: English, American studies, history, art history, philosophy, classics, and modern foreign languages. Information…
Descriptors: American Studies, Art History, Case Studies, College Programs
Bennett, William J. – 1984
Teaching and learning of the humanities at the baccalaureate level were assessed by a blue-ribbon study group of 31 nationally prominent authorities on higher education convened by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Some attention was also given in the context of the humanities to how secondary and graduate education have affected…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Change Strategies, College Curriculum, College Instruction
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1981
Three essays on the ways in which colleges and universities use the computer as a teaching tool are presented, along with descriptions of 10 school programs that reflect the diversity of computer applications across the United States. In "A Place for Computing in Liberal Education," Karl L. Zinn likens the computer to personal resource…
Descriptors: Arabic, College Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing
Tarr, Joel A. – 1980
The Carnegie-Mellon University Program in Technology Humanities, which has been renamed the Program in Technology and Society, is described. The program was initiated in 1975 to stimulate interest, teaching, and research in the relationship between technology and society. The major achievements of the program in relation to its courses, support…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Programs, Cultural Context
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Eaton, Judith S., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1981
After introductory material by Judith S. Eaton discussing the challenges faced by women in positions of authority at community colleges, this monograph presents eight essays dealing with women in the community college movement. Emily Taylor discusses the backgrounds, attitudes, and characteristics of the small, but growing number of women…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, College Faculty, College Presidents
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Gold, Ben K. – 1980
Grade reports provided by California State University at Los Angeles (CSULA) were examined to determine the persistence of the 386 Los Angeles City College students who transferred to CSULA in Fall 1977. The reports for each quarter from Fall 1977 through Summer 1979 were analyzed in terms of the number of units attempted, the units completed,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Business Administration Education, College Transfer Students
Tway, Eileen, Ed. – 1981
Intended for use by teachers, librarians, and parents, this booklist aims at advancing the cause of better human relations through literature. The booklist contains annotations for titles on various subjects in the following areas: (1) growing into self, including personal values and family heritage; (2) wide individual differences, including…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cultural Interrelationships, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Intercultural Relations in Education. – 1977
This catalog contains descriptions of elementary and secondary curriculum materials, programs, and services for multicultural education, art education, bilingual education, and social studies, music, dance, drama, and literature classes. It is intended to help New York state teachers motivate students to acquire knowledge, understanding, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Art Education, Audiovisual Aids, Bilingual Education
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. National Dance Association. – 1979
An examination of 25 art programs funded at least partly by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare funds throughout the United States is presented. Programs were nominated by professional organizations and 25 sites were selected and visited by project members. The document is presented in four chapters. Chapter I discusses some major…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Teachers
Creswell, John; Jones, Larry R. – 1979
Deans from 53 colleges of arts, science, and humanities at major U.S. universities provided data about the structure of their colleges. These colleges were studied because structural changes are occurring and baseline data is needed. Forty-two percent of the deans reported that a formal study of reorganization of their colleges had taken place in…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrators, College Administration, College Faculty
TUTTLE, DONALD R.; NEUDLING, CHESTER L. – 1965
A STUDY OF UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM PATTERNS IN THE HUMANITIES WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL CREDITS NECESSARY FOR GRADUATION MUST BE IN THE AREA IN WHICH THE STUDENT MAJORS. THE STUDY IS CONCERNED NOT WITH DETAILS OF SPECIFIC COURSE REQUIREMENTS, BUT WITH BROAD REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE AND THE…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Curriculum, Curriculum Research, Degree Requirements
Welch, Marty
This supplement to ninth grade mental health units relates mental health to the following occupational clusters: agribusiness and natural resources, environment, health, marine science, communications and media, business and office, marketing and distribution, public service, transportation, personnel services, consumer and homemaking education,…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Artists, Business, Career Education
Peterson, Carolyn Sue – 1975
An annotated bibliography of reference books for school libraries from kindergarten through ninth grade is presented. Following brief sample lists of basic reference collections for primary, intermediate, and junior high school libraries are annotated bibliographies of encyclopedias, dictionaires, factbooks and yearbooks, indexes, atlases,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Elementary Education, Ethnic Groups
Goldberg, Maxwell H., Ed. – 1969
In the first of four sections of this publication, James H. Stone reviews recent writings on the humanities, citing 299 books, essays, and articles. In the second section, Maxwell H. Goldberg provides definitions of several of the central terms related to technological change and human values (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Automation, Community Change, Cybernetics, Human Factors Engineering
Kubicek, Linda, Comp. – 1970
Fourteen program outlines of elective English curriculums, representing 13 school systems, are collected in one package to serve as a convenient resource for examples of elective programs in English--two junior high school programs and 12 senior high ones. For all of the programs, descriptions of the contents of individual courses, indicating…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Difficulty Level, Dramatics
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