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Acuta Enews November 1990, Vol. 19, No. 11

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Election of Directors

ICA backs universities

Vendor Liaison

An end to phone tag

Party Line

Hawaii air fares locked in

Acuta Enews October 1990, Vol. 19, No. 10

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Early warning of PVC fires

President's column

Attendant quiets complaints

Party Line

ISDN personalized

What do you charge?

Acuta Enews September 1990, Vol. 19, No. 9

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Are colleges aggregators?

President's column

Four workshops scheduled

Revising the directory

A six-node network

Update on Portland

Acuta Enews August 1990, Vol. 19, No. 8

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New President's column

Conference gets high marks

Regions consolidated

Birds of a Feather

Party Line

Summer-time Blues

Acuta Enews July 1990, Vol. 19, No. 5

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Long distance aggregators: A new wrinkle

Telecommunications: one of 'hottest' careers

Message From President

Portland Seminar to give full story on TMS

Do thorough check before joining aggregator

Portland Seminar to give full story on TMIS

Party Line

Touch screens may replace Touch Tone

Workstations pay for themselves in 9 months

Univ. of Chicago fits old halls with new wires

Funding sought for high speed 'data highway'

Acuta Enews June 1990, Vol. 19, No. 6

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WMU gets 'complete' cable

President's message

Profiles of new staff members

Orlando update

Election preview

Bulletin Board

Acuta Enews May 1990, Vol. 19, No. 5

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IU installs first cohesive telecom network

Fun for the whole family in Orlando

Message From the President

Membership to elect VP, Secretary, Treasurer

On your own with the On-Call Book

Party Line

IU achieves first cohesive telecom system

Acuta Enews April 1990, Vol. 19, No. 4

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Northwest Missouri State Shares Long Distance Resources with Students

Message From The President

News from ACUTA Headquaters

Party Line

To Lan or Not To Lan: Local Area Networks, Part 2

Acuta Enews March 1990, Vol. 19, No. 3

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To LAN or Not to LAN: Do You Really Need a Local Area Network?

Update: Incorporation & Bylaws Committee

Message From The President

Vegas Seminar to Cover Voice, Data, Video

Success Story: Connecting Campuses in Oregon

Party Line

Read Mail

Acuta Enews February 1990, Vol. 19, No. 2

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Ohio State's Innovative Technique for Student Resale: Bar-Coding

Message From The President

Winter Seminar in Scottsdale a Success!

Update: Board of Directors Meetings in Scottsdale

News from ACUTA Headquaters

Cable and Wire: The Ties That Bind, Gag and Choke

Telephone Calling Cards Save Travelers Time And Money

Acuta Enews January 1990, Vol. 19, No. 1

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Seasoned Pro & Nervous Novice

Message From The President

Make a membership

Working with Vendors

Party Line

Evaluating Honors Programs: An Outcomes Approach, Jacqueline Reihman, Sara Varhus, William R. Whipple

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs

The evaluation of academic programs has always been a complex and sensitive issue. Evaluations are undertaken to determine which programs will survive in an era of straitened economic circumstances, to gain or maintain accreditation, or to tell us how our programs can be improved. They may apply some normative standard of quality, 0r address an academic program's unique situation and mission. They may include the following: review of budget, evaluation of staff, description of the program's operation, demonstration of faculty and student satisfaction, or measures of what students have learned. They may use standardized or locally developed tests of achievement; …

Major Project Management: The Yale Telecommunications Project

ACUTA: Other Publications

Back in the good old days, when the telephone business was simpler and Saturday night television was worth watching, I can remember Ted Knight the newsman (remember him on The Mary Tyler Moore Show?) looking off into some imagined horizon in the newsroom when asked how he happened to come to his current position. With head cocked upward and his hand clutching his right lapel, he'd start in his deepest, most pompous voice: “lt all started in a small, 5,000-watt radio station..." Around here it a!! started with a 12,000-line, decade-old Centrex system and a new hospital building going up …

Why Professors Don't Change, Loren Ekroth

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Even if professors wanted to change their teaching methods, the ways they define themselves and stabilizing aspects of their academic situations often resist their attempts to change.

The Challenge Of Teaching The Introductory-Level Course, Delivee L. Wright

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Introductory-level courses usually offer many more and greater challenges than do advanced courses, and it is appropriate that they be delivered by the most effective instructors.

Critical Thinking By Design, Joanne Gainen Kurfiss

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

This essay offers guidelines for increasing the critical thinking potential of courses in the disciplines in higher education.

Rethinking What It Means To Be A Scholar, R. Eugene Rice

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

A broader and more accurate definition of scholarship also includes the integration of knowledge, the application of knowledge, and the representation and dissemination of knowledge-teaching.

Teaching In Action: Criteria For Effective Practice, Ronald Smith, Fred Schwartz

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

This essay describes ways through which teachers enhance their teaching art within the process of teaching itself.

The Meaning Of College Grades, James Eison

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

The often confusing and inconsistent character of academic grades in higher education can be greatly reduced by suggestions offered in this essay.