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A National Profile Of Experiential Education Trends In Communication Master's Degree Programs, Timothy S. Sellnow, Robert S. Littlefield, Deanna D. Sellnow
A National Profile Of Experiential Education Trends In Communication Master's Degree Programs, Timothy S. Sellnow, Robert S. Littlefield, Deanna D. Sellnow
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article seeks to provide a profile of internships used in communication master's degree programs in the U.S. An internship is defined as receiving graduate credit for practical experience gained outside the classroom, with some degree of supervision by a faculty member. Based upon the data presented, experiential opportunities in communication serve to connect theory and practice. The nature of an internship at the graduate level appears to be more complex than at the undergraduate level. The formal paper appears to be the most common means for evaluating graduate internships. Formal papers are consistently used in academia to measure student …
Encouraging Undergraduate Scholarship: Institutional Strategies, Kevin L. Hutchinson
Encouraging Undergraduate Scholarship: Institutional Strategies, Kevin L. Hutchinson
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article explores the various institutional strategies for encouraging undergraduate scholarship in the U.S. The student faculty grants, research stipends and scholarships require that the institution commit financial resources or commit resources to secure financial support from one or more outside agencies through creative grant writing. Suggestions pertaining to Lambda Pi Eta and internal internships probably require the least amount of institutional support. There are two proposed conditions for the research teams concept to be successful. First, there must be a commitment by all faculty to engage in research. Second, the faculty research interest must lend itself to collaborative research.
A Framework For Surveying Communication Effectiveness In Institutions Of Higher Education, Charmaine E. Wilson, Sandra Hochel
A Framework For Surveying Communication Effectiveness In Institutions Of Higher Education, Charmaine E. Wilson, Sandra Hochel
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article examines a framework for assessing communication effectiveness in higher education in the U.S. In light of cost concerns, most colleges and universities will opt for using internal expertise. This option is particularly feasible for post-secondary institutions in that they are likely to have available in-house expertise needed to conduct an effective assessment. The step of identifying available expertise from communication and other appropriate units is needed to gain broad expertise and multiple perspectives, avoid attributions of private agendas, and encourage units under analysis to view the process as a community effort. The assessing committee will want to set …
Practical Strategies For Enhancing Ethnic Diversity Within Communication Programs: A Symposium Overview, Robert M. Smith
Practical Strategies For Enhancing Ethnic Diversity Within Communication Programs: A Symposium Overview, Robert M. Smith
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
Introduction to a series of articles on race and ethnicity in U.S. higher education.
Administrators At Risk: Tools And Technologies For Securing Your Future, James A. Stakenas
Administrators At Risk: Tools And Technologies For Securing Your Future, James A. Stakenas
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
Review of the book, McKenzie, J. (1993). Administrators at Risk: Tools and Technologies for Securing Your Future. Bloomington, Indiana: National Education Service.
Safe Places, Fair Practices, Trust: Sexual Harassment In Communication And Theatre, Robert J. Wills
Safe Places, Fair Practices, Trust: Sexual Harassment In Communication And Theatre, Robert J. Wills
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article discusses the role of school administrators in addressing sexual harassment in theater and communication programs. On college and university campuses, by and large, men have power. Women on campus by and large trust these men who have power. The trust in such a relationship is precious, built over time through consistency, responsiveness and mutual concerns. Sexual harassment breaks that trust, destroys it completely, and in the process wounds those who are involved. The 9 to 5 organization has concluded that a strong policy is the best way to combat sexual harassment. A written policy easily becomes both the …
Oral English Proficiency Requirements For Itas In U. S. Colleges And Universities: An Issue In Speech Communication, Robert C. Dick, Brenda M. Robinson
Oral English Proficiency Requirements For Itas In U. S. Colleges And Universities: An Issue In Speech Communication, Robert C. Dick, Brenda M. Robinson
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article explores the nature and extent of oral English proficiency training that international teaching assistants (ITA) need for their faculty and staff roles in U.S. colleges and universities. In surveys of campuses in the Illinois system, the most frequent single complaint among undergraduates was that the ITA had language problems which interfered with the students' comprehension of classroom material. The Test of English As a Foreign Language (TOEFL) has been in existence since 1964, assessing the English usage of English-as-a-second-language students applying for admission to colleges and universities. The Test of Spoken Language, designed by the Educational Testing Service, …
Alternative Career Opportunities, Or, Don't Sell Yourself Short!, David Balthrop
Alternative Career Opportunities, Or, Don't Sell Yourself Short!, David Balthrop
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article will attempt to discuss who is making an attempt to prepare their students for work outside of the field of study; pose the question of whose responsibility is it for preparing those students: faculty, universities and colleges, or the students themselves. In a survey sent out to all colleges and universities in Kentucky, only a small percentage (fewer than 3%) of the surveys returned acknowledged any help in the form of organized, structured post-graduation job opportunity discussions. All the forms returned indicated that the students wanted and needed that type of instruction. In order to locate other job …
To Be Young, Gifted, And Out Of Work, Mark Malinauskas
To Be Young, Gifted, And Out Of Work, Mark Malinauskas
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article discusses job search strategy. Devising a job hunting strategy may be the hardest work you do in your entire career. The most immediate task is the creation of a personal inventory. You should be honest and identify your real strengths. These will be incorporated into your resume when you are ready to construct it. The attributes most employers seek to identify in applicants are the following: (1) A burning desire to learn and grow; (2) A brute determination to succeed; (3) A natural ability to get along with people; (4) Talent for persuading others; (5) An affinity for …
Alternative Assessment In Speech Communication, Ellen A. Hay
Alternative Assessment In Speech Communication, Ellen A. Hay
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article aims to promote alternative assessment in the field of speech communication. Speech communication departments in a number of colleges and universities have adopted alternative practices as they have developed their assessment programs. For example, the faculty at the University of Missouri-Kansas City examined and redesigned their curriculum so that students were required to show competence in interpersonal communication, critical thinking, language use, leadership, reading, research, public speaking, cultural appreciation, writing, decision making, theoretical understanding, and ethical/philosophical appreciation. Clearly, developing and implementing alternative assessment strategies is time consuming and costly. First, alternative assessment more fully meets the demand for …
Applying Communication Studies In Hong Kong, John Lee Jellicorse
Applying Communication Studies In Hong Kong, John Lee Jellicorse
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
The article discusses the trends in communication education in Hong Kong, China. Since communication is labor intensive, the need for personnel is swelling rapidly. Obviously, academic institutions in the region are faced with a tremendous challenge to encompass these developments. The School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist is attempting to meet the challenge. Hong Kong Baptist College, then a small, private diploma granting institution funded primarily from tuition fees, initiated its first program in communication. During the crucial period of its maturation from a diploma program to a degree course, the communication curriculum at Hong Kong Baptist was administered …
More Self-Evident Truths For Departmental Governance, James E. Sayer
More Self-Evident Truths For Departmental Governance, James E. Sayer
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article provides some thoughts about the pitfalls and problems associated with the lowest-level of academic administration. If nothing else, service as department chair can open the eyes to the real world of petty faculty politics in a way unknown and unseen by a regular faculty member. Finally, a new department chairperson must be aware that every move made on behalf of the department, every decision rendered, regardless of its mundane nature, will be scrutinized by colleagues for selfish intent. Graduate school does not prepare a person for service as departmental chairperson, nor do years of service as a regular …
Mass Communication Education: A Plastic Rolex?, Tim Hamlett
Mass Communication Education: A Plastic Rolex?, Tim Hamlett
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article discusses several aspects of mass communication education in the U.S. during the 1990s. According to professor J. M. McCall, communication educators should be telling communication professionals three things. The first is that academics do know what the profession requires. The second is that knowing perfectly well what the profession requires, the academics have decided not to provide it. The third observation is that there is no place in a university for that kind of education, which is trade skills and vocational training. McCall's case for change rest on two pillars: university politics and finances; and media studies in …
Affirmative Action In Academe: Increase Opportunities, Remove Barriers, And Change Attitudes, Susan A. Siltanen
Affirmative Action In Academe: Increase Opportunities, Remove Barriers, And Change Attitudes, Susan A. Siltanen
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article addressed affirmative action in academe by examining the judicial justification for the policy and the 1973 and 1983 American Association of University Professor (AAUP) recommendations. Those reviews indicated that the Supreme Court supported affirmative action using distributive justice principles. Moreover, the AAUP recommendations are also based on distributive justice principles. In the 1973 report, the AAUP called mostly for increased opportunities for women and minorities to enter the academy. In its 1983 report, the AAUP reiterated the need to alter the workplace to include more women and minorities and added a call for to remove barriers to tenure …
Censorship Problems In Commercial And Collegiate Theatre, Joe Filippo
Censorship Problems In Commercial And Collegiate Theatre, Joe Filippo
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article discusses censorship problems in commercial and collegiate theatre. An examination of censorship in the American theatre will reveal the fact that the subject has been weighed and viewed by the court from a number of perspectives. One such view was that, until the mid-twentieth century, court cases commonly were decided on the basis of the literary merit of the plays in question. The foregoing questions relating to a theatre season may lead one to conclude that there is no censorship quite like self-censorship. If it is perceived that in the process of play selection there is excessive risk …
The Impact Of Situational Elements Upon An Internship Director's Supervisory Style: A Model, Shelly Schaefer Hinck, William O. Dailey
The Impact Of Situational Elements Upon An Internship Director's Supervisory Style: A Model, Shelly Schaefer Hinck, William O. Dailey
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article argues that internship directors must examine the constraints and objectives of their program and then select an appropriate supervisory style in order to be effective. Considering the many benefits associated with the internship experience, it is not surprising that over one thousand colleges and universities in the U.S. offer some type of internship program. What is surprising is that internship directors looking for suggestions on internship administration find little research devoted to developing effective administrative decisions. The relationship between the intern, the faculty coordinator, and the site supervisor may be of a helping nature whereby the faculty coordinator …
Responsibility, Freedom Of Speech And Campus Speech Codes, William A. Haskins
Responsibility, Freedom Of Speech And Campus Speech Codes, William A. Haskins
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article argues that speech codes are not the answer to curbing offensive communication. The typical response to curbing verbal aggression on campuses throughout the U.S. has come in the form of speech codes--designed to prevent offensive communication. Speech codes, however, are not new phenomena to the U.S. landscape. Landmark Supreme Court decisions have provided numerous types of speech codes for identifying messages falling within and outside the boundaries of legally protected speech. All members, then, in the communication process engage in the creation of meaning. And more, they must take responsibility for not only the formation of meaning in …
Literacy Enhancement And Writing Across The Curriculum: A Motivational Addendum, L. Brooks Hill, Sandra L. Ragan
Literacy Enhancement And Writing Across The Curriculum: A Motivational Addendum, L. Brooks Hill, Sandra L. Ragan
Basic Communication Course Annual
This "thought piece" supplements the preceding article with complementary information drawn from a national literacy project underwritten by the Ford Foundation. This project attempted to persuade teachers in all disciplines to become more proficient in the use of written exercises and to encourage an expanded conception of literacy as an essential cornerstone of education. As a part of the writing-across-the curriculum (WAC) efforts, this extensive project helped to organize these efforts by identifying the obstacles to enhanced literacy, specifying innumerable techniques for use in diverse contexts, and motivating faculty to intensify their work on this dimension of any curriculum. This …
Editor's Page, Craig Newburger
Editor's Page, Craig Newburger
Basic Communication Course Annual
Editor reflects on journal's first six years and acknowledges the service and commitment of past editors.
Interactive Video Instruction For Teaching Organizational Techniques In Public Speaking, Michael W. Cronin
Interactive Video Instruction For Teaching Organizational Techniques In Public Speaking, Michael W. Cronin
Basic Communication Course Annual
This article describes two interactive videodisc instructional programs for teaching organizational techniques in public speaking and reports the assessment of these programs. Formative evaluations indicate that students enjoyed the level III interactive video instruction (IVI). One-way analyses of variance indicated that students receiving IVI in "Constructing Speaking Outlines" (study 1) or "Developing Key Ideas" (study 2) achieved significantly higher recall/application test scores than did students in the control group in the respective study. Implications for the use of these IVI programs in supplementing traditional public speaking instruction are discussed.
Using Interactive Video Instruction To Enhance Public Speaking Instruction, Michael W. Cronin, William R. Kennan
Using Interactive Video Instruction To Enhance Public Speaking Instruction, Michael W. Cronin, William R. Kennan
Basic Communication Course Annual
This article discusses the nature of interactive video instruction (IVI) and the potential benefits of IVI applications in supplementing instruction in the basic communication course. It describes the IVI programs in oral communication that are currently available, the equipment required to institute IVI, and details possible applications of IVI for instructors, students, and educational institutions.
Obstacles To Overcome In The Implementation Of A Program To Reduce Communication Apprehension In The Basic Public Speaking Course, Bruce C. Mckinney, Stephen J. Pullum
Obstacles To Overcome In The Implementation Of A Program To Reduce Communication Apprehension In The Basic Public Speaking Course, Bruce C. Mckinney, Stephen J. Pullum
Basic Communication Course Annual
The problem of communication apprehension (CA) is well documented in the speech communication literature and many schools have implemented programs to help students overcome CA, especially CA associated with public speaking. Often times this is done as part of the basic course. However, there are many obstacles to overcome in the implementation of such programs. This article analyzes six common obstacles associated with implementing a program to reduce CA in a special section of the basic communication course.
An Assessment Of Panel Vs. Individual Instructor Ratings Of Student Speeches, David E. Williams, Robert A. Stewart
An Assessment Of Panel Vs. Individual Instructor Ratings Of Student Speeches, David E. Williams, Robert A. Stewart
Basic Communication Course Annual
This study addressed the possibility of utilizing a panel of instructors to evaluate student speeches. Forty-six public speaking students were videotaped during an informative speech assignment. Instructor panels evaluated each speech using the same criteria as the real instructor. This study found that trait error exists in panel grading as it does in individual instructor evaluation. Panel and individual instructor ratings were generally similar but inferior speeches were graded lower by the panel than the real instructor. This suggests that panels may be less likely to experience leniency error and may give more accurate evaluations of weaker speeches. Considerations are …
Meeting Certification Requirements For Teacher Certification Through The Basic Course, S. Clay Willmington, Kay E. Neal, Milda M. Steinbrecher
Meeting Certification Requirements For Teacher Certification Through The Basic Course, S. Clay Willmington, Kay E. Neal, Milda M. Steinbrecher
Basic Communication Course Annual
This article explains how one institution of higher education designed their basic course to include communication proficiency for teachers as an integral part of the course. Features of the course include the following standardized assessments: a 60-question multiple-choice exam to assess cognitive proficiency; a one-on-one interpersonal encounter to assess interpersonal proficiency; a speech to inform to assess public speaking proficiency; and the use of the Steinbrecher-Willmington Listening Test to assess listening.
Stories As Instructional Strategy: Teaching In Another Culture, Pamela Cooper
Stories As Instructional Strategy: Teaching In Another Culture, Pamela Cooper
Basic Communication Course Annual
This article describes the use of story as an instructional strategy in a basic communication course taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Self-Confrontation And Public Speaking Apprehension: To Videotape Or Not To Videotape Student Speakers?, Craig Newburger, Linda Brannon, Arlie Daniel
Self-Confrontation And Public Speaking Apprehension: To Videotape Or Not To Videotape Student Speakers?, Craig Newburger, Linda Brannon, Arlie Daniel
Basic Communication Course Annual
This study examines the impact of self-confrontation (self-viewing of videotaped speeches) on student public speaking apprehension. Subjects who were confronted with their videotaped speeches (as post-performance feedback) did not experience a reduction in their public speaking apprehension, while subjects who were not so confronted did experience a significant reduction. The experience of presenting several speeches before an audience appears to be the intervening variable that invoked the reduction in public speaking apprehension, while self-confrontation appears to inhibit this reduction.
Computer-Mediated Communication In The Basic Communication Course, Gerald M. Santoro, Gerald M. Phillips
Computer-Mediated Communication In The Basic Communication Course, Gerald M. Santoro, Gerald M. Phillips
Basic Communication Course Annual
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) for instructional support is being explored at a number of colleges and universities. In this paper the authors describe their successful application of CMC to the basic communication course and the lessons they learned for successful implementation of instructional CMC.
Call For Papers And Editorial Philosophy
Call For Papers And Editorial Philosophy
Basic Communication Course Annual
No abstract provided.
Flexibility Makes The Difference In Mentoring Women For Academic Success, Kathryn S. Egan
Flexibility Makes The Difference In Mentoring Women For Academic Success, Kathryn S. Egan
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article examines the significance of mentoring for women's success in achieving tenure and promotion. The successful tenured female college faculty member in communications, at some point in her career, has been helped by a mentor, usually male. Mentoring is vital for both men and women for faculty success, but women are restricted in forming mentoring relationships. Two categories of women as knowers exist in academe: constructivists and proceduralists. The constructivist views all knowledge as contextual, while the proceduralist woman is invested in learning and applying objective procedures for obtaining knowledge. The functions of mentoring are defined as those aspects …