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What Is Happening To The Communication Disciplines?, Paul E. Nelson
What Is Happening To The Communication Disciplines?, Paul E. Nelson
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
introduces a series of articles in the special issue on communication programs of colleges and universities in the U.S.
Demise Of The College Of Communications And Fine Arts At Siuc, Gerald Stone
Demise Of The College Of Communications And Fine Arts At Siuc, Gerald Stone
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article focuses on significant events leading to the demise of the College of Communications and Fine Arts (CCFA) at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC) in 1993. The CCFA at SIUC was one of the largest units of its kind in the country. It had been in existence almost 25 years, formed when the fine arts school joined the School of Communications. In 1990, Jim Edgar was elected governor of Illinois, the first Republican in recent memory. The change in political fortunes brought a new head of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, the coordinating body for all post-secondary …