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A Rationale For Developing Communication Training Programs, Dan B. Curtis, Steven A. Beebe, Deems M. Brooks

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article argues for the intentional development of communication training programs within higher education to meet expanding industry demand for communication skilled employees and trainers. The authors document substantial growth in training and development initiatives across business, government, and industrial sectors, citing national surveys and reports identifying communication as a consistently critical competency for managerial effectiveness and employee performance. They outline core communication abilities valued by employers, including oral and written communication, listening, persuasion, interpersonal relations, small group leadership, and problem solving. The discussion identifies persistent barriers in academic settings, such as disciplinary stereotypes, lack of faculty preparation in adult …

Curriculum Implications Of The New Technologies, Frederick Williams

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the curricular implications of emerging communication technologies, emphasizing that the central concern within the communication discipline remains the study of human use and social impacts of technological systems rather than their mechanical features. It argues that new media function primarily as extensions of existing forms, particularly as telecommunications and computing converge, enabling greater informational access, individualized communication, and distributed decision making. Rather than creating entirely new courses, the article proposes revising current communication curricula to reflect changes in media environments. Key areas for integration include the shift from mass communication to demassification through narrowcasting and text services, …

A Study Of The Attitudes Of Michigan School Board Presidents Toward Superintendents' Political And Policy Leadership In Third And Fourth Class School Districts, Jon Bradley Johnson

Dissertations

The question of whether the school board or the superintendent really governs public schools continues to appear in the literature. An issue related to this question is the amount of political and policy leadership exercised by superintendents.

The purpose of this study was to make a beginning inquiry into current expectations for superintendent political and policy leadership by school board presidents.

Five hypotheses were identified involving variables of political and policy leadership, intraboard cohesion, and size of the district.

The research included requesting data from school board presidents of 513 third and fourth class school districts in Michigan. Eventually 396 …

0436: Dr. Sam Clagg Papers, 1958-1986, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Marshall University professor of Geography, faculty leader, former acting president, author, cartographer. Papers include material from Dr. Clagg's service on Board of Regents advisory council of faculty, chairman of the faculty governance system and council of chairmen; drafts of several books and dissertation.

The Effect Of Mobility On The Academic Performance Of Grade Six Students In An Urban School, Arnold Hugo Lindblad Jr.

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of mobility on the standardized achievement test scores of grade six students in an urban school. The study sought to (1) identify the degree of mobility experienced by grade six students in the Chesapeake Public Schools; (2) identify the degree of mobility within the Chesapeake Public Schools; (3) determine the socio-economic, gender, and ethnic characteristics of the extra-city mobile, intra-city mobile, and non-mobile grade six students; (4) determine if there were differences in the standardized achievement test scores of extra-city mobile, intra-city mobile, and non-mobile grade six students; and (5) …

A Study Of Merit Pay Factors As Perceived By Members Of The Florida Teaching Profession-National Education Association, Susan Crowe Burns

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to discover which merit pay evaluation and implementation factors were considered important by members of the Florida Teaching Profession - National Education Association (FTP-NEA). Comparisons were made of opinions within various subgroups (district size, position within organization, sex, race, age, years teaching, highest degree earned, assignment, secondary assignment).

The sample included the State Board of Directors, the Board of Directors of the United Faculty of Florida CUFF-university personnel), and FTP-NEA members in two-thirds of the local affiliates. All districts with support personnel groups were included. The questionnaire was comprised of merit pay factors which were cited …

A Study Of Teachers' And Principals' (Supervisors') Perceptions Toward Teacher Evaluation Practices, Kenneth C. Hendriksen

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Financial Status Of Dieterich Community Unit 30, William Mcclain

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Perceptions Of Parents, Teachers, And Administrators Of The Learning Disability Programs Of The Macon, Moweaqua, And Warrensburg-Latham School Districts, Carl R. Hall

Masters Theses

Purpose

The purpose of this field study was to evaluate the perceived effectiveness of the learning disability resource services, the model used to deliver services in Macon, Moweaqua, and Warrensburg-Latham School Districts, from the parents’, regular teachers’, resource learning disability teachers’, and administrators’ perspectives.

Assessing the perspectives currently held of the resource services by regular teachers, parents, resource learning disability teachers, and administrators served as an initial step in planning for future program needs and may help in establishing future goals for learning disability students. Discrepancies in the perceptions of these four groups may represent communication problems and identify areas …

A Study Of The Truants Alternative Program In The Clay-Jasper-Richland Educational Service Region, Southeastern, Illinois, Larry Rinehart

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine if the Clay-Jasper-Richland Truants Alternative Program had reduced truancy and chronic truancy in the region during the 1984-85 school year and to identify possibly needed modifications in the Truants Alternative Program.

A review of the research and literature revealed that truancy is a complex problem that may require the treatment of the student, school environment, and general environment. Only after a careful evaluation of a student's situation can a plan be formulated for remediating the truancy problem.

Statistics were obtained on the numbers of truants, chronic truants, and student population in each …

The Development Of A Program For Minority Dropout Prevention In The Decatur, Illinois Public School District #61, Priscilla Marjorie Palmer

Masters Theses

The purpose of this field study was to identify the need and present a workable model designed to address minority dropout prevention for the Decatur, Illinois, Public School District #61. The overall district dropout rate at the time this field study commenced was 26.6 percent. However, the dropout rate for minority (Black) males was 43.1 percent and 24.9 percent for minority (Black) females. The data shows that a problem of minority dropouts did exist in Decatur School District #61 and that a preventive program was needed to address this problem.The Program to Improve Student Attendance (PISA), was designed for use …

Superintendent Internship In Jasper County Cusd #1 And Robinson Cusd #2, Beverly L. Turkal

Masters Theses

This internship includes involvement, through employment, in two Illinois school districts: Jasper Community Unit #1 at Newton and Robinson Community School District 2 in Robinson. The internship has been under the direction of Superintendent James B. Taylor in Jasper Unit #1 and Superintendent Robert J. Verdun in the Robinson school district. Dr. Larry Janes, EIU professor, has been the student's advisor.

Jasper Unit #1 is the largest school district in Illinois, geographically. It includes 461 square miles and is the only district in Jasper County. There are ten attendance centers, including one high school and several elementary schools. The present …

Converting The Bement Junior High School To The Bement Middle School, Greg Zollman

Masters Theses

The town of Bement, Illinois, had an elementary school (K-8) and a high school (9-12) prior to 1976. The Bement Community Unit School District initiated its junior high school in 1976. This school consisted of the seventh and eighth grades.

During the 1983-84 school year, the administrators of the Bement schools expressed a general concern with the academic grades, social development, and behavior that was occurring in the Bement Junior High School. They indicated that many of the problems were the result of having the junior high school students housed with the senior high school students. They perceived that some …

Factors Contributing To The Successful Completion Of The Haitian Baccalaureat (Part I) And Their Administrative Implications, Serge E. Vernet

Dissertations

The Haitian baccalaureat is a difficult centralized state examination. Every year the percentage of students who pass this examination varies from 20 to 30 percent. There was a need for systematic research of the predominant factors which determine success in the Haitian baccalaureat.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not selected factors were related to success in the baccalaureat. Three hundred and sixteen graduates in the baccalaureat for the 1984-85 school year, 150 Rhetorique Teachers, and forty principals served as subjects in this study. The data came from the official records of the National Department of …

An Experimental Cost Index Model For The Analysis Of Service Cost Differentials Of Iowa School Districts, Dean W. Meier

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of the study was to construct a service cost index (SCI) for a sample of Iowa school districts and to use the SCI to examine the relationship school district size has to efficiency of educational services delivery. The SCI was based upon the computation of the cost of delivering a fixed market basket of services to a typical student in each of 44 randomly selected Iowa high schools. The Minimum Curriculum Requirements and Standards for Approved Schools, as outlined in the Code of Iowa, comprised the market basket of services. Instruction, administration, support, and transportation cost components comprised …

Membership Of The Faculty Senate, 1986-1987, Georgia Southern University

Faculty Senate: Membership Lists

No abstract provided.

Retention Characteristics And Policy As Suggested By California School Administrators And Teachers, William Bryan Howell

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem. There has been no definite conclusions in the literature as to the benefit or harm of retaining students in grade. With the California Legislative Mandate of SB 813, school districts are now required to have policies in effect for the promotion or nonpromotion of students. This study reviewed retention characteristics currently used in retention policy, those mentioned in literature, and the perceptions of administrators and teachers as to the value of these characteristics in retention. A model retention policy was developed from the study. Purpose. The purpose of the study was to determine if there were differences between teachers …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting December 20, 1985, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• President's Remarks
• Report on Visit to Malaysia
• Gift Report
• Grant Report
• Recommendation re Reinvestment of Unitrust and Pooled Income Funds
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Board Committee Reports
• School of Music Report
• Report of Fine Arts Complex Landscaping Project
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Ua66/14/3 Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Pinning ceremony program listing graduates of the WKU Nursing program.

News & Views - Vol. 04, No. 07 - December 19, 1985, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 31, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special presidential search issue of the College Heights Herald. This issue includes articles:

• Carlton, Chad. Kern Alexander Gets Lifelong Dream in Presidency
• Carlton, Chad. Paul Cook to be Executive Vice President Jan. 25
• Carlton, Chad. Long Days, Hard Work Went into Search
• Turner, Todd. Students Doubt Impact of Decision
• Edelen, Mark. Campus Leaders Cautious But Optimistic
• Struck, Angela. Past Presidents Offer Tips as Kern Alexander Takes Office
• A Timeline of Western Leaders

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding faculty evaluation and salaries.

Ua3/7/4/1 Press Conference, Joe Iracane, Kern Alexander, Paul Cook

WKU Administration Documents

Transcript of recorded press conference regarding the selection of Kern Alexander as WKU president. Joe Iracane, Kern Alexander and Paul Cook making statements and fielding unidentified reporters' questions.The recording is approximately 19:15 in length and has been digitized as wav and mp3 files which are available upon request.

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents special meeting regarding the appointment of Kern Alexander as president of WKU.

Ua3/7/4/3 Press Conference, Joe Iracane

WKU Administration Documents

Transcript of recorded press conference regarding the selection of Kern Alexander as president of WKU. The recording is approximately 12:15 in length and has been digitized as wav and mp3 files which are available upon request.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding administrative evaluations, discrimination, funding, presidential search and salaries.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 30, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Carlton, Chad. Naming of President May Come Saturday
• Carlton, Chad. Final Three Presidential Candidates Visit Students, Faculty
• Harris, Carla. Flop 40 Music: Student Radio Station Not Well-Received – WKRX-58, WKYU-FM
• Humphreys, Mack. Professor to Put Worms into Space for NASA - Thomas Coohill
• Jones, LaMont. Private Lives: Students Prefer Solo Dorm Rooms
• Opinion: Change of Format Could Help Campus Radio Station
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – WKRX-47
• Filer, Debbie L. Word Play: Mistletoe Not Really So Romantic
• Struck, Angela. Committee Plans Rally for Higher Education …

Newsletter Vol. Ix, No. 5, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate newsletter. This issue includes articles:

• Administrative Evaluations
• Professional Responsibilities & Concerns Committee
• Women and Men at Western
• COSFL
• Dr. Cook's Comments
• Senator Crume's Comments
• Presidential Search
• Resolution on Pay Increases
• Amendment to the Motion Defeated
• Original Resolution Passes
• Dr. Cook's Priorities Endorsed
• For the Executive Committee
• Presidential Appointments

Ua3/7/4/2 Press Conference, Kern Alexander

WKU Administration Documents

Transcript of recorded press conference segment during the search process for new president. Kern Alexander fielding unidentified reporters' questions. On tape with Board of Regents meeting.

Senate Meeting December 11, 1985, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.