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Strategies For Seeking Employment In The Small College, Sandra Madsen

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article analyzes the conditions shaping faculty hiring in small colleges and identifies three primary variables that shape employment decisions: academic credentials, commitment to teaching, and collegiality. Drawing on broader trends in the academic labor market, the discussion notes that an expanded supply of highly trained candidates allows small institutions to recruit applicants with terminal degrees and records of scholarly engagement. At the same time, the argument emphasizes that small colleges value breadth of preparation and the capacity to teach foundational communication courses such as interpersonal communication and public speaking with theoretical rigor and pedagogical sophistication. The analysis criticizes graduate …

Achieving Success In Small Colleges, Richard W. Platt

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This essay examines the conditions that shape professional advancement in small colleges and outlines strategies for achieving mobility within institutions facing demographic decline, financial constraint, and limited faculty turnover. It begins by noting that reduced student populations, diminished public support for higher education, and high proportions of tenured senior faculty restrict opportunities for hiring, promotion, and movement across institutions. Against this backdrop, the essay argues that new faculty must plan deliberately for professional success by understanding institutional identity, priorities, and expectations. Drawing on a model of organizational assessment, it emphasizes the importance of analyzing mission statements, governance structures, departmental practices, …

The Speech Tutor, Joseph O'Rourke

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article describes the development and institutionalization of the Speech Tutor program at Wabash College, an initiative that uses undergraduate assistants to support beginning public speaking students. Originating in a broader library funded effort to strengthen bibliographic instruction, the program evolved from an experiment in freshman seminars into a structured system in which upper division speech students receive targeted training in library research methods, video equipment operation, and speech criticism. The analysis explains how these tutors assist students with topic selection, research, rehearsal, and the use of audiovisual technology. It also details the organizational collaboration between the speech department and …

External Evaluation Of Small College Communication Programs, Richard W. Platt

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article analyzes the role of external consultants in the evaluation and development of communication programs in small colleges, using Marist College as a detailed case study. It outlines the institutional context of the late 1970s and early 1980s, including demographic pressures, financial constraints, and the emergence of federal grant programs that encouraged systematic self study. The discussion traces how internal assessments, leadership restructuring, and Title III grants created conditions for program wide review involving external consultants with complementary expertise in communication theory, administration, and professional practice. The article describes the consultant selection process, preparation procedures, visit logistics, and subsequent …

Conducting A Departmental Review, Joseph W. Macdoniels

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article describes and evaluates the departmental review model developed at Hope College as an institutional mechanism for continuous program assessment suited to the small college context. It begins by identifying structural barriers that make conventional external evaluation impractical for small institutions, including limited financial resources, unique institutional missions, and disciplinary breadth within small departments. The model presented replaces costly outside evaluation with a recurring internal review cycle in which departmental self studies and structured presentations form the basis for institutional dialogue. The article outlines the objectives of the review process, emphasizing the promotion of systematic departmental planning, the cultivation …

Thinking Out Loud: Teaching The Other Half Of The Communication Course, Richard M. Goldstein, Charles W. Nelson

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article documents an instructional experiment designed to integrate foundational oral communication skills into a required first year composition sequence at Michigan Technological University. The initiative emerged from institutional constraints that prevented speech courses from counting toward graduation and from growing recognition that technological students need competence in oral communication as well as writing. The article details the collaborative planning between an English instructor and a speech teacher who sought to embed oral communication concepts within the third quarter of the composition curriculum, using a media centered unit as the organizing structure. The analysis describes the Dorm English program as …

A Special Tool For Offering Criticism: The Post-Speech Transcript, Gary B. Lafleur

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article analyzes the limitations of traditional immediate post speech criticism in basic public speaking courses and presents a four step evaluation system designed to produce more deliberate and comprehensive feedback. It argues that conventional critique sheets and spontaneous peer comments often result in superficial observations shaped by the immediacy of performance, emotional distortion, and the restricted scope of one page forms. To address these problems, the article outlines a sequenced process that begins with a post speech conference held the day after the presentation, allowing for a more reflective review of critique sheet comments and targeted discussion of areas …

So You’Re It! The Theatre Program Of Limited Size, James L. Deyoung

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the conditions, constraints, and opportunities that define theatre programs staffed by one or two trained faculty members. It critiques professional assumptions that equate disciplinary success with technical specialization and argues that small program faculty routinely manage the full range of theatrical responsibilities. The discussion identifies core challenges facing limited size programs, including restricted peer interaction, limited time for professional development, heavy teaching loads concentrated in introductory courses, tight budgets, and geographic isolation that reduces access to live theatre. The analysis contends that faculty must counter these constraints through consistent professional engagement, attendance at conferences, and exposure to …

Faculty Recruitment, Retention, And Fair Employment: Obligations And Opportunities, Norma C. Cook

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Reviews the book "Faculty Recruitment, Retention, and Fair Employment: Obligations and Opportunities" by John S. Waggaman. Published by the ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Research Report #2. Washington, DC: Association for the Study of Higher Education, 1983.

Dropping Out Of High School: An Inside Look, Michelle Fine

Publications and Research

In September, 1984, I began an ethnography of student life in and out of a New York City public high school to figure out why urban students drop out of high school at such extraordinary rates. By December, why urban students stay in high school through graduation struck me as an equally compelling question.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Carlton, Chad. Salaries Priority in Request
• Carlton, Chad. Regent John Palmore Looking to Governor’s Race
• Hitchcock, Lisa. Chi Omegas Make Room Top Flight
• Student Committee Will Help Search for next President
• Opinion: Push for More Funding a Positive Step
• Knapp, Kevin. Test Budget Balloon Editorial Cartoon
• Filer, Debbie L. Speaking Correctly a Wordy Matter
• Turner, Todd. Agriculture Sprouts Lab, Rooms
• Sullivan, Sheila. Christian Solution Advertised
• Workers Repair Grise Hall
• Thomas, Ursula. Smith Sisters Sing to University Folk – Debbie Smith, Megan Smith
• Meehan, Mary. Mammoth Cave Offers a Cool …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding cooperative education, television station, student recruitment and grant administration pay.

Senate Meeting September 25, 1985, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Newsletter Vol. Ix, No. 2, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate newsletter. This issue includes articles:

• Senate Meeting
• Salary Data

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Humphreys, Mack. Registering to Vote Could Pose Problem
• Dezern. Craig. Horsin’ Around at a Mule Pull
• Cravens, Jayne. Film Adds Dimension to Professor James Wayne Miller’s Poetry
• Humphreys, Mack. Organizers See a Need for Registration
• Sullivan, Sheila. Glitter of Theatre Draws 100 to Workshop
• Malmer, Victoria P. Student Kidnapped from Louisville Bar – Stacey Ford
• Opinion: Students Voting in City Causes Ethical Concern
• Knapp, Kevin. Student Voting Editorial Cartoon
• Williams, Debra. Grammar Used Poorly
• Sanders, Kim. Campus Needs Signs
• Publications Receive National Award – Talisman
• Parsons, Kim. State Tuition …

1985 September 23 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, Faculty Senate, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

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

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Recommendation re Approval of Appendix B (re Committee Meetings, Board of Trustees Bylaws
• Recommendation re General Fund Budget for 1985-86
• Recommendation re Campus Beautification Resolution
• Franklin Wright Settlement House Proposal
• Board Committee Reports
• Translation Center Report
• Public Comments
• Executive Sessions
• Adjournment

News & Views - Vol. 04, No. 02 - September 20, 1985, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Malmer, Victoria P. 85 Percent Fail English 101 Exam
• Struck, Angela. Western Competes to Keep, Hire Qualified Teachers
• Pack, Todd. Some Academic Offices Hung Up by Phone Theft
• Parson, Kim. Discount Card Delayed, State Attorney Called In
• Hurt, John. Pearl Bailey to Sing at Capitol Arts Center
• Opinion: English 101 Exam Doesn’t Make the Grade
• Knapp, Kevin. English 101 Exam Editorial Cartoon
• Ezell, Scott. Critical of Story – Carol McIvor
• Students Can Register to Vote in City Election
• Harris, Carla. Fraternity Pledges Increase This Year …

19850918: Finance, Peters Files, 1948-1979, Finance

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the office of Finance at Marshall University from 1948-1979. Items were received in 1985 and processed in 2026. This collection includes financial aid materials, replacement & new positions, athletic department budgets, the administrative staff meeting minutes,among other materials. Please see the inventory for a full list of contents.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding grant administration pay, summer school, faculty leave policy, tenure and student recruitment.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 6, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Humphreys, Mack. Irate Professor Raps Evaluations – Thomas Coohill
• Turner, Todd. Students Advised to Use Bookstore Lockers
• Hoppes, Lynn. Tuition in Kentucky Compares Favorably with Fees in Other States
• Interhall Council Asks for Snow Schedule to Aid Drivers in Bad Weather
• Pope, Robert. Marylyn Knight Works on Painting Advertisement on Denes Field Wall
• Opinion: Western Should Evaluate Evaluation Policy
• Knapp, Kevin. Administration Evaluations Editorial Cartoon
• Keohane, Patrick. Leadership Isn’t the Same – Interhall Council
• Morgan, Charles. Hall Council Defended
• Struck, Angela. Byron Crawford Shares Storytelling Skills
• Ogden College of …

19850917: Student Affairs, 1949-1982, Student Affairs

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the office of Student Affairs at Marshall University from 1949-1982. Items were received in 1985 and include notable materials from or about the student organizations housed under Student Affairs during the time period. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Swift, Kim. Bidding Rule Slows Concert Schedule
• Humphreys, Mark. Council on Higher Education Plan Might Reduce Variety of Degrees Here
• Carlton, Chad. Sophomore to Help with Selection of President – Beverly Kirk
• Harris, Carla. Student’s Prank Call Results in 2 Hours in Jail – Tim Bratcher
• Student Government Association Approves Budget
• Opinion: University Center Board Should Fight Order Forcing Concert Bids
• Knapp, Kevin. Country Concerts Editorial Cartoon
• Reagan, Stanley. Bigger Not Better – Interhall Council
• Daffron, Wade. Teacher Michael Trapasso Writes for ‘Mr. Wizard’
• Eagleston, Leigh Ann. Professor Ronald …

Senate Meeting September 11, 1985, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding class schedule conflicts, strategic planning, non-traditional students, suspended courses, service memorial and criminal justice course.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Carlton, Chad. Presidential Search Begins
• Hitchcock, Lisa. Students Can Get Food Stamps
• Cravens, Jayne. Comic Books Are Not Just for Kids Anymore
• Parson, Kim. Associated Student Government Grade Requirement Debate May Go On
• Carlton, Chad. Council on Higher Education Focuses On Funding
• Updates Can Keep Search Above Board
• Knapp, Kevin. Presidential Search Editorial Cartoon
• Auberspin, Eleska. Objects to Photo – African Americans
• Fulmer, Joseph. Wants Recognition – Charity
• Deferment Possible If Money Hasn’t Come
• Turner, Todd. Non-Credit Courses Offered On Campus
• Hamilton, T.J. Lambda Chi …

1985 September 09 - Staff Senate Minutes, Staff Senate, East Tennessee State University

Staff Senate Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

1985 September 9 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, Faculty Senate, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.