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Professionalism In Educational Theatre, Clyde Bassett

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

The essay reviews debates about professionalism in college and university theatre programs, placing contemporary concerns within a longer history of practical theatre training in higher education. It summarizes recurring issues raised in a panel on educational theatre, including administrative support, program objectives, faculty qualifications, facilities, student recruitment, curriculum design, faculty assignments, production practices, and retention standards. The piece distinguishes professionalized training from broader liberal arts or extracurricular approaches while noting the difficulty of balancing rigorous practical preparation with general education. It also addresses whether professional theatre programs should emphasize laboratory training for majors, public performance, or broader institutional outreach. The …

Making The Transition From A Large University To An Established Small College Department, William A. Ternent

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

The essay offers guidance for faculty moving from large university settings to established small college communication departments. It contrasts large university assumptions about specialization, research, graduate programs, and abstract inquiry with small college expectations centered on teaching, responsiveness, institutional history, and student interaction. The piece cautions against treating the small college as a career refuge or undeveloped frontier, arguing instead that successful transition requires attention to local needs, curricular growth, cooperative program development, and the ability to solve immediate institutional problems. It also emphasizes the reduced resources and expanded responsibilities often found in small college settings. The essay contributes to …

Making The Transition From A Large University To A New Small College Department, Malthon Anapol Published Posthumously

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

The essay reflects on moving from a large university communication program to chairing a newly created mass communication department at a small college. It situates the transition within enrollment pressures, student interest in career oriented curricula, and small colleges’ growing attention to communication as a program area. The piece discusses differences in students, course development, curriculum priorities, equipment needs, support services, faculty relationships, administrative access, and quality of life. It describes the challenges of building a new department with limited resources while developing options in broadcasting, journalism, advertising, and public relations. The essay contributes to communication administration by emphasizing program …

Small Colleges: A New Frontier?, Robert N. Hall

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

The essay considers whether small colleges offer a distinctive setting for communication education within debates about liberal learning, vocational pressure, and declining enrollments. It situates communication within the humanities and argues that liberal arts training develops capacities closely aligned with communication study, including speaking, listening, critical analysis, adaptability, ethical judgment, and continued learning. The piece contrasts job focused education with broader preparation for careers and work, emphasizing that students and advisors often need clearer explanations of how communication connects to employment and public life. It suggests that small college departments may be especially well positioned to link communication, liberal learning, …

Academic Rewards And The Coaching Of Forensics: A Modest Proposal, N. Edd Miller

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Addressing academic reward systems for forensic directors and coaches, this article proposes that coaching forensics should receive recognition not only as teaching but also as research activity. It reviews the difficulty of categorizing forensic coaching within tenure, promotion, and merit systems, especially when compared with creative activity in theatre or media production. The article argues that effective coaching requires critical appraisal of evidence, problem formulation, argument development, organization, interpretation, and presentation, all of which resemble research processes. It recommends limited research credit for active and effective coaching while preserving expectations for traditional scholarship. The article also outlines possible evaluation criteria, …

Interdisciplinary Speech Communication: A Small School Alternative, Betty Jo Hyde Welch

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Set within statewide scrutiny of new undergraduate programs, this article describes the creation of an interdisciplinary speech communication degree at a small university campus. The program was developed under constraints requiring little duplication of existing state programs and reliance on current faculty, facilities, and resources. The article explains how faculty from several disciplines planned a curriculum combining speech, English, computer science, modern language, philosophy, psychology, and anthropology. It outlines a structure built around general education, a communication core, and a student designed collateral emphasis area. The article also reports subsequent program growth and movement toward independent departmental status. It contributes …

Undergraduates As Colleagues: Using Undergraduates As Teaching Assistants In The Basic Course, Wilbur H. Baisinger, Gary L. Peterson, Bonnie Spillman

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Using a small college basic course as a case study, this article describes a model for involving undergraduate teaching assistants in oral communication instruction. The program responds to pressures created by high enrollment, limited full time faculty, no graduate assistants, and institutional expectations for small laboratory sections. It outlines a team taught format in which faculty present lectures and supervise assistants, while selected undergraduates lead laboratory sessions, grade assignments, consult with students, and participate in weekly planning meetings. The article emphasizes careful selection, structured activities, close grading supervision, and regular feedback as safeguards. It contributes to communication administration by presenting …

Faculty In Community Colleges Should Conduct Research For Publication, Carol S. Hopson

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Challenging the idea that community college faculty should be defined only as teachers, this article argues that research and publication are necessary for instructional improvement, professional identity, and institutional credibility. It traces the historical image of junior colleges as teaching institutions, then notes changes in student populations, instructional conditions, faculty credentials, and community college roles. The article identifies different categories of community college faculty and argues that instructors should investigate student needs, teaching materials, workloads, class size, developmental education, and classroom methods rather than relying on university based research. It also rejects myths that research is administratively irrelevant, incompatible with …

Evaluation Of Service: Department Through Professional Organizations, Bobby R. Patton

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Organized around the definition, recognition, and reward of service, this article examines how communication and theatre faculty contributions should be evaluated within departmental, university, professional, and community settings. It reviews service criteria from other academic units, then argues that some activities in speech and theatre are better classified as teaching, research, scholarship, or creative activity rather than service. The article identifies legitimate service work, including administration, program coordination, advising, committee assignments, professional association leadership, editorial work, and community engagement tied to faculty expertise. It also outlines a merit review process and argues that service should be articulated clearly, documented carefully, …

An International Visiting Fellowship Scheme: A United States And Australia Program, Harry Irwin

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Centered on communication program development in Australia, this article describes an international visiting fellowship at Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education in Sydney. It situates the program within the growth of applied communication studies in Australian higher education, especially the advanced education sector’s emphasis on vocationally oriented curricula. The article explains how the fellowship brought United States communication scholars to assist with curriculum development, staff development, teaching, research, learning materials, library resources, and professional seminars. It also discusses recruitment, selection, institutional fit, and the eventual suspension of the program because of financial constraints. The article contributes to communication administration by presenting …

Creating A Model For A Career Planning And Placement Center At Kaskaskia College, D. Rennie Minton

Masters Theses

Statement of Purpose

The primary purpose of this field study was to create a model in the form of a comprehensive career planning and placement program for those individuals served by Kaskaskia Community College, District No. 501. Besides students cur rently enrolled, those who are temporary dropouts and return, early semester leavers, adults in the community and other individuals who could benefit from such services will be encouraged to make use of the facilities and personnel available.

While there has always been some type of placement activities taking place in the public schools in·the past, for the most part they …

Needs Assessment Model For Microcomputer Utilization By Public School Systems, Michael W. Throneburg

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to prepare a needs assessment for development of administrative and instructional programs using the microcomputer at Paris High School in Paris, Illinois. It was hypothesized that this study might serve as a model for other school districts wishing to establish microcomputer programs.

A Microcomputer Survey Questionnaire was developed to gain information concerning the current status of microcomputer utilization throughout the Educational Service Region 11 of East-Central Illinois. This information proved valuable in helping to determine what was "actually'' taking place in area school districts regarding microcomputer utilization.

In addition, a review of the current …

Improvement Of Supervision For Vocational High Schools In Taiwan, Republic Of China, Kuo-Hung Tseng

Masters Theses

The purpose of the study was to investigate the problems involved in current supervision of vocational high schools in the Republic of China and propose methods of improving such supervision. Emphasis was placed on the supervision of teaching and administration in the field of vocational education.

A review of related literature revealed that supervision was a synthesis of curriculum, instruction, administration, human relationships, management, and leadership. Supervision should stimulate, coordinate, and guide vocational high school teaching.

A questionnaire was developed to gain information concerning "supervisory problems" administrators and technical faculty perceived, and the ways supervision could be improved. The questionnaire …

A Study Of Finances Of Community Unit District #3, Georgetown, Illinois For The Years 1977 To 1983, Richard Eugene Wilson

Masters Theses

Accounting, funding procurement, and budgeting are described for Georgetown Community Unit District #3. Information for this paper was gathered primarily by examination of district financial records and interviews with district, county, and state educational employees.

State and federal funds provide approximately 73% of revenues of about $3,000,000 since Georgetown has one of the lowest equalized assessed valuations per pupil in the state. Almost $1,800,000 was spent by Community Unit District #3 on capital outlay from 1977 to 1983. Somewhat more than one-fourth of the capital outlay was financed by paying almost all building and maintenance expenditures and salaries from the …

An Investigation Of Parents' Perceptions Of The Junior-Academy Principal's Role In The Lake Union Conference Of Seventh-Day Adventists, John Carey

Dissertations

Problem. If he/she is to satisfy or accommodate the expectations of the various groups that interact with him/her, the principal needs to be aware of how they perceive his/her role; but no studies were found on parents' perceptions of the junior-academy principal's role. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine parents' perceptions of the role of the principal in Seventh-day Adventist junior academies in the Great Lake states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

Method. A descriptive survey design was utilized for this study. A closed-type questionnaire developed by the researcher was submitted to a panel of eleven …

An Analysis Of The Impact Of Formalized Staff Development Programs On Staff Morale In Selected Cook County, Illinois, Public School Districts, Thomas Keith Buell

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Membership Of The Faculty Senate, 1984-1985, Georgia Southern University

Faculty Senate: Membership Lists

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding sabbaticals and administrator evaluations.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting December 16, 1983, 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
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Depository Accounts
• Recommendation re Checking Accounts with First National Bank and Trust Company
• Recommendation re Resolution on the National Bank of Detroit as Depository
• Recommendation re Imprest Checking Account for Miller Auditorium
• Recommendation re Account with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Genner and Smith, Inc.
• Recommendation re Endowment Investment Policy
• Recommendation re Chemical Bank Corporate and Institutional Bank of New York
• Recommendation re Old Kent Bank and Trust Company
• Recommendation re Divisional Name Change
• Recommendation re Departmental Merger and …

Ua66/14/3 Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Pinning ceremony program listing graduates of the WKU Nursing program.

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

Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate newsletter. This issue includes articles:

• Committee on University Committees
• Professional Responsibilities & Concerns Committee
• New Business
• Faculty Regent's Report

Ua11/1 On Campus, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. This issue includes articles:

• Vice President Search Committee is Named
• Looking for Ways to Fund Your Projects? – Sponsored Programs
• Writer Tells Us About Those Fundamental Things of Life – Leon Driskell
• Looking for the Perfect Gift? How About a Dinner Theatre?
• Series Focuses on Educational Matters on Campus – Educational Leadership
• The Elves Were Working in the Residence Halls – Salvation Army Food Drive
• Don’t be the Goose this Christmas – Wellness
• Embry, Pam. Faculty Tell How Christmas is in Other Lands
• About You – …

1983 December 12 - Staff Senate Minutes, Staff Senate, East Tennessee State University

Staff Senate Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 59, No. 28, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Paul, Steve. Group Opposes Associated Student Government Grade Plan
• Meehan, Mary. Resident Assistants Make One Family’s Christmas Special
• President Donald Zacharias Picks Search Committee – Academic Affairs
• Whitaker, Karen. Financial Aid Won’t be Affected by Decision on Draft Registration
• Award-winning Quilt is Textile of the Month – Kentucky Museum
• Jimmy Feix’s Contributions Won’t be Forgotten
• Bloss, Lou. Editorial Cartoon – Santa Claus
• Newton, Tommy. Final Column Self-Serving, Enlightening
• Paul, Steve. Writing False Proposals Could Mean Impeachment
• College Heights Herald Names Editors for Spring
• Harassment Charges …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 59, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Mathis, Mark. Four Will Apply to Succeed Jimmy Feix as Head Coach
• Whitaker, Karen. United Black Students President Pleased with Group’s Progress
• Morton, Jamie. Rock ‘n’ Roll Returns with Loverboy Concert
• 10 Named to Search Committee - Football
• Romantics to Perform Tonight
• Associated Student Government Voids Own Procedures
• Bloss, Lou. Editorial Cartoon – Associated Student Government
• Bloss, Lou. Friend Shows Searching Student the Meaning of Life
• Reagan, Stanley. Jack Smith, Associated Student Government Thrown Away
• Smith, Jack. Cartoon Aggravates
• Spencer, Bill. We’ve Got it Good …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding theft prevention seminar, food drive and resolutions.

President Ketchum Announces Plans For Leadership Change, University Of New England

Gene Yonuschot, Ph.D. Collection

A copy of "News Notes" including an address given to an all campus assembly by President Jack Ketchum regarding leadership changes at the University of New England. The address regards his plans to transition out of the President position and onto the Board of Trustees.

1983 December 5 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, Faculty Senate, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

News & Views - Vol. 02, No. 04 - December 2, 1983, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

No abstract provided.

Koinonia, Cindy Macclure, Patsy Moore, Allen Pryor

Koinonia

Executive Committee Meeting

Highly Recommended For Your Growth

Love Believes All Things

Reflections of a Dorm Parent

Editorial Comments

Regional News