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Issues, Problems, And Opportunities In Assessment Of Communication Programs, Robert M. Smith

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article analyzes institutional assessment pressures shaping United States communication programs, tracing policy mandates, regional accreditation trends, and state level accountability initiatives. It maps outcome measures such as general education examinations, alumni satisfaction surveys, portfolios, capstone seminars, and performance based tests, noting methodological limits and political ramifications. The discussion contrasts cognitive and affective metrics, critiques reliance on multiple choice instruments, and highlights the absence of shared communication competence standards. Drawing on campus illustrations, this article proposes strategies for department chairs that prioritize faculty driven mission alignment, qualitative evaluation of graduate achievement, documented teaching effectiveness, and iterative use of findings for …

Outcomes Assessment: Creating Principles, Policies And Faculty Involvement, Michael E. Knight, Donald Lumsden

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article chronicles Kean College's institution wide outcomes assessment initiative, outlining the strategic planning context, governance processes, and faculty centered structures that sustain evaluation of student learning and institutional effectiveness. It details a collaboratively drafted Statement of Principles that safeguards confidentiality, discourages punitive comparisons, and positions assessment evidence for formative program evaluation. The narrative traces organizational change, emphasizing faculty liaisons, self managing teams, and flexible consultant supported protocols including portfolios, senior seminars, and criterion referenced measures. Findings illustrate how constructive use of assessment results catalyzed curriculum revision, enhanced advisement, and fostered a culture of shared governance. By documenting policy design, …

Assessment Guidelines For Theatre Programs In Higher Education, James M. Svmons

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article presents discipline specific guidelines for outcomes assessment in higher education theatre programs, developed by a national task force convened by the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. It defines assessment as a formative process that traces student growth in knowledge, skills, and attitudes, and distinguishes it from summative evaluation. The text categorizes desired learning outcomes, ranging from historical and critical knowledge to creative imagination, professional discipline, and collaborative competence. It then outlines multiple assessment sources and instruments, including performance juries, portfolios, comparative video taping, exit interviews, and alumni surveys, advocating a multi method approach that respects program mission …

Assessing Achievement With Standardized Tests: The Nte Speech Communication Examination, Robert N. Bostrom

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article evaluates standardized achievement testing as a tool for documenting communication competence and for certifying secondary school teachers, focusing on the National Teacher Examination in speech communication. It outlines historical rationales for objective assessment, reviews the structure of the Pre Professional Skills Test, Core Battery, and specialty area components, and describes ongoing revision of the speech communication specialty test. Detailed content specifications identify eight knowledge domains, including interpersonal communication, public speaking, media literacy, play production, and assessment. By comparing these domains with typical undergraduate curricula, this article exposes misalignments that create barriers for teacher preparation, and it recommends curricular …

Communication Competency Assessment Of Non-Traditional Students, Judith K. Litterst

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article advocates prior learning assessment as a systematic avenue for validating communication competency among nontraditional undergraduates. It situates the rationale in demographic data showing the growth of adult learners and discusses the life centered orientation of adult education. The narrative details a flexible assessment model that distinguishes experiential learning from classroom instruction, specifies generic learning outcomes across public speaking interpersonal and small group contexts, and deploys multimethod evaluation including diagnostic interviews portfolios objective theory examinations and performance tests. Guidelines address faculty training screening procedures instrument reliability and articulation of credit waiver or advanced placement options. By integrating experiential validation …

Nontraditional Approaches To Assessment, Ellen A. Hay

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines innovative assessment strategies in higher education designed to satisfy accreditation mandates for demonstrable oral communication proficiency while fostering learning outcomes. It details oral communication across the curriculum, in which faculty embed speaking tasks and feedback mechanisms within diverse disciplinary courses, supported by systematic training, student resources, and administrative oversight. It then analyzes the assessment center model, adapted from industrial practice, where students engage in simulated organizational scenarios, submit written and oral artifacts, receive multi rater evaluations, and reflect through self assessment. By comparing these approaches, this article emphasizes the reciprocal relationship between assessment and pedagogy, underscores the …

A Comprehensive Survey Of The Communication Disciplines In Higher Education: An Aca -- Asjmc Partnership For 1990, Garland C. Elmore

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article reports a nationwide survey of communication disciplines in higher education that catalogues academic programs across the United States and Canada. Developed through an Association for Communication Administration and Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication partnership, the study collected administrative questionnaires and professional association records to map curricula in journalism, media studies, public relations, speech, advertising, film, and telecommunications. It profiles institutional organization, faculty composition, student enrollment, laboratory and broadcasting facilities, and technology resources, offering a comprehensive databank for academic administration, accreditation review, and resource allocation. By presenting aggregate findings on program emphases, instructional infrastructure, and emerging …

The Capstone Course In Speech Communication: Format And Purpose, Warren Decker, Cindy Lont

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article outlines a senior seminar that functions as the capstone for speech communication majors, integrating rhetorical interpersonal organizational and mass communication theories through chronological exploration. The narrative chronicles the evolution from selective elective to required exit course, situating the design within accountability pressures and curriculum coherence goals. Course architecture combines discussion driven examinations, collaborative oral seminars, and a substantial theory application research project, each calibrated to foster analytical synthesis, library research competence, and professional presentation skill. Team teaching provides complementary expertise and multiple perspectives, while detailed evaluation rubrics promote transparency and formative feedback. By aligning integrative theory study with …

Communication Competence: A 'Test Out' Procedure, Nancy L. Buerkel-Rothfuss

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article evaluates alternative pathways for certifying communication competence in higher education by comparing a credit by exam option with a no credit oral English test out procedure at one university. It describes prerequisites, testing center logistics, audience analysis protocols, and persuasive speech performance requirements that mirror the basic speech communication course. Success rate data reveal high completion among deadline driven candidates, while motivational lapses hinder others. Resource analysis notes intensive faculty oversight for credit by exam and judge availability demands for test out, informing scalability considerations. The discussion situates these screening mechanisms within rising institutional accountability and basic course …

Retirement And Re-Entry Decision-Making: A Faculty Perspective, Seth Zimmer

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

Universities are faced with an aging workforce and threatened with deficits in number and quality of replacements for retirees. New policies and programs affecting retirement and workforce re-entry are taking shape. This points to the need for research on the factors used by faculty members in the retirement decision-making process.

Faculty are somewhat unique in that their university roles and responsibilities often allow them to be professionally active simultaneously in other settings. The usual concept of retirement becomes somewhat blurred where faculty members are concerned.

The decision of when to retire and whether or not to re-enter the workforce must …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 49, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Green, Travis. Forum Opens Door on Closet Racism Here
• Tatum, Doug. Coach Could Be Named Today – Basketball
• Bricking, Tanya. Budget Battle Begins at Western Tomorrow
• Jones, Angie. Teacher Ross Terrill Tells Tiananmen Tales – Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989
• Math Department Head to be Named Soon
• Law Gives Tuition to Firefighters’ Kids
• Big Red and Cheerleader Tryouts Soon
• Lockert, Anya. Black Enrollment May Get a Boost from Success II
• Green, Travis. Associated Student Government Votes to Expand Congress
• General Education Requirements Being Revised
• Thank You …

Resolution 90-16-S - Visitation Hours, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution to allow dormitory governments to set visitation hours.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding vacancies, constitution forum, shuttle services and resolutions.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 48, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Lawson, Jamie. Western May Win in Games at Capital – Budget
• Summers, Kaye. Students’ Business Brings Carts of Cash – Tom Zoretic, Brett Hightower
• Howard, Laura. Regents Told School’s Identity Crisis Will be Solved – Western XXI
• Houchens, Gary. Peace Dividend: Harvey Sloane Focuses on Health Care, Jobs
• Students With Aid Will Have Fee Deducted
• Position Created to Cope with Enrollment – Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Committee Looking for Honors Program Director
• Wessling, Susan. Four Finalists Interviewing for Dean Spot – Education & …

News & Views - Vol. 08, No. 09 - March 23, 1990, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 47, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Jones, Angie. Candidate Argues for Legalization of Drugs – Gatewood Galbraith
• Martin, John. Fewer Poor Students Can Pay for College
• Houchens, Gary. Student Organizations Say They Need Offices
• Ballard, Carl. Soviets' Strangers in a Strange Land - Immigrants
• Contributor to Women’s Interest Sought – WKU Women’s Alliance
• Teacher Job Fair to be at Kentucky State
• Board of Regents to Receive Update on Committee’s Progress – Western XXI
• Lockert, Anya. Stress Loses to Smart Thinking – Drug Abuse
• Athletic Spending Reports Shooting Blanks – Western XXI …

Resolution 90-15-S - Publishing Teacher Evaluations, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution requesting teacher evaluations be published.

Resolution 90-13-S - 24 Hour Visitation, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution to create two 24 hour coed visitation dorms.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 46, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Summers, Kaye. Now, Faculty Senate Is More Credible
• Kelly, John. Worms in Space Intrigue Teacher Thomas Coohill
• Bricking, Tanya. Argument Over Sports Spending Flares Again
• Kendall, Dale. Candidate Hopes to Draw on Pot-Smoker Support – Gatewood Galbraith
• Governor Wallace Wilkinson Signs Poet Laureate Bill – Jim Miller
• Walk for Parks on Earth Day
• Jones, Angie. Healthstyles ’90 Addresses Drug Abuse
• Poynter, Chris. Students Must Prepay Tuition to Keep Classes
• Faculty Opinion Survey Reveals No Surprises
• Chattin, John. Editorial Cartoon Thomas Meredith as Caesar to Faculty …

Reaching Tomorrow's Hispanic Leaders, Sister Thérèse Higgins

New England Journal of Public Policy

High school-age Hispanics have a 50 percent drop-out rate. College-age Hispanic youth account for only 3.9 percent of the United States college population. A report of the Commission on Minority Participation in Education and American Life challenged college planners to do something about the neglect of young minority students. However, Regis College had already developed a four-week residential summer program to enable Hispanic ninth-graders to complete high school and prepare for college. The anticipated outcome of this College Awareness Program is that the dream of higher education and empowerment for two hundred gifted young Hispanics will be realized.

Providing Access To Power: The Role Of Higher Education In Empowering Women Students, Margaret A. Mckenna

New England Journal of Public Policy

Access to education opens the doors to future economic power — but are opportunities for women limited by the very way that institutions of higher education think about women students? Women comprise the majority of college students today, but the institutions they attend may not be serving their educational needs. This article explains that women's needs are different from those of men and illustrates how educators can respond to that difference, offering a "feminist environment" in which female students can meet their own educational goals.

Ua3/8/1 President's Newsletter To Faculty & Staff, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter from WKU president to faculty and staff regarding Campus Master Plan, Western XXI, legislation, Preston Health & Activities Center, efficiency and art exhibition.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 45, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Summers, Kaye. Faculty Morale Survey May Raise Brows
• Howard, Laura. Preston Health & Activities Center Gets $100,000 Boost
• Tatum, Doug. No Frontrunner in Coaching Search - Basketball
• Howard, Laura. Legislators Back Bill for Full Tuition
• Panhellenic Week will Feature Talent Show
• Summer Work in National Parks Available
• Seminar Aids Creative Agriculture
• Greek Housing Ordinance Clears Two More Hurdles
• Student Tammy Lynn Smith Killed in Car Wreck
• Houchens, Gary. Senator Mitch McConnell Seeking Younger Vote
• Some Creative Suggestions to Aid Preston Health & Activities Center Fundraising …

News & Views - Vol. 08, No. 08 - March 6, 1990, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 44, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Bricking, Tanya. Faculty Senate to Hear Union Representative
• Ballard, Carl. Bill Asks to Raise Poet Laureates’ Prestige – Jim Miller
• Carter, Tricia. Close Counts with Paper Airplanes, To – Parking
• Beauty and the Beast – Sigma Chi Derby Week
• Baldwin, Paul. Wallace Wilkinson’s Confrontational Image Unfortunate
• Business Vice President to be Named After Spring Break
• Bricking, Tanya. Western Considers Plan to Aid Teachers
• Poynter, Chris. Smoke Detectors Fail in Pearce-Ford Tower Blaze
• Smart Promotion for Student Benefit – Paper Plane Contest
• Chattin, John. Editorial Cartoon …

Correspondence - Resolution 90-6-S, Amos Gott

Student Government Association

Memoranda from Amos Gott to Lee Murray, Jerry Wilder, Howard Bailey, Scott Taylor, Robert Haynes and Ronnie Sutton regarding changes in the final exam schedule.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 43, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Howard, Laura. Fate of Business Institute Cloudier – Institute for Economic Development
• Houchens, Gary. Campuses Air Concerns About Environment
• Wessling, Susan. Once at Full Boil, Writing Emphasis Now Simmers
• Overby, Carol. Fasters Try to Do World of Good for Hungry – Fast for a Hungry World
• Jones, Angie. Activist Marjorie Agosin Tells How Women Sew to Express Their Sorrow
• Competition for Fulbright Grants for 1991-92 Under Way
• Kentucky Poetry Competition Open to College Students
• Howard, Laura. Legislative Forum Addresses Concerns
• Second Arrested in Harassment Case …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 42, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Howard, Laura. Less Than a Third of Graduates Make It Out in Four Years
• Phillips, Noelle. Patients Learn to Speak Their Minds – Communications Disorders Clinic
• Black, Sam. Senior Jason Green Charged with 44 Counts of Harassing Teacher
• Poynter, Chris. Student Jeff Shannon to be Head of Class in Austria
• More Petition About Insurance Situation
• Phillips, Noelle. Student Group Writes Resumes – Public Relations Student Society of America, PRSSA
• Overby, Carol. Students Fast to Help Hungry – Fast for a Hungry World
• Open Forum Addressing …

Resolution 90-12-S - Men's Restrooms, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution requesting metal stalls in the Downing University Center restrooms.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding telephone surveys, Earth Day, vacancies, election, anti-apathy week and Student Rights goals.