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Burnout Syndrome: Fighting The Battle Between Inspiration And Desperation, David C. File Oct 1985

Burnout Syndrome: Fighting The Battle Between Inspiration And Desperation, David C. File

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the concept of burnout as it affects administrators of small college theatre programs and identifies the structural and psychological conditions that make these individuals particularly vulnerable. Burnout is defined as an emotional safeguard that emerges when the energy required to meet goal expectations exceeds an individual’s capacity, creating an imbalance between effort and perceived reward. Drawing on Freudenberger’s work and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the article argues that burnout develops when persistent striving toward unrealistic goals erodes the sense of self worth and shifts behavior from creative engagement to defensive self protection. The analysis explains how limited …

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Integrating Forensics Into The Curriculum, Jay G. Verlinden Oct 1985

Integrating Forensics Into The Curriculum, Jay G. Verlinden

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article argues that intercollegiate forensics should be treated as an integral curricular component within small college speech communication programs rather than as an expendable extracurricular activity. Drawing on comparisons to laboratory requirements in the natural sciences, the discussion contends that forensics provides an essential laboratory experience through which students learn to select, analyze, and organize material in pursuit of varied rhetorical strategies. The article explains how tournament participation exposes students to diverse critical perspectives, motivates higher levels of performance, and develops confidence, poise, and credibility. It assigns primary responsibility for curricular integration to the director of forensics, who must …

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Disciplinary Integrity, Credibility, And Scholarly Activity: Small College Revisited, Peter L. Settle Oct 1985

Disciplinary Integrity, Credibility, And Scholarly Activity: Small College Revisited, Peter L. Settle

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article reexamines the conditions under which small college communication programs establish and maintain disciplinary integrity and credibility, focusing on the tension between teaching and research expectations. It argues that integrity depends on curricular fidelity, defined as the alignment between a program’s scope, content, and goals and broader disciplinary developments. Because small colleges often face limited personnel, financial constraints, and restricted access to professional networks, they are at increased risk of drifting from disciplinary trends or relying on outdated knowledge. The article identifies traditional mechanisms for staying current, including scholarly reading, conference participation, and engagement with colleagues, but notes that …

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The Clinical Supervision Of Teaching In The Small College Communication Department, Ellen Hay Oct 1985

The Clinical Supervision Of Teaching In The Small College Communication Department, Ellen Hay

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the applicability of the clinical supervision model to the evaluation and improvement of teaching in small college communication departments. It argues that traditional supervisory practices often fail to support instructional development because they emphasize identifying incompetence rather than fostering growth among capable instructors. Clinical supervision is presented as a structured, five step process consisting of a pre observation conference, classroom observation with systematic data collection, analysis of observed behaviors, a post observation conference, and a concluding critique of the supervision cycle. The article details how this model encourages cooperative goal setting, focuses attention on specific teaching behaviors …

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Anatomy Of A Self-Study, Jane Kennedy Dale Oct 1985

Anatomy Of A Self-Study, Jane Kennedy Dale

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article provides a detailed account of the self study conducted by the Department of Communications, Speech and Theatre at Fairleigh Dickinson University, situating the process within university wide mandates for program evaluation. It outlines the administrative origins of the initiative, beginning with Senate guidelines that emphasized collegiality and established a strict timetable for departmental review, consultant selection, and report submission. The narrative documents the extensive data gathering required for the study, including faculty vitae, course syllabi, curricular rationales, library assessments, enrollment trends, facilities reports, and analyses of departmental programs such as internships, media operations, and theatre activities. It also …

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Directing The Combined Speech And Composition Course: A Practical Perspective, Raylene Tapia Oct 1985

Directing The Combined Speech And Composition Course: A Practical Perspective, Raylene Tapia

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the administrative and pedagogical challenges of directing a combined basic speech and composition course, emphasizing the structural and interpersonal obstacles that shape program coordination. It argues that successful collaboration between speech and composition instructors depends heavily on institutional organization. Programs housed within the same division or school benefit from clearer lines of authority, shared goals, and greater ease in establishing common objectives. By contrast, when instructors are drawn from multiple departments or schools, coordination becomes more difficult, particularly when the course director lacks formal authority over participating faculty. The article also stresses the importance of voluntary participation, …

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Interfacing Of English And Speech In A Basic Course, Marion Sitzmann Oct 1985

Interfacing Of English And Speech In A Basic Course, Marion Sitzmann

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article proposes a combined basic course in English composition and speech for small colleges and justifies the model through demographic, curricular, and historical considerations. The argument begins by noting that significant declines in the eighteen year old population will likely force reductions in faculty and require the consolidation of foundational courses. The combined course is presented as a pragmatic response that can preserve curricular flexibility while allowing students additional space for electives or internships. The article then establishes a philosophical rationale by tracing the shared origins of writing and speaking in classical rhetoric, emphasizing the relevance of invention, arrangement, …

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Teaching The Basic Course From A Theme Perspective, Kathie A. Webster Oct 1985

Teaching The Basic Course From A Theme Perspective, Kathie A. Webster

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article proposes the use of a common materials approach to strengthen the basic public speaking course and to develop higher order cognitive and communication skills. It argues that contemporary demands for information processing, problem solving, and issue analysis require instructional strategies that integrate communication abilities with critical thinking. The common materials approach provides students with a shared body of content drawn from a curated set of books, articles, and reference materials organized around a single theme. The article explains how this method supports systematic library instruction, guided research practice, and problem solving group discussions that precede speech assignments. It …

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The Community Service Class At The Small College: A Medium For Discovery, Joe Ortiz Oct 1985

The Community Service Class At The Small College: A Medium For Discovery, Joe Ortiz

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article argues that community service classes provide small college communication departments with an important means of serving external audiences while simultaneously advancing internal departmental goals. It defines community service classes as credit or noncredit offerings open to campus and community participants, typically organized around practical concerns such as family interaction, workplace communication, or managerial effectiveness. The discussion emphasizes that these classes attract voluntary participants who seek immediate application of communication concepts, creating favorable conditions for engagement and for shaping informed public perceptions of the discipline. The article contends that such offerings can function as laboratories for curriculum development, allowing …

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Strange Bedfellows: The Small College And The Community Theatre, Pamela S. Wegner Oct 1985

Strange Bedfellows: The Small College And The Community Theatre, Pamela S. Wegner

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the potential for sustained collaboration between small college theatre programs of limited size and local community theatre organizations. It argues that cooperation can alleviate structural pressures common to small programs, including limited faculty, constrained production schedules, homogeneous casts, and insufficient opportunities for advanced students to apply theoretical training. The analysis identifies three foundational assumptions necessary for meaningful collaboration. First, small college directors must recognize the expertise and creative value present in community theatre, accepting that students benefit from exposure to multiple directing styles and production practices. Second, because most students become lifelong amateur participants rather than theatre …

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The Small College Director Of Forensics, Deborah S. Ballard-Reisch Oct 1985

The Small College Director Of Forensics, Deborah S. Ballard-Reisch

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article reports findings from interviews with directors of forensics at fifteen small colleges in the Midwest in order to document the scope of responsibilities associated with administering active forensics programs in limited size institutions. The study identifies programs through national tournament participation and enrollment criteria and provides descriptive data on team size, coaching assignments, release time, and travel frequency. Analysis reveals that small college forensics programs are highly active, with directors overseeing individual events and debate squads, organizing extensive tournament travel, and managing teams that range widely in size. The article details the substantial teaching and coaching loads carried …

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Small College Debate: A Termination Decision, Peter L. Settle Oct 1985

Small College Debate: A Termination Decision, Peter L. Settle

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article analyzes the decision by a small liberal arts college to terminate a long standing intercollegiate debate and forensics program despite strong institutional tradition and prior administrative support. It argues that the decision emerged from converging personal, departmental, and institutional pressures rather than from deficiencies in funding, staffing, or attitudes. At the personal level, the director of forensics faced an unsustainable conflict between full time teaching responsibilities, full time program direction, and the delayed completion of doctoral work. Departmentally, rapid growth in the communication major and the expansion of organizational communication created competing demands that could not be met …

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Empirical Needles In Curricular Haystacks: Finding Research Opportunities In A Small College Program, David Droge Oct 1985

Empirical Needles In Curricular Haystacks: Finding Research Opportunities In A Small College Program, David Droge

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the structural and cultural conditions that limit research activity in small college communication programs and outlines strategies for generating empirical research opportunities within such environments. It identifies heavy teaching loads, extensive service commitments, limited institutional support, and the dominance of introductory oral communication courses as primary barriers to sustained scholarly engagement. These constraints reduce time for research, inhibit collaboration with disciplinary peers, and restrict access to adequate computing and funding resources. In response, the article describes four strategies developed to integrate research into routine academic responsibilities. The first involves embedding empirical projects within existing seminars and creating …

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Integrity In The College Curriculum: A Report To The Academic Community, Staurt Byham Oct 1985

Integrity In The College Curriculum: A Report To The Academic Community, Staurt Byham

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Reviews the book "Integrity in the College Curriculum: A Report to the Academic Community" by the Association of American Colleges Project on Redefining the Meaning and Purpose of the Baccalaureate Degree.

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Speech Communication Departments And The College Of Character, Roger Smitter Oct 1985

Speech Communication Departments And The College Of Character, Roger Smitter

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This essay examines the role of speech communication programs within undergraduate liberal arts institutions and argues that their long term vitality depends on articulating a clear connection between communication study and the distinctive character of each college. The discussion responds to broader critiques of undergraduate education that identify fragmentation, excessive professionalism, and a diminished sense of intellectual coherence as threats to the liberal arts. The essay outlines several guiding questions for departments seeking to define or strengthen their educational mission. These include clarifying why communication belongs in the liberal arts, identifying principles that organize a coherent curriculum, and determining how …

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The Small College Environment, Bonnie Wilson Buzza Oct 1985

The Small College Environment, Bonnie Wilson Buzza

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This essay analyzes the distinctive characteristics that shape the work of faculty in small college communication programs. It argues that the small college environment differs from larger institutions not only in scale but in fundamental qualitative ways that influence teaching, organizational structures, and professional expectations. The discussion identifies four interrelated features of this environment: a primary institutional emphasis on teaching, the expectation that faculty assume multiple roles and responsibilities, the predominance of informal communication channels, and strong institutional loyalty. The essay explains how these conditions shape faculty experiences, including the need to function as generalists, the challenges of replacement hiring, …

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Developing An Anglo-American Communication Program, Terence Jackson Oct 1985

Developing An Anglo-American Communication Program, Terence Jackson

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This essay analyzes the development of an American style communication program within a British educational context. It begins by describing the structure of further and higher education in England and Wales and explains how traditions of vocational training and liberal education intersect within these systems. The discussion outlines the limited presence of communication as an academic field in Britain, noting that research in interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication exists but remains dispersed across sociology, psychology, and management. The essay then examines the challenges of creating a comprehensive communication curriculum at Warnborough College, including the scarcity of disciplinary resources, limited availability …

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The Small College As A Career Option: Teaching At A Small College, Ellen Hay Oct 1985

The Small College As A Career Option: Teaching At A Small College, Ellen Hay

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This essay reports findings from a survey of small college communication programs and examines the professional conditions experienced by faculty in these institutions. Drawing on responses from nearly half of the departments surveyed, the analysis identifies typical institutional characteristics, including small enrollments, limited departmental staffing, and heavy teaching responsibilities that require faculty to manage multiple course preparations. The essay documents the breadth of communication curricula, noting the ubiquity of the basic course and the variable presence of offerings in interpretation, media production, public speaking, interpersonal communication, and organizational communication. It also reports the extensive non teaching obligations that shape faculty …

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Strategies For Seeking Employment In The Small College, Sandra Madsen Oct 1985

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 …

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Achieving Success In Small Colleges, Richard W. Platt Oct 1985

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, …

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The Speech Tutor, Joseph O'Rourke Oct 1985

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 …

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External Evaluation Of Small College Communication Programs, Richard W. Platt Oct 1985

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 …

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Conducting A Departmental Review, Joseph W. Macdoniels Oct 1985

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 …

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Thinking Out Loud: Teaching The Other Half Of The Communication Course, Richard M. Goldstein, Charles W. Nelson Oct 1985

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 …

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A Special Tool For Offering Criticism: The Post-Speech Transcript, Gary B. Lafleur Oct 1985

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 …

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So You’Re It! The Theatre Program Of Limited Size, James L. Deyoung Oct 1985

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 …

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Faculty Recruitment, Retention, And Fair Employment: Obligations And Opportunities, Norma C. Cook Oct 1985

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.

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The Over-The-Hill Gang: A Problem For All Seasons, James E. Roever Aug 1985

The Over-The-Hill Gang: A Problem For All Seasons, James E. Roever

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This essay examines faculty development as an ongoing concern that extends across all career stages rather than being limited to senior or declining faculty. The author argues that prevention is the most effective response to professional stagnation and emphasizes the importance of rigorous recruitment, clear evaluation criteria, and early support for professional involvement. Administrative strategies described include travel funding, released time for research, faculty exchanges, sabbaticals, and incentive programs designed to encourage continuous growth. Particular attention is given to tenure review as a critical moment for preventing long term non productivity. The essay also evaluates approaches to addressing stagnation among …

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Promoting Vitality After Tenure, John Lee Jellicorse, James G. Tilley Aug 1985

Promoting Vitality After Tenure, John Lee Jellicorse, James G. Tilley

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article analyzes the causes of declining productivity among tenured faculty and outlines strategies for sustaining long term professional vitality. The authors identify a critical period following the award of tenure during which faculty may experience diminished motivation due to unclear goals, institutional incentives focused narrowly on pre tenure performance, and inconsistent evaluation of teaching, research, and service. Structural problems such as outdated workload models, poorly defined faculty development policies, and reliance on differentiated staffing intensify the risk of stagnation. Drawing on motivational theory, life span development research, and ERG theory, the authors argue that faculty growth depends on satisfying …

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Megatrends In Speech Communication: Theory And Research, Stephen W. Littlejohn Aug 1985

Megatrends In Speech Communication: Theory And Research, Stephen W. Littlejohn

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article identifies broad shifts that the author terms megatrends in the development of speech communication theory and research. These megatrends refer to large scale movements that encompass smaller, related changes across the field. The essay outlines five such trends. The first is an intensified role for speech communication in bridging divisions among subfields, particularly the separation between interpersonal and mass communication that has emerged in the wider interdisciplinary study of communication. The second is a growing concern with policy implications, reflected in increased attention to social issues, applied research, and the needs of special populations. The third trend is …

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