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Important Components Of An Effective Assessment Program, Mary Lou Higgerson Jan 1993

Important Components Of An Effective Assessment Program, Mary Lou Higgerson

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article describes the components that are characteristic of effective assessment program. Assessment of student learning outcomes is setting new records as a fast growing nationwide initiative. Experts such as T. Dary Erwin, Director of Student Assessment at James Madison University, reference the "first wave" of institutions who made "early commitments to establish assessment programs and became national pioneers." Alvemo College, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and Northeast Missouri State University are the three institutions usually credited as leading this first wave. It is important to note, however, that these pioneering efforts only began in the early 1980s, just …

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Academic Theatre And The Law, John C. Countryman Jan 1993

Academic Theatre And The Law, John C. Countryman

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article offers evidence of how law pertains to the management of theatre programs and argues that to accept the common characterization of the law as an instrument of social control or as the science of social problem-solving is to ignore the larger intellectual life it affords. Whether we acknowledge it or not, those of us who administer theatre programs are engaged in an activity that is informed by and subject to the legal imagination and the culture of argument it creates. In 1990 the Carnegie Foundation published a report entitled Campus Life: In Search of Community. The report chronicles …

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Empowering The Individual: The Concept Of Individual Freedom In Theatre Education, James Thomas Jan 1993

Empowering The Individual: The Concept Of Individual Freedom In Theatre Education, James Thomas

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article aims to reexamine the principles of professional responsibility developed by organizations such as the National Association of Schools Theatre, the National Endowment for the Arts and others, and to reconsider them in relation to specific pressing contemporary moral issues. Theatre practitioners who attempt to lead moral lives have always been concerned with ethics. Throughout Stanislavski's books and notes, for example, is the sense that the question of ethics occupied him throughout his professional life. In fact, he was so strongly committed to the highest ethical values that he endorsed the use of autocratic discipline to achieve his goals. …

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The Role Of Creativity In Theatre Education, Lawrence Broglio Jan 1993

The Role Of Creativity In Theatre Education, Lawrence Broglio

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article discusses the role of creativity in theatre education. As we examine and define the terms of this thesis, let us examine educational theatre without limiting ourselves to the narrower framework of Theatre Education as in teacher training program. Let us consider the wider stage, the arena of educating the scholar, the student and the educator as creative artist. On that stage let us examine the production by and among scholars, poets, students and faculty using all their faculties in an artistic, collaborative, creative evolution. Not to deny teacher training, but to include it. In support of Theatre Education …

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Scholarship Reconsidered: The Changing Reward System, Kenneth E. Andersen Jan 1993

Scholarship Reconsidered: The Changing Reward System, Kenneth E. Andersen

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article proposes a paradigm shift in the reward system within the U.S. higher education. The thesis of the paper is that changing the reward system to respond to the current criticism of higher education being voiced in the larger society and manifest in legislative actions in reducing funds available to higher education and efforts to monitor or control certain aspects of the higher education process--accountability, outcome measures, workload studies, hours of classroom contact--to a degree that may be perceived as being micromanagement requires a paradigm shift by those who are within the academy. Typically one would think of a …

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Scholarship Reconsidered: A Challenge To Use Teaching Portfolios To Document The Scholarship Of Teaching, Don M. Boileau Jan 1993

Scholarship Reconsidered: A Challenge To Use Teaching Portfolios To Document The Scholarship Of Teaching, Don M. Boileau

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article examines the use of teaching portfolios in documenting the scholarship of teaching in the U.S. Portfolios are generally three-ring binders that create teaching records including most often three types of materials: products of good teaching; material from oneself; materials from others. The major contribution most advocates of portfolios mention is the perceived improvement of teaching. Portfolios increase reflection and action about teaching by: giving focus on teaching as part of a professor's expected activities; encouraging faculty to seek ways to improve their teaching by attending conference meetings on teaching, reading about teaching techniques, and creating discussions about teaching …

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A Tao Perspective On The Rank And Tenure Process, Lyall Crawford Jan 1993

A Tao Perspective On The Rank And Tenure Process, Lyall Crawford

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article explores certain features of the rank and tenure review process in the field of education from a Taoist perspective. There is much that can be learned from philosophical Taoism regarding rank and tenure review. Even though this Chinese philosophy seems incompatible with this ritual of academic life, it has been argued that certain concepts of Taoism can complement the personal experience of this evaluation process so that one is strengthened rather than weakened; that as an intrapersonal frame of reference, philosophical Taoism may offer a potential point of sanity. Certain texts of philosophical Taoism have been used to …

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Public Relations Internships: Considerations For A Successful Program, H. W. Fulmer Jan 1993

Public Relations Internships: Considerations For A Successful Program, H. W. Fulmer

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article explores the pre-graduation internship as a vital link between public relations classes and the public relations profession. Internship is a vital and necessary part of the public relations degree program. It has three major areas: academic preparation, academic structure and administrative procedures. The timing for an internship is important. A student without some basic classroom knowledge of public relations is not likely to receive the fullest benefits from his or her internship. The prospective intern should have completed a substantial part of two related areas of study prior to the internship. The success of an internship program is …

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Differences Between Women Administrators And Faculty, Tracy A. Wahl, Donna R. Vocate Jan 1993

Differences Between Women Administrators And Faculty, Tracy A. Wahl, Donna R. Vocate

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article investigates the differences between women administrators and faculty at the Colorado University. Of the three groups, the faculty scored closest to an androgynous rating, the current administrators more masculine, and the former administrators the most masculine. It is important to remember that definitions of masculinity and femininity are generated by the respondent's self-perception of traits consonant with sex-role stereotypes and not by conformity to any generalized principle of masculinity or femininity. Thus, administrators perceived themselves as fitting best with stereotypical assumptions of masculine qualities, while faculty perceived themselves to fit best with androgynous characteristics.

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The Court Of Communication: Pedagogy And Practice In Public Relations And Their Relationship To Freedom Of Speech, Raymond S. Rodgers Jan 1993

The Court Of Communication: Pedagogy And Practice In Public Relations And Their Relationship To Freedom Of Speech, Raymond S. Rodgers

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

Presents the text of a speech delivered at the South Central District Conference of the Public Relations Student Society of America in Lake Charles, Louisiana on February 26, 1993. Relationship between the profession of public relations and freedom of speech; Commitment of the public relations profession to freedom of expression; Effects of the profession on public decision-making in the U.S.

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The Right To Be Politically "Incorrect", Linn Ann Huntington Jan 1993

The Right To Be Politically "Incorrect", Linn Ann Huntington

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

Reflects on the role of university professors as advocates of political correctness. Promotion of diversity in higher education; Appreciation of diversity in an atmosphere where freedom of speech and thought should always be politically correct; Conflict in the promotion of diversity and political correctness in universities.

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Responsibility Center Budgeting: A Review And Commentary On The Concept And The Process, Robert Heath Jan 1993

Responsibility Center Budgeting: A Review And Commentary On The Concept And The Process, Robert Heath

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article focuses on the concept and the process of responsibility center budgeting. Academic publications, professional newsletters, convention conversations, E-mail, departmental bulletin boards, and hallway conversations at academic institutions are filled with voiced concerns about the future of higher education--specifically budgets related to academic and research program support. In tough times, innovation is essential. One innovation is responsibility center budgeting (RCB) which may empower faculty to feel confident that if they generate more income and lower costs for their colleges and universities they will be allowed to determine how those extra funds will be spent. Since faculty talent is the …

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Revenue Centered Budgeting At Usc: The Implications For Communication Studies, Thomas A. Hollihan Jan 1993

Revenue Centered Budgeting At Usc: The Implications For Communication Studies, Thomas A. Hollihan

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article discusses the implications of revenue centered budgeting for communication studies at the University of Southern California (USC). At USC individual revenue centers were created to facilitate financial planning and budgeting. The academic revenue centers consist of the colleges, schools and institutes of the university, such as the College of Letters Arts and Sciences, the Law School, the School of Business, the School of Dentistry, the School of Medicine, and the School of Education. The auxiliary revenue centers include athletics, the residence halls, bookstores, parking, food services, etc. In addition, administrative service centers were created. These centers typically have …

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The Impact Of Responsibility Center Management On Communications Departments, Don Agostino Jan 1993

The Impact Of Responsibility Center Management On Communications Departments, Don Agostino

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article discusses the impact of responsibility center management (RCM) on the communications departments in universities in the U.S. RCM has pointed out several problems with university fiscal planning which bear directly on communications programs. First, there is no budget provision for the planned replacement of expensive theater, telecommunications, or journalism equipment. Second, under RCM departments with auxiliary-type activities such as theater, a television station or student newspaper have difficulty taxing other credit-granting academic units for those contributions to community. The university needs these outreach and artistic activities to educate the students, to provide a cultural environment appealing to good …

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Political Correctness--Correct?, Paul H. Boase Jan 1993

Political Correctness--Correct?, Paul H. Boase

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article provides information on political correctness (PC). PC, as an expression, began years ago as something of a joke to describe communists who slavishly toed the party line. In the eyes of the right-wing anti-PC forces, this modern crusade toward multiculturalism sprang from the machinations of the 1968 campus radicals.

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The Influence Of Gender And Area Of Specialty On Salary For Telecommunication Graduates, David Atkin Jan 1993

The Influence Of Gender And Area Of Specialty On Salary For Telecommunication Graduates, David Atkin

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article examines the influence of gender and area of specialty on salary for telecommunication graduates in the U.S. Gender is linked with a key earnings attribute--nature of work experience. The positive influence of work experience is not surprising, confirming the expectation that those with more experience are likely to earn more money. While much of this influence may be a function of seniority, it seems likely also that lower-paid or less skilled employees would shake-out of their media position relatively sooner. Those remaining in the field would logically advance as their skills dictate, developing closer ties with client accounts, …

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The Ethos Of An Academic Department, Mark Hickson Iii Jan 1993

The Ethos Of An Academic Department, Mark Hickson Iii

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article discusses the ethos of an academic department. It is fundamental that a department have high credibility on campus. Such ethos is important for faculty members gaining positions on important committees on campus. When departments do not produce research, for example, they are unlikely to have faculty placed on research/graduate school committees. The three most important components of a credible department are faculty, students, and administrators. Student ethos is obtained and maintained through the quality and quantity of enrollees in service and major program courses. Faculty ethos is comprised of effective teaching, curriculum maintenance, productive research, and outstanding service. …

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University Of Central Florida Graduate Catalog, 1992 - 1993, University Of Central Florida May 1992

University Of Central Florida Graduate Catalog, 1992 - 1993, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

No abstract provided.

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University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 1992 - 1993, University Of Central Florida May 1992

University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 1992 - 1993, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

No abstract provided.

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From The Editor Jan 1992

From The Editor

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Presents information about Association for Communication Administration Bulletin.

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Outcomes Assessment Research: Guidelines For Conducting Communication Alumni Surveys, Ben L. Parker, Susan J. Drummond-Reeves Jan 1992

Outcomes Assessment Research: Guidelines For Conducting Communication Alumni Surveys, Ben L. Parker, Susan J. Drummond-Reeves

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article outlines a practical framework for designing and executing alumni outcomes assessment surveys in university communication programs. It details preparatory steps including funding allocation, alumni definition, time zone coding, questionnaire construction, interviewer training, and calendar planning. Emphasis is placed on telephone surveys and computer assisted data entry to achieve efficient data collection, reduce errors, and support rapid analysis. The discussion integrates lessons from a Boise State University project, offering checklists for budgeting, sampling, and staffing that departments can adapt to local contexts. By linking outcomes assessment, alumni survey methodology, communication curriculum evaluation, accountability policy, institutional research, and program planning, …

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Aca Convention Program: Ethics And Methods Of Employment References, James Thomas Jan 1992

Aca Convention Program: Ethics And Methods Of Employment References, James Thomas

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the legal and ethical complexities surrounding employment references in academic and corporate settings, emphasizing the heightened litigation risk faced by administrators. It explains how defamation claims and negligent hiring suits can arise both from disclosing unfavorable information and from withholding relevant facts, illustrating consequences with recent court decisions. The concept of qualified privilege is outlined as a conditional protection that permits truthful communication among employers while prohibiting malicious or excessive disclosure. Drawing on survey data and case law, the discussion identifies common institutional responses such as no comment policies and evaluates their adequacy. To mitigate legal exposure, …

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Commentary: Self-Evident Truths For Departmental Governance, Marisue Pickering Jan 1992

Commentary: Self-Evident Truths For Departmental Governance, Marisue Pickering

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article distills self evident truths about departmental governance drawn from chair experience and peer narratives in communication programs. Framing the department as a unique cultural and social entity within the university, the discussion outlines recurring challenges in faculty relations, administrative negotiation, budgeting, and crisis management. It highlights how disciplinary world views shape interaction with deans, how external constituencies such as alumni and families influence policy, and how personal skills and values inform chair leadership. Four thematic areas structure the reflections: internal culture, external connections, personal competencies, and philosophical dimensions of change. Recommendations promote transparent communication, inclusive networking, data informed …

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Zettl, H. (1992). Television Production Handbook (5th Ed.) Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, Edward Abar Jan 1992

Zettl, H. (1992). Television Production Handbook (5th Ed.) Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, Edward Abar

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Reviews the book "Television Production Handbook," 5th ed., by H. Zettl.

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Using Student Ratings Of Faculty In The Instructional Development Process, Phil Backlund Jan 1992

Using Student Ratings Of Faculty In The Instructional Development Process, Phil Backlund

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Student ratings remain the most common yet least trusted feedback source for college teaching improvement and personnel decisions. This article reviews misconceptions about their reliability, validity, and relationship to factors such as course level, elective status, and grading patterns, drawing on decades of research to show that well designed instruments can yield consistent and informative results. It argues that ratings should function as one element within a broader instructional development model that also incorporates self reflection, peer review, and administrative data. Guidelines are offered for selecting appropriate forms, standardizing administration procedures, and summarizing data to support both diagnostic feedback and …

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Major Principles Of Media Law, Brooks Robards Jan 1992

Major Principles Of Media Law, Brooks Robards

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Reviews the book "Major Principles of Media Law," by W. Overbeck and R. Pullen.

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"Vaine Opinions, Flattering Hopes, False Valuations": Some Problems In Faculty Evaluation And Recruiting, Peter Garvie Jan 1992

"Vaine Opinions, Flattering Hopes, False Valuations": Some Problems In Faculty Evaluation And Recruiting, Peter Garvie

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Drawing on historical anecdotes, this essay critiques the bureaucratization of faculty evaluation and recruiting in U.S. universities. Using the 1768 appointment of poet Thomas Gray as a starting point, it traces how informal, patronage-based hires evolved into multi-layered procedures that create an ‘absurd’ faith in objectivity. Four fallacies are identified: the illusion of abundant objective evidence, the belief that numerical scoring enhances accuracy, the assumption that codified detail guarantees wiser judgments, and the conviction that involving more reviewers ensures better decisions. Through examples of distorted reference letters, anonymous allegations, and tenure cases deferred until the final year, the analysis shows …

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Alumni Outcomes Assessment: Boise State University Survey, 1990, Ben L. Parker, Susan J. Drummond-Reeves Jan 1992

Alumni Outcomes Assessment: Boise State University Survey, 1990, Ben L. Parker, Susan J. Drummond-Reeves

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article reports an alumni outcomes assessment for a communication department at a public university, charting graduate experiences across two decades of degree conferral. A telephone questionnaire captured employment trajectories, continued education, curriculum satisfaction, and advising quality; results were cross tabulated with graduation era, gender, income level, and career field. Alumni credited coursework in interpersonal communication, theory, and internships for career readiness and life skills, expressed strong satisfaction with faculty engagement, yet requested additional practical skill offerings. Gender income disparities and perceptions of curriculum gaps inform recommendations for expanded applied courses, systematic advising, and ongoing longitudinal assessment. By integrating alumni …

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From The Odyssey To The University: What Is This Thing Called Mentoring?, Kathleen S. Wright Jan 1992

From The Odyssey To The University: What Is This Thing Called Mentoring?, Kathleen S. Wright

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article traces the evolution of mentoring from classical myth to modern university settings and clarifies what constitutes effective mentorship in academic workplaces. Synthesizing research from communication and organizational studies, it defines mentor roles including advisor coach explainer protector sponsor and validator, outlines four mentoring phases of initiation cultivation separation and redefinition, and identifies benefits and caveats for proteges mentors and institutions. A conceptual model highlights nurturing role modeling caring dispositions and functions such as teaching sponsoring encouraging counseling and befriending. The discussion addresses barriers like old boy networks gender dynamics and role overload, offering guidelines for facilitated programs that …

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Mentoring: On The Road To Tenure And Promotion, J.C. Alexander Jan 1992

Mentoring: On The Road To Tenure And Promotion, J.C. Alexander

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines mentoring as a strategic pathway to tenure and promotion within university faculty careers. Synthesizing organizational communication research and experiential data from a formal mentoring initiative, it delineates four progressive mentoring functions teaching counseling institutional advocacy and sponsorship and situates them within a hierarchy that balances mentor investment with protege advancement. The analysis identifies critical benefits for participants including enhanced information adequacy reduced role ambiguity increased scholarly productivity and strengthened institutional retention. It also addresses gender equity concerns by highlighting power differentials that may limit access to influential mentors. Practical guidelines recommend structured matching processes clear performance standards …

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