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Empirical Needles In Curricular Haystacks: Finding Research Opportunities In A Small College Program, David Droge
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 …
Integrity In The College Curriculum: A Report To The Academic Community, Staurt Byham
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.
Speech Communication Departments And The College Of Character, Roger Smitter
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 …
The Small College Environment, Bonnie Wilson Buzza
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, …
Developing An Anglo-American Communication Program, Terence Jackson
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 …
The Small College As A Career Option: Teaching At A Small College, Ellen Hay
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 …
Strategies For Seeking Employment In The Small College, Sandra Madsen
Strategies For Seeking Employment In The Small College, Sandra Madsen
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article analyzes the conditions shaping faculty hiring in small colleges and identifies three primary variables that shape employment decisions: academic credentials, commitment to teaching, and collegiality. Drawing on broader trends in the academic labor market, the discussion notes that an expanded supply of highly trained candidates allows small institutions to recruit applicants with terminal degrees and records of scholarly engagement. At the same time, the argument emphasizes that small colleges value breadth of preparation and the capacity to teach foundational communication courses such as interpersonal communication and public speaking with theoretical rigor and pedagogical sophistication. The analysis criticizes graduate …
Achieving Success In Small Colleges, Richard W. Platt
Achieving Success In Small Colleges, Richard W. Platt
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This essay examines the conditions that shape professional advancement in small colleges and outlines strategies for achieving mobility within institutions facing demographic decline, financial constraint, and limited faculty turnover. It begins by noting that reduced student populations, diminished public support for higher education, and high proportions of tenured senior faculty restrict opportunities for hiring, promotion, and movement across institutions. Against this backdrop, the essay argues that new faculty must plan deliberately for professional success by understanding institutional identity, priorities, and expectations. Drawing on a model of organizational assessment, it emphasizes the importance of analyzing mission statements, governance structures, departmental practices, …
The Speech Tutor, Joseph O'Rourke
The Speech Tutor, Joseph O'Rourke
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article describes the development and institutionalization of the Speech Tutor program at Wabash College, an initiative that uses undergraduate assistants to support beginning public speaking students. Originating in a broader library funded effort to strengthen bibliographic instruction, the program evolved from an experiment in freshman seminars into a structured system in which upper division speech students receive targeted training in library research methods, video equipment operation, and speech criticism. The analysis explains how these tutors assist students with topic selection, research, rehearsal, and the use of audiovisual technology. It also details the organizational collaboration between the speech department and …
External Evaluation Of Small College Communication Programs, Richard W. Platt
External Evaluation Of Small College Communication Programs, Richard W. Platt
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article analyzes the role of external consultants in the evaluation and development of communication programs in small colleges, using Marist College as a detailed case study. It outlines the institutional context of the late 1970s and early 1980s, including demographic pressures, financial constraints, and the emergence of federal grant programs that encouraged systematic self study. The discussion traces how internal assessments, leadership restructuring, and Title III grants created conditions for program wide review involving external consultants with complementary expertise in communication theory, administration, and professional practice. The article describes the consultant selection process, preparation procedures, visit logistics, and subsequent …
Conducting A Departmental Review, Joseph W. Macdoniels
Conducting A Departmental Review, Joseph W. Macdoniels
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article describes and evaluates the departmental review model developed at Hope College as an institutional mechanism for continuous program assessment suited to the small college context. It begins by identifying structural barriers that make conventional external evaluation impractical for small institutions, including limited financial resources, unique institutional missions, and disciplinary breadth within small departments. The model presented replaces costly outside evaluation with a recurring internal review cycle in which departmental self studies and structured presentations form the basis for institutional dialogue. The article outlines the objectives of the review process, emphasizing the promotion of systematic departmental planning, the cultivation …
Thinking Out Loud: Teaching The Other Half Of The Communication Course, Richard M. Goldstein, Charles W. Nelson
Thinking Out Loud: Teaching The Other Half Of The Communication Course, Richard M. Goldstein, Charles W. Nelson
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article documents an instructional experiment designed to integrate foundational oral communication skills into a required first year composition sequence at Michigan Technological University. The initiative emerged from institutional constraints that prevented speech courses from counting toward graduation and from growing recognition that technological students need competence in oral communication as well as writing. The article details the collaborative planning between an English instructor and a speech teacher who sought to embed oral communication concepts within the third quarter of the composition curriculum, using a media centered unit as the organizing structure. The analysis describes the Dorm English program as …
A Special Tool For Offering Criticism: The Post-Speech Transcript, Gary B. Lafleur
A Special Tool For Offering Criticism: The Post-Speech Transcript, Gary B. Lafleur
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article analyzes the limitations of traditional immediate post speech criticism in basic public speaking courses and presents a four step evaluation system designed to produce more deliberate and comprehensive feedback. It argues that conventional critique sheets and spontaneous peer comments often result in superficial observations shaped by the immediacy of performance, emotional distortion, and the restricted scope of one page forms. To address these problems, the article outlines a sequenced process that begins with a post speech conference held the day after the presentation, allowing for a more reflective review of critique sheet comments and targeted discussion of areas …
So You’Re It! The Theatre Program Of Limited Size, James L. Deyoung
So You’Re It! The Theatre Program Of Limited Size, James L. Deyoung
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article examines the conditions, constraints, and opportunities that define theatre programs staffed by one or two trained faculty members. It critiques professional assumptions that equate disciplinary success with technical specialization and argues that small program faculty routinely manage the full range of theatrical responsibilities. The discussion identifies core challenges facing limited size programs, including restricted peer interaction, limited time for professional development, heavy teaching loads concentrated in introductory courses, tight budgets, and geographic isolation that reduces access to live theatre. The analysis contends that faculty must counter these constraints through consistent professional engagement, attendance at conferences, and exposure to …
Faculty Recruitment, Retention, And Fair Employment: Obligations And Opportunities, Norma C. Cook
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.
The Over-The-Hill Gang: A Problem For All Seasons, James E. Roever
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 …
Promoting Vitality After Tenure, John Lee Jellicorse, James G. Tilley
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 …
Megatrends In Speech Communication: Theory And Research, Stephen W. Littlejohn
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 …
Association For Communication Administration Bulletin, Complete Volume 53
Association For Communication Administration Bulletin, Complete Volume 53
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This is the complete Volume 53 from 1985 for the Association for Communication Administration Bulletin.
In Defense Of The Communication Arts And Sciences As A Liberal Art: An Introduction, Philip Emmert
In Defense Of The Communication Arts And Sciences As A Liberal Art: An Introduction, Philip Emmert
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This introductory essay outlines the purpose and context of a collection of position papers defending the place of the communication arts and sciences within liberal arts colleges. The author notes that departments in areas such as mass communication, speech communication, speech and hearing sciences, and theatre have increasingly been required to justify budgets, faculty lines, and even their continued existence amid broader financial pressures in higher education. Because these fields are commonly housed in liberal arts units, contributors were asked to articulate the intellectual foundations and educational value that warrant their inclusion in that context. Four scholars prepared essays addressing …
A Matter Of Choice, Frank E. X. Dance
A Matter Of Choice, Frank E. X. Dance
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This essay advances a theoretical argument linking liberal education to the human capacity for symbolic choice. It begins by contrasting the restrictive condition of slavery with the freedom made possible through intentional decision making, framing liberal education as a process that fosters autonomy rather than vocational preparation. The discussion traces the historical emergence of symbolic capacity as the defining feature of human communication, distinguishing symbols from signs and emphasizing the role of spoken language in enabling decentering from immediate circumstance. Through this process, individuals develop self awareness, the ability to conceptualize alternatives, and the capacity for deliberate choice. The essay …
Speech/Language Pathology And Audiology: A Justifiable Anomaly Within A College Of Arts And Sciences?, Fred D. Minifie
Speech/Language Pathology And Audiology: A Justifiable Anomaly Within A College Of Arts And Sciences?, Fred D. Minifie
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This essay defends the place of speech language pathology and audiology within colleges of arts and sciences by arguing that the discipline’s academic legitimacy derives from its scientific study of human communication rather than its professional training functions. The author traces tensions between broad liberal arts missions and programs perceived as narrowly vocational, noting that clinical training alone cannot justify departmental status in a university setting. Instead, the field’s essential contribution lies in advancing knowledge about normal and disordered communication and in grounding clinical practice in research based understanding. The discussion critiques programs that emphasize service delivery at the expense …
Liberal Arts Education And The Communication Arts And Sciences Discipline, Philip Emmert
Liberal Arts Education And The Communication Arts And Sciences Discipline, Philip Emmert
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This essay examines the relationship between the communication arts and sciences and the goals of liberal arts education, arguing that the discipline’s distinct contribution lies in its focus on the spoken word and the cognitive and behavioral changes that accompany its study. The author reviews the historical roots of American liberal arts education and notes its longstanding orientation toward preparing students to function effectively within their environments. He contends that contemporary discussions often overlook this practical heritage. Responding to earlier essays in the collection, the author argues that while theatre, mass communication, communication disorders, and speech communication each offer persuasive …
Evaluating The Teaching Component Of The College Or University Director's Work, Bob Yowell
Evaluating The Teaching Component Of The College Or University Director's Work, Bob Yowell
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This essay argues that directing in academic theatre constitutes a significant form of teaching and should be evaluated as such. Drawing on progressive educational philosophy, the author emphasizes that directing aligns with long standing principles of learning by doing, problem centered inquiry, collaboration, and democratic engagement. The essay parallels William Heard Kilpatrick’s characteristics of good teaching with the iterative processes of theatrical production, demonstrating that directors initiate activities, plan and execute creative work, guide problem solving, facilitate critique, and help students reflect on their learning. The discussion proposes criteria for evaluating teaching in directing, including preparation, motivation, clarity of task …
Priorities In The Evaluation Of A Director's Work, Thomas P. Cooke
Priorities In The Evaluation Of A Director's Work, Thomas P. Cooke
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This essay examines the complexities of evaluating the teaching component of academic directing and cautions against creating formal instruments that may inadvertently undermine directors’ artistic work or tenure prospects. The author notes that production participation constitutes an intense educational experience, yet the informal and intuitive nature of rehearsal processes makes teaching difficult to measure using objective criteria. While creative accomplishment has recently gained recognition as a valid form of scholarly contribution, the essay warns that adding another evaluative category may weaken that progress by implying that directing must also be judged as teaching. The discussion argues that directors cannot simultaneously …
The Student Perspective On Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness, Donald H. Wulff, Ann Q. Staton-Spicer, Carla W. Hess, Jody D. Nyquist
The Student Perspective On Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness, Donald H. Wulff, Ann Q. Staton-Spicer, Carla W. Hess, Jody D. Nyquist
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article examines student perceptions of teaching evaluation methods by comparing end of course student ratings with the Small Group Instructional Diagnosis procedure. Using data from 140 undergraduates in communication courses, the study analyzes Likert scale responses and open ended comments to assess the perceived importance, uses, and preferred formats of evaluation. Factor analysis indicates that students view teaching evaluation as important but express uncertainty about how results are used and whether instructors act on feedback. Students favored methods that allow written comments, provide opportunities to offer constructive suggestions, and ensure anonymity. They identified weaknesses in end of course ratings, …
The Over-The-Hill-Gang And The Faculty Exchange, Patti P. Gillespie
The Over-The-Hill-Gang And The Faculty Exchange, Patti P. Gillespie
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This essay examines how academic departments can sustain the productivity of tenured faculty and address cases of declining intellectual engagement. The author distinguishes between preventing stagnation and responding to existing non productivity, arguing that clear expectations, meaningful rewards, and active administrative support are central to maintaining faculty vitality. Causes of entrenched inactivity range from personal circumstances to departmental climates that overlook or marginalize certain faculty. The essay critiques extreme proposals for addressing such problems and instead advances faculty exchange as a practical mechanism for both prevention and revitalization. In a faculty exchange, two institutions temporarily trade faculty members for a …
On Avoiding The Special Niche, Paul A. Distler
On Avoiding The Special Niche, Paul A. Distler
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This essay critiques the common administrative practice of removing unproductive faculty from departmental life by assigning them to isolated roles or special niches and argues that such actions avoid rather than solve the underlying problem. The author contends that faculty who appear stagnant are often healthy individuals displaced by shifts in departmental culture, new techniques they have not assimilated, or the force of more energetic colleagues. Administrators share responsibility when inadequate hiring or lenient tenure decisions allow individuals to enter or remain in roles unsuited to their abilities. Effective response requires that the faculty member genuinely desire revitalization and that …
Placement And The Real World, Eldon E. Baker
Placement And The Real World, Eldon E. Baker
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article examines the changing labor market facing communication graduates and argues that programs must avoid preparing students for jobs that are rapidly disappearing. Drawing on national reports from the early nineteen eighties, the discussion outlines a structural shift in the American workforce marked by technological change, global competition, and the contraction of mid level occupations that once provided opportunities for college graduates. The analysis predicts a widening divide between a small number of highly skilled professional positions and a large number of low wage service jobs, with significantly fewer transitional positions that support upward mobility. In this context, communication …
A Dual Degree Masters Program, Alvin A. Goldberg, Katharine D. Vail, Donald Novak
A Dual Degree Masters Program, Alvin A. Goldberg, Katharine D. Vail, Donald Novak
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article describes the development and structure of a dual degree program in speech communication and social work at the University of Denver. The program enables students to complete the MA in speech communication and the MSW concurrently by integrating coursework, practicum requirements, and research experiences from both fields. Although the two disciplines remain distinct, the authors argue that they complement one another conceptually and professionally. Communication theory offers social work students broader frameworks for understanding interpersonal, group, and organizational processes, while social work provides communication students with applied perspectives on human behavior and intervention contexts. The program reduces total …