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Evaluating Art: Policies And Practices, Samuel L. Becker, Geprge Gunkel, Rebecca Arbogast, Lisette Sell
Evaluating Art: Policies And Practices, Samuel L. Becker, Geprge Gunkel, Rebecca Arbogast, Lisette Sell
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article presents the results of a national survey that examined how colleges and universities evaluated artistic work produced by theatre faculty in promotion and tenure decisions. The study gathered responses from 304 institutions representing two year colleges, four year institutions, master’s level programs, and PhD granting universities. The authors document considerable variation in theatre curricula across institutional types and identify systematic differences in the availability of theatre degrees. The findings indicate that institutions lacked consistent procedures for assessing artistic work and rarely maintained written guidelines for evaluators. Many departments kept incomplete or irregular records of production evaluations, and the …
Seminar And Programs To Stress Evaluation, Robert K. Tiemens
Seminar And Programs To Stress Evaluation, Robert K. Tiemens
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This bulletin section outlines the Association for Communication Administration’s thirteenth annual seminar, centered on evaluation of programs, faculty, and administrative practices. The announcement describes eight scheduled sessions addressing tenure productivity, administrative strategies, program health amid financial pressures, and the trend toward unifying communication disciplines under broader departmental umbrellas. Other sessions examine evaluation of artistic work through the Oxford Accord and the challenges of academic administration in varying institutional contexts. The issue also notes co-sponsored programs with other associations, including sessions on mentoring and on media and performance assessment. The seminar was held in conjunction with the 1985 annual convention in …
Association For Communication Administration Convention Preview
Association For Communication Administration Convention Preview
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This bulletin section provides an overview of the Association for Communication Administration’s activities at the 1985 annual convention. It lists officers, committee members, and editorial board personnel, followed by a detailed schedule of the thirteenth annual seminar on evaluation of programs. The preview outlines sessions devoted to accountability in communication curricula, evaluation practices in different institutional contexts, faculty development, computer assisted evaluation, artistic performance evaluation, and post tenure review. It also summarizes ACA sponsored and co sponsored convention programs addressing professional growth of tenured faculty, applications of corporate management strategies to higher education, assessments of the health of communication subfields, …
Aca News
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This document combines news announcements and the complete minutes of the Association for Communication Administration Executive Committee meeting held on March 6, 1985. The news portion outlines a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the president to remain on the committee for one additional year. It also previews the forthcoming election for three committee positions and includes commentary on national concerns regarding teacher shortages and the growing emphasis on communication skills across professional fields. The minutes provide a detailed account of administrative actions, including planning for the thirteenth annual seminar, development of convention programs, budget approval, revision of recruitment materials, …
Theatre As A Liberal Art, Gladys M. Crane
Theatre As A Liberal Art, Gladys M. Crane
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This essay argues that theatre belongs centrally within the liberal arts because it is a humanizing discipline rooted in the interpretation of human action. Theatre is presented as an eclectic art that synthesizes visual, spatial, aural, and temporal forms, while requiring analytical, interpretive, and integrative judgment throughout the production process. The discussion emphasizes that theatrical creation engages imagination, creativity, and critical evaluation as students move from script analysis to design, rehearsal, and performance. Because theatre draws on psychology, sociology, history, and ethics, the study of plays and characters demands sustained reflection on values, cultural contexts, and human motivation. The essay …
In Defense Of Mass Communication As A Liberal Art, Robert K. Tiemens
In Defense Of Mass Communication As A Liberal Art, Robert K. Tiemens
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This essay defends mass communication as a legitimate component of the liberal arts and responds to criticisms both from outside and within the communication discipline. The author argues that mass communication courses address fundamental questions about the social, political, and cultural influence of media and therefore extend far beyond technical training. The discussion emphasizes that liberal education requires understanding how mediated symbols shape public life and contends that studying the effects, practices, and history of broadcasting aligns directly with liberal arts aims. The essay also notes that accrediting standards already require a strong ratio of liberal arts coursework for mass …
Developing A Program Justification: Strategies For Locating And Valuing The Discipline, Ronald L. Applbaum
Developing A Program Justification: Strategies For Locating And Valuing The Discipline, Ronald L. Applbaum
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This essay evaluates arguments offered by four communication subfields regarding their place within the liberal arts and proposes a broader strategy for program justification in contemporary higher education. The author contends that while the contributing essays aim to demonstrate disciplinary value, they pursue divergent goals and do not provide persuasive grounds for resource allocation by senior administrators. Situating the discussion within shifting institutional priorities, the essay notes that colleges have increasingly blended liberal and vocational learning in response to changing student demand and external pressures. The author argues that communication’s diversity can be a strength, as the discipline engages both …
Analysis Of Teaching Evaluation Instruments Collected By Aca, Betty Jo Welch
Analysis Of Teaching Evaluation Instruments Collected By Aca, Betty Jo Welch
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article analyzes twenty nine student evaluation instruments collected from seventy five higher education institutions in the United States and Canada in order to determine how teaching effectiveness is conceptualized and measured. The study identifies substantial variation in instrument design yet finds seven recurring dimensions: organization, student teacher interaction and rapport, classroom skill and lecturing ability, workload and course difficulty, grading and evaluation, personal satisfaction, and course content. Representative literature is reviewed to assess the strengths and limitations of evaluation approaches such as alumni surveys, self evaluation, student achievement measures, classroom visitation, and peer review. Research evidence indicates that well …
Under And Over The Hill, Peter Garvie
Under And Over The Hill, Peter Garvie
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This essay reflects on the problem of faculty who have become unproductive, disengaged, or resistant to change and considers how academic communities perceive and respond to such colleagues. Through an extended narrative and metaphorical analysis, the author distinguishes between those who have not yet reached professional maturity, those who have declined after earlier achievement, and those whose self perception is disconnected from their actual performance. The essay examines institutional tendencies to tolerate or obscure persistent non productivity, often due to bureaucratic structures that make intervention difficult. Drawing on metaphors of light, shadow, perception, and psychological projection, the author explores how …
The Ideal Dean: Appropriate And Inappropriate Roles, Ladonna M. Geddes
The Ideal Dean: Appropriate And Inappropriate Roles, Ladonna M. Geddes
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article examines the responsibilities of the ideal dean during a period of financial constraint and shifting expectations. It argues that the dean’s role encompasses two primary domains: planning and leadership. Planning responsibilities include guiding long term strategy, maintaining comprehensive internal and external data, and using economic, political, and educational trends to inform resource allocation and goal setting. Leadership responsibilities involve serving as a communication link across institutional levels, resolving contradictions in mission, cultivating external relationships, and articulating clear evaluative standards. The article emphasizes the importance of situational leadership, generational differences in values, and informed judgment in human relations. It …
Tenure: A Concept Whose Time Has Passed?, Bert E. Bradley
Tenure: A Concept Whose Time Has Passed?, Bert E. Bradley
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article evaluates whether traditional tenure practices remain viable within contemporary higher education. It argues that the lifetime employment guarantee awarded after a brief probationary period has drawn increasing criticism from legislators, administrators, faculty, and students. Abuses associated with tenure include faculty members who remain minimally active for decades and the perception that tenure shelters incompetence. The article contends that earlier justifications for tenure, namely protection of academic freedom and insulation from administrative or public pressure, have been overtaken by court decisions and faculty unionization that already safeguard those rights. Economic pressures, declining enrollments, and public scrutiny are identified as …
Group Discussion Of Common Problems, Bobby R. Patton, Jon T. Powell, Terry H. Ostermeier, Alvin Goldberg
Group Discussion Of Common Problems, Bobby R. Patton, Jon T. Powell, Terry H. Ostermeier, Alvin Goldberg
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This document presents four summaries of group discussions addressing challenges frequently faced by communication administrators. The first summary examines approaches to sustaining faculty morale amid declining resources. Participants emphasized the value of clear merit evaluation systems, opportunities for professional exchange, flexible role assignments, and recognition that administrative influence depends on articulating coherent program priorities. The second summary addresses the proliferation of communication courses taught outside communication units, expressing concern that such developments diminish disciplinary coherence, weaken departmental status, and erode academic rigor. The third summary focuses on the difficulty of addressing unsatisfactory performance among tenured faculty, outlining strategies such as …
Departmental Administration And The Principle Of Minimal Expectations, John Waite Bowers
Departmental Administration And The Principle Of Minimal Expectations, John Waite Bowers
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article advances a conceptual approach to departmental administration centered on the management of informational power and the regulation of expectations within academic units. It argues that the departmental executive officer occupies a unique position of informational advantage that must be exercised strategically in mediating among faculty, students, administrators, and external stakeholders. The analysis draws on the theory of relative deprivation, suggesting that stability depends on maintaining value expectations at levels that can be consistently met while avoiding conditions that produce decremental deprivation. The article further considers how mild deprivation may serve developmental aims if it is directed toward individual …
The Seamless Web: The Interface Of Speech Communication Professionals At The College And K–12 Levels, Kathleen M. Galvin
The Seamless Web: The Interface Of Speech Communication Professionals At The College And K–12 Levels, Kathleen M. Galvin
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article examines the interdependence of colleges and K 12 schools and argues that meaningful educational reform requires sustained collaboration across levels. It begins by noting the renewed national concern over elementary and secondary education following prominent reports and describes the persistent attitudinal barriers that hinder cooperation, including declining public regard for teaching and a pervasive tendency within universities to devalue K 12 work. The article then outlines a series of actions for speech communication professionals, emphasizing strengthened affiliations with schools, improved teacher preparation, expanded research on instructional communication, and active guidance of institutional responses to national educational critiques. Detailed …
Annual Faculty Performance Reviews, Mark. Hickson Iii
Annual Faculty Performance Reviews, Mark. Hickson Iii
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article examines the institutionalization of annual faculty evaluations and argues that effective review procedures require clear criteria, structured processes, and continuous administrative attention. It contextualizes the rise of performance reviews within the growth of the academic workforce and concerns about maintaining professional quality. The discussion advocates separating the evaluation into an objectives meeting and a results meeting so faculty are assessed according to mutually agreed upon standards rather than informal comparisons. It outlines procedures for establishing expectations, determining performance ratings, and conducting formal review sessions, emphasizing fairness, specificity, and attention to contextual constraints. The article identifies categories of unsatisfactory …
Chairing The Academic Department: Leadership Among Peers, Robert O. Blanchard
Chairing The Academic Department: Leadership Among Peers, Robert O. Blanchard
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
Reviews the book "Chairing the Academic Department: Leadership Among Peers," 2nd ed., (1984) by Allan Tucker. Published by MacMillan Publishers, New York.
The Ideal Chair: Appropriate And Inappropriate Uses Of Power, Robert S. Goyer
The Ideal Chair: Appropriate And Inappropriate Uses Of Power, Robert S. Goyer
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article analyzes how an academic department chair may employ power in ways that advance or hinder departmental goals. It defines inappropriate uses of power as actions that serve personal interests or undermine institutional purposes, and it highlights abdication of responsibility as another form of misuse. The discussion then turns to appropriate uses of power, beginning with definitional considerations drawn from social psychology and organizational theory. Power is conceptualized as the demonstrated capacity to effect change, derived from both formal authority and personal characteristics. The article surveys classic bases of social power and examines how assigned authority, positional status, and …
A Department Chair Interprets The Roles And Powers Of The Ideal Dean, Lloyd F. Bitzer
A Department Chair Interprets The Roles And Powers Of The Ideal Dean, Lloyd F. Bitzer
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article presents a department chair’s perspective on the powers and responsibilities of the ideal dean, emphasizing the influence a dean exerts through decisions affecting budgets, resources, and personnel. It argues that these powers shape a department’s programs, priorities, and long term vitality, making the dean’s role both consequential and potentially dangerous if exercised without wisdom and moral discipline. The ideal dean is described as one who holds limited but sufficient authority, whose decisions reflect institutional norms, and who avoids overreach or violations of established procedures. Problems arise either when the dean exceeds legitimate authority or when decisions, though formally …
Ideal Interactive Roles Of Chairs And Deans, Judith S. Trent
Ideal Interactive Roles Of Chairs And Deans, Judith S. Trent
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article explores the interdependent relationship between department chairs and deans, emphasizing the need for mutual understanding of each other’s roles, constraints, and responsibilities. It highlights the pressures chairs face from faculty, students, and upper administration, as well as the challenges deans encounter in distributing limited resources across diverse disciplines. The article argues that productive interaction requires recognition of mutual dependence, respect for differing obligations, and consistent communication. Chairs and deans must negotiate goals that align departmental needs with institutional missions while managing scarce resources and competing demands. It concludes that cooperation grounded in goodwill, trust, and shared commitment is …
Poke The Bottom Of The Fire, John Lee Jellicorse
Poke The Bottom Of The Fire, John Lee Jellicorse
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article examines the administrative challenges created by the increasingly narrow and peripheral preparation of some doctoral and MFA graduates in communication. It argues that many candidates lack grounding in core disciplinary history, theory, and pedagogy, showing strong specialization without awareness of the field’s breadth or traditions. The discussion describes how this trend complicates hiring, weakens disciplinary coherence, and leads to duplication of communication courses when such graduates secure appointments outside communication units. These developments strain curricula, undermine departmental identity, and reinforce claims that communication lacks a substantive disciplinary core. The article urges graduate programs to strengthen breadth, disciplinary interdependence, …
Future Problems For The Communication Arts And Sciences Administrator, Erwin P. Bettinghaus
Future Problems For The Communication Arts And Sciences Administrator, Erwin P. Bettinghaus
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article identifies three administrative challenges likely to confront communication arts and sciences units in the near future. The first concerns shifts in student interest, which have historically expanded and contracted across disciplines. Rapid growth in communication enrollments may reverse, producing budget reductions similar to those experienced by education and humanities programs. The second issue involves the difficulty of adapting curricula to fast changing communication technologies. Institutional procedures for course approval often lag behind technological innovation, leaving students without formal exposure to emerging areas such as cable operations, common carrier regulation, and new telecommunication systems. The article argues that departments …
Practical Problems Facing Communication Administrators, Thelma D. Curl
Practical Problems Facing Communication Administrators, Thelma D. Curl
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article outlines two central challenges confronting communication administrators in financially constrained, state supported institutions. The first problem is the impact of budget reductions on staffing, curriculum, and faculty development. Shrinking appropriations and limited external resources have led to hiring freezes, increased class sizes, teaching overloads, and reliance on part time instructors. These conditions weaken faculty morale, complicate promotion and tenure processes, reduce opportunities for research and travel, and curtail scholarships, cultural programming, and curricular innovation. Fiscal pressures further force departments to rely on FTE driven decisions that may jeopardize upper level instruction and student retention. The second problem concerns …
Case Studies For Communication Administrators, James E, Roever
Case Studies For Communication Administrators, James E, Roever
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This brief set of instructional materials presents four case studies designed to stimulate discussion among communication administrators. The studies pose issues without prescribing solutions and invite users to consider multiple perspectives on personnel decisions, curricular leadership, and administrative identity. The first case examines conflicting evaluations of a tenure candidate whose strong service record contrasts with limited publication and mixed administrative support. The second explores the tension between personnel standards and compassion when an instructor’s substandard performance is attributed to personal hardship. The third considers the role of a chair in balancing faculty governance with administrative judgment when deciding whether to …
Aca News
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This bulletin presents organizational information for the Association for Communication Administration during the mid 1980s. It introduces the candidates for three Executive Committee positions beginning in 1986, outlining their professional backgrounds and statements of objectives. The bulletin also reports on administrative developments, including the reconstitution of the Commission on Departmental Data, the appointment of a committee to consider the future direction of the Association, and the formation of a Texas state affiliate. The closing section provides the full bylaws of the Texas Association for Communication Administration. All contact information and organizational details contained in the document are historical and no …
Keeping Communication Human, Roy V. Wood
Keeping Communication Human, Roy V. Wood
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article examines administrative communication through a dramatistic framework, arguing that organizational interaction simultaneously reflects instrumental information exchange and cultural performance. It contrasts the spontaneous, open qualities required for effective organizational intelligence with the distancing tendencies introduced by role performance, drawing on Martin Buber’s distinction between I You and I It encounters. The analysis details how administrative environments operate as theatrical settings shaped by staging, design, props, and scripts that influence perceptions of status and power. It explains how formalized encounters, habitual scripts, and dramatic fatigue can impede the informational goals of administrative exchanges. The discussion identifies common pitfalls, such …
A Consideration Of Current Leadership Theory For Communication Departmental Chairpersons, Stephen L. Coffman
A Consideration Of Current Leadership Theory For Communication Departmental Chairpersons, Stephen L. Coffman
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article surveys leadership theories relevant to communication department chairpersons, focusing on the distinction between ascribed leadership status and leadership achieved through the development of managerial skill. It reviews situational leadership approaches that emphasize adapting managerial behavior to the needs of faculty, staff, students, and task conditions. The discussion outlines how theory X and theory Y orientations produce contrasting directive and supportive behaviors and examines research suggesting that effective leadership often involves integrating task structure with interpersonal support. Studies by Blake and Mouton, Redding, Bednarek and colleagues, Latham and Saari, Jurma, and Fisher are incorporated to demonstrate that task and …
Attracting Liberal Arts Majors In The Eighties And Nineties, Philip G. Hill
Attracting Liberal Arts Majors In The Eighties And Nineties, Philip G. Hill
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article examines the declining number of students majoring in liberal arts disciplines during the late twentieth century and situates the issue within long term demographic and economic trends. It explains how the contraction of the traditional college age population, combined with rising student preference for vocational programs, has placed pressure on departments dependent on Bachelor of Arts enrollments. The discussion notes that liberal arts fields face intensified competition from expanding professional and technical programs and that these patterns are reinforced by public concerns about employability. The article further identifies obstacles specific to theatre, such as limited exposure in secondary …
Student Management Of A University Cable Tv Channel: A Case Study, William Hanks, Scott S. Schiller
Student Management Of A University Cable Tv Channel: A Case Study, William Hanks, Scott S. Schiller
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article presents a case study of a student managed cable television channel created to provide practical experience in production and organizational leadership within a mass communication curriculum. It describes the establishment of a dedicated university channel, the development of a management structure within a graduate course, and the creation of student produced pilot programs intended for community and campus audiences. The study outlines decision making, program development, and policy formation during the initial term, supported by focus group responses from faculty, students, community professionals, and an advisory committee. It then examines the launch of regular telecasts, the integration of …
An Overview Of Present Approaches To The Basic Speech Communication Course, Douglas M. Trank
An Overview Of Present Approaches To The Basic Speech Communication Course, Douglas M. Trank
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article surveys the evolution and persistent challenges of the basic speech communication course, drawing on national and regional studies to outline major instructional trends. It notes that although the course remains central in many departments and often grows faster than overall enrollment, shifts between public speaking, hybrid, and communication oriented models are inconsistently documented and frequently influenced by methodological weaknesses in existing surveys. The discussion highlights structural factors that hinder curricular innovation, including reliance on graduate assistants, limited faculty involvement, departmental perceptions of the course as peripheral, and institutional constraints on staffing and resources. It also examines how textbook …
Meeting The Challenge: Developing Faculty Careers, Ron Taylor
Meeting The Challenge: Developing Faculty Careers, Ron Taylor
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
Reviews the book "Meeting the Challenge: Developing Faculty Careers," (1983) by Michael C.T. Brookes and Katherine L. German. Published by the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Washington D. C.