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Affirmative Action In Academe: Increase Opportunities, Remove Barriers, And Change Attitudes, Susan A. Siltanen Jan 1994

Affirmative Action In Academe: Increase Opportunities, Remove Barriers, And Change Attitudes, Susan A. Siltanen

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This article addressed affirmative action in academe by examining the judicial justification for the policy and the 1973 and 1983 American Association of University Professor (AAUP) recommendations. Those reviews indicated that the Supreme Court supported affirmative action using distributive justice principles. Moreover, the AAUP recommendations are also based on distributive justice principles. In the 1973 report, the AAUP called mostly for increased opportunities for women and minorities to enter the academy. In its 1983 report, the AAUP reiterated the need to alter the workplace to include more women and minorities and added a call for to remove barriers to tenure …

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Disciplinary Narratives For Change: The Emergence Of Performance Studies Within Athe And Sca, Ronald E. Shields Jan 1994

Disciplinary Narratives For Change: The Emergence Of Performance Studies Within Athe And Sca, Ronald E. Shields

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This article discusses the emergence of performance studies within the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) and the Speech Communication Association (SCA). During recent years, the debate surrounding the emergence of performance studies within the professional organizations, SCA and ATHE, has generated both heat and light. Both debates centered on pragmatic and seminal questions of disciplinary cohesiveness and relevancy; each side in both debates also argued their respective positions from particular interpretations of disciplinary history. In SCA, the issue involved a name change within a large and respected Division: in ATHE, the entire membership was challenged to consider the …

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Administrators At Risk: Tools And Technologies For Securing Your Future, James A. Stakenas Jan 1994

Administrators At Risk: Tools And Technologies For Securing Your Future, James A. Stakenas

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Review of the book, McKenzie, J. (1993). Administrators at Risk: Tools and Technologies for Securing Your Future. Bloomington, Indiana: National Education Service.

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Practical Strategies For Enhancing Ethnic Diversity Within Communication Programs: A Symposium Overview, Robert M. Smith Jan 1994

Practical Strategies For Enhancing Ethnic Diversity Within Communication Programs: A Symposium Overview, Robert M. Smith

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Introduction to a series of articles on race and ethnicity in U.S. higher education.

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Censorship Problems In Commercial And Collegiate Theatre, Joe Filippo Jan 1994

Censorship Problems In Commercial And Collegiate Theatre, Joe Filippo

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This article discusses censorship problems in commercial and collegiate theatre. An examination of censorship in the American theatre will reveal the fact that the subject has been weighed and viewed by the court from a number of perspectives. One such view was that, until the mid-twentieth century, court cases commonly were decided on the basis of the literary merit of the plays in question. The foregoing questions relating to a theatre season may lead one to conclude that there is no censorship quite like self-censorship. If it is perceived that in the process of play selection there is excessive risk …

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Flexibility Makes The Difference In Mentoring Women For Academic Success, Kathryn S. Egan Jan 1994

Flexibility Makes The Difference In Mentoring Women For Academic Success, Kathryn S. Egan

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This article examines the significance of mentoring for women's success in achieving tenure and promotion. The successful tenured female college faculty member in communications, at some point in her career, has been helped by a mentor, usually male. Mentoring is vital for both men and women for faculty success, but women are restricted in forming mentoring relationships. Two categories of women as knowers exist in academe: constructivists and proceduralists. The constructivist views all knowledge as contextual, while the proceduralist woman is invested in learning and applying objective procedures for obtaining knowledge. The functions of mentoring are defined as those aspects …

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Oral English Proficiency Requirements For Itas In U. S. Colleges And Universities: An Issue In Speech Communication, Robert C. Dick, Brenda M. Robinson Jan 1994

Oral English Proficiency Requirements For Itas In U. S. Colleges And Universities: An Issue In Speech Communication, Robert C. Dick, Brenda M. Robinson

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This article explores the nature and extent of oral English proficiency training that international teaching assistants (ITA) need for their faculty and staff roles in U.S. colleges and universities. In surveys of campuses in the Illinois system, the most frequent single complaint among undergraduates was that the ITA had language problems which interfered with the students' comprehension of classroom material. The Test of English As a Foreign Language (TOEFL) has been in existence since 1964, assessing the English usage of English-as-a-second-language students applying for admission to colleges and universities. The Test of Spoken Language, designed by the Educational Testing Service, …

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Safe Places, Fair Practices, Trust: Sexual Harassment In Communication And Theatre, Robert J. Wills Jan 1994

Safe Places, Fair Practices, Trust: Sexual Harassment In Communication And Theatre, Robert J. Wills

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This article discusses the role of school administrators in addressing sexual harassment in theater and communication programs. On college and university campuses, by and large, men have power. Women on campus by and large trust these men who have power. The trust in such a relationship is precious, built over time through consistency, responsiveness and mutual concerns. Sexual harassment breaks that trust, destroys it completely, and in the process wounds those who are involved. The 9 to 5 organization has concluded that a strong policy is the best way to combat sexual harassment. A written policy easily becomes both the …

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Communication Education Transformations: Implications For Curricular Change, Chris R. Sawyer, Phyllis Miller, Ralph R. Behnke Jan 1994

Communication Education Transformations: Implications For Curricular Change, Chris R. Sawyer, Phyllis Miller, Ralph R. Behnke

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This article explores the implications of communication education transformations for curricular change in the U.S. Differences in education and training between public relations (PR) practitioners and journalists reflect, in part, effects of certain pressures brought to bear upon these professions. Any edge which graduates may have in the marketplace will depend on the extent to which their communication programs have focused on initial detection and measurement of related talents, skill development and enhancement, and discovery of communication-related careers that depend on the integration and application of these skills. With respect to faculty placement, infusing PR faculty into existing communication programs …

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Encouraging Undergraduate Scholarship: Institutional Strategies, Kevin L. Hutchinson Jan 1994

Encouraging Undergraduate Scholarship: Institutional Strategies, Kevin L. Hutchinson

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This article explores the various institutional strategies for encouraging undergraduate scholarship in the U.S. The student faculty grants, research stipends and scholarships require that the institution commit financial resources or commit resources to secure financial support from one or more outside agencies through creative grant writing. Suggestions pertaining to Lambda Pi Eta and internal internships probably require the least amount of institutional support. There are two proposed conditions for the research teams concept to be successful. First, there must be a commitment by all faculty to engage in research. Second, the faculty research interest must lend itself to collaborative research.

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Alternative Career Opportunities, Or, Don't Sell Yourself Short!, David Balthrop Jan 1994

Alternative Career Opportunities, Or, Don't Sell Yourself Short!, David Balthrop

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This article will attempt to discuss who is making an attempt to prepare their students for work outside of the field of study; pose the question of whose responsibility is it for preparing those students: faculty, universities and colleges, or the students themselves. In a survey sent out to all colleges and universities in Kentucky, only a small percentage (fewer than 3%) of the surveys returned acknowledged any help in the form of organized, structured post-graduation job opportunity discussions. All the forms returned indicated that the students wanted and needed that type of instruction. In order to locate other job …

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Successful Recruitment Of Minority Faculty: Commitment, Culture, Choice, Robert M. Smith Jan 1994

Successful Recruitment Of Minority Faculty: Commitment, Culture, Choice, Robert M. Smith

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This article offers suggestions that help committed and concerned faculty and administration successfully recruit faculty of color to their departments. Commitment is hard work. Race is an issue on every campus to some degree and becoming a growing problem on most. There is no magical solution, no multicultural inoculation, nor mass confessional purge of imbedded feelings, beliefs, and superstitions. Changing racial prejudice or predispositions among people is hard work. Climate is the accumulation of the attitudes and behaviors toward inclusion on campus. Everyone on campus is both a contributor and product of the climate. Other approaches to shape the climate …

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To Be Young, Gifted, And Out Of Work, Mark Malinauskas Jan 1994

To Be Young, Gifted, And Out Of Work, Mark Malinauskas

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This article discusses job search strategy. Devising a job hunting strategy may be the hardest work you do in your entire career. The most immediate task is the creation of a personal inventory. You should be honest and identify your real strengths. These will be incorporated into your resume when you are ready to construct it. The attributes most employers seek to identify in applicants are the following: (1) A burning desire to learn and grow; (2) A brute determination to succeed; (3) A natural ability to get along with people; (4) Talent for persuading others; (5) An affinity for …

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Expanding The Knowledge Base: Reconsidering The Communication Literature, Alberto Gonzalez, Huang Shaorong Jan 1994

Expanding The Knowledge Base: Reconsidering The Communication Literature, Alberto Gonzalez, Huang Shaorong

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This article presents a bibliography of books on cultural and intercultural communication.

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Determining Reasonable Accommodations For The Learning Impaired: New Issues For Able-Bodied Communication Administrators, Craig Newburger Jan 1994

Determining Reasonable Accommodations For The Learning Impaired: New Issues For Able-Bodied Communication Administrators, Craig Newburger

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This article discusses issues surrounding able-bodied communication administrators. The first issue confronting communication educators involves the nature of interactions with disabled students. Such students may be reluctant to disclose their personal circumstances to their instructors, even when a campus student counseling services office arms them with explanatory documents intended to affirm their sincerity and disarm the potential for them to feel embarrassed. Some learning impaired students have been isolated, misunderstood, and stigmatized, thus, the simplest act of communicating may become fraught with anxiety. The second issue confronting communication educators involves how sensitive we are to the broad nature of what …

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Prospective Impact Of Responsibility Center Budgeting On Communication And Theatre Programs: View From A State Supported University, Robert C. Dick Jan 1993

Prospective Impact Of Responsibility Center Budgeting On Communication And Theatre Programs: View From A State Supported University, Robert C. Dick

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This article examines the impact of responsibility center budgeting (RCB) on communication and theatre programs in a state supported university. While some operational differences exist, it generally can be said that, in RCB, part or all tuition and sponsored research revenues are returned to a unit in direct proportion to what is earned. The unit controls its own pricing policy and is responsible for payment of all, or nearly all, of its costs. Surpluses remain with the unit; deficits must be made up by the unit in succeeding periods. The incentive to efficient production of what the market demands is …

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A Multi-Disciplinary Approach To Cultural Learning Through Cable Television, John F. Dillon, Sheila C. Crifasi Jan 1993

A Multi-Disciplinary Approach To Cultural Learning Through Cable Television, John F. Dillon, Sheila C. Crifasi

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This article examines a multi-disciplinary approach to cultural learning through cable television. In the U.S., television current affairs programming is now being used in place of conventional textbooks in those subject areas dealing with rapidly unfolding world developments, such as history and political science. While it may take years to revise a traditional textbook, college educators are relying on the quickness of television--as well as print mass media--to help their students comprehend dynamic global events. In 1989, recognizing their own potential as an educational resource, major cable companies and programmers created Cable in the Classroom to help K-to-12th grade educators …

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A Survey Of Communication Department Curriculum In Four-Year Colleges And Universities, June H. Smith, Patricia H. Turner Jan 1993

A Survey Of Communication Department Curriculum In Four-Year Colleges And Universities, June H. Smith, Patricia H. Turner

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This article presents a survey of communication department curriculum in four-year colleges and universities in the U.S. Excellent communication skills are tantamount to success in education. A review of current education journals reveals the variety of communication skills needed by professional educators, including interpersonal communication, small group meetings, interviewing, basic communication theory, research methodology, teaching methods in speech communication, public speaking, performance of literature, media, and a teaching internship. Social science literature reveals several communication needs for social science practitioners, including anthropologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, lawyers, journalists, advertising practitioners, political scientists, human relations practitioners, and mass media personnel. Those communication …

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After Hazelwood: Free Speech Constraints And Theatre Programs, Bob Frank Jan 1993

After Hazelwood: Free Speech Constraints And Theatre Programs, Bob Frank

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This article addresses the question of what constitutional constraints govern the lives of academic theatre teacher/directors in the U.S. by highlight the case of the Southwest Missouri State University's theatre program. Although theatre artists and teachers seldom settle their controversies in the courts, the courts have established a body of judicial doctrine that is relevant to the administrator of academic theatre. Questions such as what should drama teachers, directors and administrators know about the legal limits of their freedom of expression? Conversely, what are the limitations imposed by the courts on administrative officials regarding their ability to control or regulate …

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Teach Them Something They Can Use, Pamela H. Sellers Jan 1993

Teach Them Something They Can Use, Pamela H. Sellers

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This article discusses the necessary education, skill and preparations a prospective law student should acquire. It is well established that the legal education focuses more on mastery of a method of thinking than on mastery of the subject matter. The substantive law is a twisting, turning, mutating thing whose interpretation and application may be subject to the whims, prejudices, or perversities of judges and juries. It cannot be fully known. The best that a good lawyer can do is to anticipate these whims, prejudices, and perversities and attempt to neutralize or counter whichever interpretations of the law may be adverse …

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Unlocking Creativity In Actors: Inhibiting Factors, Brant L. Pope Jan 1993

Unlocking Creativity In Actors: Inhibiting Factors, Brant L. Pope

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This article attempts to examine the nature of imagination and creativity in the acting process. It argues that successful acting is the ability to extend the imagination into the creative act of developing a role and building a character. Of particular concern will be the identification of significant personal, social and professional factors that tend to inhibit the creative process. It will close with some observations about the work of Jose Quintero of the Asolo Conservatory, in terms of the specific ways in which he inspires creativity in our actors. It is important to differentiate imagination and creativity. Imagination is …

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Commentary: Thoughts For New Chairs Of A Department Of Theatre, Robert Chapel Jan 1993

Commentary: Thoughts For New Chairs Of A Department Of Theatre, Robert Chapel

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This article discusses the author's ideas about creating theatre department chairs in colleges and universities in the U.S. Specific challenges that will be faced after assuming a new position of chair; Expectations to be met for needed changes in the department; Experience of the author who joined a department three years previous and was given a mandate from the dean and the department's faculty to revive a department which had lost its luster; Common problems which occur in cycles throughout academe and which can be rectified with the infusion of new blood in the form of a new chair every …

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Reading & Writing Across The High School Science & Math Curriculum, Joan Mento Jan 1993

Reading & Writing Across The High School Science & Math Curriculum, Joan Mento

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Book review of "Reading and Writing Across the High School Science and Math Curriculum," by R. Sensenbaugh. Bloomington, ID: EDINFO Press.

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Celebrate Literacy! The Joy Of Reading & Writing, Joan Mento Jan 1993

Celebrate Literacy! The Joy Of Reading & Writing, Joan Mento

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Book review of "Celebrate Literacy! The Joy of Reading and Writing," by J. Johns. Bloomington, ID: EDINEO Press.

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Scholarship Reconsidered: Role Definition And Its Impact On The Faculty, Gary T. Hunt Jan 1993

Scholarship Reconsidered: Role Definition And Its Impact On The Faculty, Gary T. Hunt

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This article addresses issues concerning the role of faculty members in U.S. universities and colleges. With external pressures coming from state legislators and accrediting bodies, all of which are aimed at the role of the individual faculty member, many both on the inside and the outside of the university are expressing opinions about the work life of the faculty member. In fact, one might even be so bold as to suggest that everything we have traditionally accepted about scholarship is now up for grabs. This unstable environment has heaped added pressure upon the individual faculty member, who may well be …

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Departmental Textbook Publishing For The Introductory Communication Course: Pedagogical Boon Or Exploitation?, Craig Newburger, Robert Smith, Linda Pledger Jan 1993

Departmental Textbook Publishing For The Introductory Communication Course: Pedagogical Boon Or Exploitation?, Craig Newburger, Robert Smith, Linda Pledger

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This article details the benefits and liabilities associated with departmental introductory communication course (ICC) textbook publishing as they are related to both the national publishing house and local commercial printer options. A number of national textbook publishers are actively involved in the production and marketing of locally authored campus-specific ICC texts and related workbooks. Such publishers offer national exposure through their textbook marketing programs and, correspondingly, absorb publicity and other-campus marketing costs. Meanwhile, a departmental desktop publishing software can be used to write, edit, design and present a camera-ready ICC text manuscript to a local commercial printer. The use of …

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Scholarship Reconsidered: A Reflection, Ronald L. Applbaum Jan 1993

Scholarship Reconsidered: A Reflection, Ronald L. Applbaum

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This article reflects on the book Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, by Ernest Boyer. Scholarship Reconsidered was an attempt by Boyer to redefine the role of the professoriate in terms of the concept of scholarship as perceived and enacted within the academy. The purpose of the special report was to provide a clearer meaning of scholarship within the academy itself. He recognized that the mission of U.S. higher education had changed dramatically over the past four decades. And, yet, the expectations of the professoriate held by the members within the academy, that is, faculty and administrators, had not always …

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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

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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

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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

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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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