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Theatre History: The Guided Design Approach, Donald A. Borchardt Jan 1985

Theatre History: The Guided Design Approach, Donald A. Borchardt

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article describes the use of the Guided Design instructional method in an undergraduate theatre history course. Guided Design replaces lecture-centered instruction with small-group problem solving, asking students to apply course concepts through open-ended decision-making tasks. The article outlines the method’s origins, its emphasis on knowledge, values, and decision-making, and the instructor’s role in preparing problems, instructions, feedback, learning objectives, and resource materials. A sample theatre history problem asks students to determine when, where, and under what conditions a touring company should perform Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, requiring attention to ancient theatre architecture, Greek festivals, staging practices, and questions of authenticity. …

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Classroom Climate For Women: The Tip Of The Iceberg, Roberta M. Hall Jan 1985

Classroom Climate For Women: The Tip Of The Iceberg, Roberta M. Hall

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the classroom climate experienced by women students in higher education, focusing on subtle and overt patterns of differential treatment that can discourage women’s participation, confidence, and academic development. Drawing on student accounts and findings from The Classroom Climate Project, it identifies behaviors that single out women, such as sexist remarks, comments on appearance, gendered humor, and stereotyped examples, as well as behaviors that overlook women, including interruptions, reduced attention to women’s comments, and assumptions that men are more likely to contribute meaningfully. The article connects these classroom practices to broader patterns in advising, professional preparation, and campus …

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Minutes Of The Aca Executive Committee October 31, 1984 Chicago Jan 1985

Minutes Of The Aca Executive Committee October 31, 1984 Chicago

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

The annual meeting of the Association for Communication Administration (ACA)'s Executive Committee, held in November 1984 in Chicago, Illinois.

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From Research Paper To Published Article: A Symposium Introduction, Goodwin F. Berquist Jan 1985

From Research Paper To Published Article: A Symposium Introduction, Goodwin F. Berquist

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

The introduction frames a symposium on the transition from research paper to published article by highlighting the limited publication records of most PhD graduates and the resulting concern for graduate educators and academic administrators. It argues that weak publication outcomes stem less from lack of research capacity than from insufficient guidance on how to publish during early scholarly socialization. The narrative situates faculty development as a central responsibility of communication administration and calls for concrete, procedural information rather than generic exhortations to publish. It then describes a panel at the Central States Speech Association convention in Lincoln, Nebraska, where presenters …

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Why Publish?, Goodwin F. Berquist Jan 1985

Why Publish?, Goodwin F. Berquist

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines why many trained communication scholars fail to convert research projects into published scholarship. It argues that publishing is essential for advancing knowledge, establishing credibility, and participating fully in the academic profession. The article identifies several barriers to scholarly productivity, including lack of awareness about the value of publication, post-degree burnout, heavy teaching and service demands, weak writing preparation, perfectionism, and misunderstanding the difference between graduate coursework and publishable manuscripts. It emphasizes the role of communication administrators, advisors, and senior scholars in helping graduate students and new faculty understand publication expectations and develop practical writing habits. The article …

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Publish What?, William R. Brown Jan 1985

Publish What?, William R. Brown

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article addresses the question of what kinds of scholarly work are most suitable for publication in communication studies, with particular attention to the needs of young scholars and those who mentor them. It defines publishable scholarship as “news” for the profession: work grounded in genuine intellectual curiosity, connected to significant conversations in the field, and willing to take calculated risks. The article distinguishes between general qualities of newsworthy research and more specific topics for future inquiry. Its proposed research agenda centers on symbolically negotiated patterns in human communication, including perspective-shifting, infinite regress, hypostatizing, cultural enactment, and learning. These topics …

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Publish How?, Dennis S. Gouran Jan 1985

Publish How?, Dennis S. Gouran

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article provides practical guidance on preparing, submitting, and revising scholarly manuscripts for publication in professional journals in communication studies. Written for graduate students, early-career faculty, and administrators involved in faculty development, it identifies the publication process as an important but often neglected part of graduate training. The article outlines key stages of journal submission, including assessing whether a manuscript offers a meaningful contribution, seeking critical feedback before submission, selecting an appropriate publication venue, following journal style requirements, and preparing a professional cover letter. It also cautions against premature submission, simultaneous submission to multiple journals, and inappropriate communication with editors. …

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Evaluating Theatre Technology, Silberstein, Frank Silberstein Jan 1985

Evaluating Theatre Technology, Silberstein, Frank Silberstein

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article considers how theatre technology and the work of theatre technologists can be evaluated, particularly when assessment is used to judge the professional performance of technical personnel. It distinguishes the theatre technologist from designers, emphasizing the technologist’s role in devising practical means for achieving production effects and solving technical problems. The article argues that evaluation should account for both administrative competence and production outcomes, including scheduling, budgeting, shop organization, paperwork, safety practices, accident records, workmanship, rigging, structural knowledge, and the efficient use of available resources. It also notes the difficulty of assessing theatre technology from outside the production process, …

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Computing Literacy In The University Of The Future, Vernon W. Gantt Jan 1985

Computing Literacy In The University Of The Future, Vernon W. Gantt

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article discusses the anticipated role of computing literacy in higher education during the emerging personal computer era. It distinguishes computing literacy, defined as the ability to use computers and software for practical tasks, from computer literacy, which includes programming and technical understanding of computer operations. The article argues that universities must respond to rapid developments in microcomputer technology and that faculty and administrators risk becoming less technologically capable than their students if they do not acquire basic computing skills. It surveys potential applications of computers in university teaching, research, writing, administration, advising, publishing, libraries, testing, data analysis, and professional …

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Civic Virtue And The University Of The Future, Lawrence W. Rosenfield Jan 1985

Civic Virtue And The University Of The Future, Lawrence W. Rosenfield

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This essay considers the future of the university through the relationship between liberal education, civic virtue, and academic governance. It distinguishes the life of the mind from the university as a historical social institution, arguing that higher education has traditionally been tied to the preparation of citizens for public life. The essay traces this civic purpose from Renaissance humanism through American republican educational ideals and the development of public higher education. It identifies the academic department system and campus governance structures as central sites of crisis, rather than treating curricular reform or educational quality debates as the primary issue. The …

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Communication At The Center Of Future University Education: Implications For Innovation, John F. Deethardt Jan 1985

Communication At The Center Of Future University Education: Implications For Innovation, John F. Deethardt

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article argues that communication should occupy a central role in future university education, particularly as universities confront complex social and global problems that exceed the boundaries of single disciplines. It critiques academic specialization and the department-based structure of higher education for encouraging disciplinary isolation, fragmented knowledge, and limited institutional capacity for interdisciplinary problem solving. Drawing on literature about interdisciplinarity, group communication, health teams, network analysis, and university reform, the article identifies communication across disciplinary cultures as a primary challenge for innovation. It proposes “interdisciplinary communication” as a future area of study within speech communication and describes a research agenda …

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Response To The University Of The Future, Lane Jennings Jan 1985

Response To The University Of The Future, Lane Jennings

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This response essay reflects on the future of the university from the perspective of an editor and journalist responding to essays on civic virtue, interdisciplinary communication, and computing literacy. It considers the university both as a civic community and as a looser relationship among teachers, students, and knowledge, drawing comparisons between American residential higher education, medieval universities, and emerging computer-networked instruction. The essay supports the role of universities in preparing students for democratic participation while also warning that new telecommunications technologies may reshape or weaken campus-based community if institutions do not adapt deliberately. It discusses interdisciplinary communication as a way …

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The Communication Classroom: A Chilly Climate For Women?, Karlyn Kohrs Campbell Jan 1985

The Communication Classroom: A Chilly Climate For Women?, Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article responds to research on classroom climate for women by considering how sexism operates specifically within speech communication. It identifies three areas of disciplinary concern: public speaking and debate, public address and rhetoric, and communication as a medium through which discrimination is enacted. The article argues that women’s participation as speakers has historically conflicted with conventional gender expectations, making public speaking and debate especially difficult contexts for women students. It also critiques the teaching of public address, noting that speech anthologies and curricula have often excluded women rhetors and thereby reinforced the idea that public eloquence is primarily male. …

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The Classroom Climate: A Chilly One For Women? A Response, Richard D. Rieke Jan 1985

The Classroom Climate: A Chilly One For Women? A Response, Richard D. Rieke

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This response essay addresses sexism in higher education as a deeply embedded cultural pattern that shapes classroom and professional interactions. Responding to work on the “chilly climate” for women, the essay argues that denial is a major barrier to recognizing and changing sexist behavior. It discusses ways male faculty may view women students and colleagues through sexualized or dominance-based assumptions, and it emphasizes that advanced education does not necessarily prevent discriminatory behavior. The essay identifies examples of sexism in classroom interaction, advising, debate, faculty-student relationships, and professional settings, including women’s exclusion from informal academic networks, the dismissal of women’s contributions, …

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The Domestic Policy Association: A Test Of Public Communication, David Matthews Jan 1985

The Domestic Policy Association: A Test Of Public Communication, David Matthews

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article describes the development of the Domestic Policy Association and its National Issues Forums as a model for public learning and citizen discussion of national policy questions. Originating from a 1981 meeting of civic and educational organizations, the association sought to address public alienation, fragmented civic life, and the gap between citizens and policymakers. The article outlines how participating organizations selected issues with both national and local significance, developed accessible and politically neutral discussion materials, and organized face-to-face forums designed to help participants move beyond initial opinions toward more informed judgments. It also describes the role of the Public …

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The National Issues Forum: Bridging The Human Gap Through Innovative Learning, Eva M. Mcmahan Jan 1985

The National Issues Forum: Bridging The Human Gap Through Innovative Learning, Eva M. Mcmahan

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article presents the National Issues Forum as a model for innovative learning and citizen participation in response to rapid social change and the widening gap between public complexity and citizens’ capacity to address it. Drawing on discussions of the “human gap,” participatory democracy, and the communication era, the article defines innovative learning as a process characterized by anticipation and participation. It argues that National Issues Forums support this process by bringing citizens together to examine public issues, consider multiple viewpoints, identify underlying values, and work toward shared understanding rather than predetermined solutions. The article further proposes that the forum …

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Full Circle: The Domestic Policy Association, Annabel Dunham Hagood Jan 1985

Full Circle: The Domestic Policy Association, Annabel Dunham Hagood

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article traces the development of the Domestic Policy Association from early concerns about public deliberation in the aftermath of Vietnam, Watergate, and declining trust in government to the first Presidential Library Conference on the Public and Public Policy in 1983. It describes the role of David Mathews, educational institutions, civic organizations, the National Consortium for Public Policy Education, the Johnson Foundation, the Public Agenda Foundation, and the Kettering Foundation in shaping a national network for public policy education. The article explains how the National Issues Forum emerged as a grassroots, non-advocacy model for informed public discussion of domestic issues, …

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Aca At The Regionals Jan 1985

Aca At The Regionals

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Organizational news feature detailing Association for Communication Administration sponsorship of administrative programs at several 1985 regional conventions in speech communication and theatre. It outlines ACA panels at the Western Speech Communication Association meeting on administrative concerns, including sessions introducing academic administration careers and debating doctoral versus terminal master’s degrees in theatre. At the Southeastern Theatre Conference, it documents multiple programs on off-campus summer theatre administration, criteria for evaluating creative activity in tenure and promotion, tenuring technical theatre faculty, censorship in college and university theatres, and methods for evaluating theatre training programs. Additional ACA-sponsored sessions at Central States Speech Association, Southern …

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The Chief Administrator As Legal Authority, Joan Van Tol Jan 1985

The Chief Administrator As Legal Authority, Joan Van Tol

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

The role of the department chair as legal authority in higher education is examined through three major areas of potential liability: academic planning, student-related issues, and employment matters. Academic planning discussions address admissions policies for disabled and disadvantaged students, legal constraints on program elimination during periods of retrenchment, and the contractual force of catalogs and changing degree requirements. Student-focused sections consider the standards for academic and disciplinary dismissal, appropriate responses to disruptive or mentally ill students, and the protection and disclosure of educational records under federal legislation. Employment issues include affirmative action and Title VII obligations in hiring, the contractual …

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Department Chairs And The Law, Patti P. Gillespie Jan 1985

Department Chairs And The Law, Patti P. Gillespie

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

The contemporary legal environment for department chairs is explored through six recurring areas of risk that shape everyday academic administration in higher education, with special attention to theatre programs. The discussion begins with equal opportunity, discrimination, and affirmative action, emphasizing up-to-date knowledge of policy interpretation, careful drafting of advertisements, equitable salary practices, and meticulous recordkeeping across hiring, promotion, and termination decisions. It then turns to retention, promotion, tenure, and salary, stressing clear written procedures, consistent application, pattern awareness across decisions, and early consultation with university counsel in cases involving dismissal or disclosure of sensitive information. Additional sections examine “truth in …

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The Flat Earth: Ideas Concerning The Current Financial Situation In Higher Education, J. Robert Wills Oct 1984

The Flat Earth: Ideas Concerning The Current Financial Situation In Higher Education, J. Robert Wills

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article addresses financial constraint in higher education, with particular attention to communication and arts programs. Using the Flat Earth Society as an opening metaphor, it cautions against relying on outdated assumptions about institutional resources and academic priorities. The article identifies several financial “myths,” including the beliefs that uncommitted money remains available, that existing funds are always spent wisely, that need alone determines resource allocation, and that communication and arts programs face uniquely difficult circumstances. It then lists institutional responses to financial distress, such as program reductions, hiring freezes, increased workloads, and reduced services. The article concludes by urging departments …

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Perspective Of A Department With Units In Speech Communication, Theatre, And Mass Communication, Edward J. Pappas Oct 1984

Perspective Of A Department With Units In Speech Communication, Theatre, And Mass Communication, Edward J. Pappas

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article describes the organization, advantages, and challenges of a large multidisciplinary communication department at Wayne State University. It situates the department within varied organizational models for communication-related programs at Michigan public universities and outlines the historical development of Wayne State’s combined structure in speech communication, theatre, journalism, radio-television-film, communication disorders, and related areas. The article identifies benefits of the umbrella department model, including enrollment strength, budgetary influence, graduate student teaching opportunities, administrative committees, and interdisciplinary program coordination. It also describes difficulties related to explaining the department’s mission to college administrators, evaluating promotion and tenure across distinct fields, allocating resources …

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Theatre Within A Speech-Theatre Department, Carla Waal Oct 1984

Theatre Within A Speech-Theatre Department, Carla Waal

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the place of theatre within combined speech and theatre departments, using the Department of Speech and Dramatic Art at the University of Missouri, Columbia as a central example. It outlines the department’s historical development from rhetoric and public speaking, the addition of theatre and radio-television-film, and the effects of housing related areas within one administrative unit. The article describes both the practical advantages of consolidation, including political influence, enrollment strength, service courses, and graduate assistantships, and the challenges of shared governance, budget priorities, facilities, area identity, and administrative responsibility. It also considers whether theatre programs are better …

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A Response To Merged Or Independent Departments, Robert K. Tiemens Oct 1984

A Response To Merged Or Independent Departments, Robert K. Tiemens

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article responds to arguments about merged and independent department structures in communication-related fields. Drawing on the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, it describes how a formal merger of speech, journalism, speech pathology, and audiology did not immediately create an integrated department, but gradually developed through budget consolidation, shared administrative policies, geographic relocation, and revised leadership roles. The article emphasizes that no single organizational structure suits all institutions and that departments often must adapt to structures shaped by higher administrative decisions. It critiques arguments based mainly on enrollment, required basic courses, public relations, or political influence, and …

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Opportunities For Speech Communication Faculty Under Collective Bargaining: Grievance Processing, Marilyn J. Young Oct 1984

Opportunities For Speech Communication Faculty Under Collective Bargaining: Grievance Processing, Marilyn J. Young

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Collective bargaining grievance procedures are presented as an area in which speech communication faculty can apply disciplinary training in argumentation, persuasion, audience analysis, rhetorical analysis, small group communication, and nonverbal communication. The article explains how these skills support grievance work from the initial assessment of a complaint through informal settlement discussions, campus-level meetings, system-level appeals, and binding arbitration. Using the State University System of Florida as an example, it describes faculty grievance processing under a collective bargaining agreement and emphasizes the importance of evidence, argument construction, settlement language, audience adaptation, and communication with both administrators and grievants. The article also …

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Lessons From T.H. Gallaudet: Learning About Language And Communication By Teaching Deaf People, James J. Fernandes Oct 1984

Lessons From T.H. Gallaudet: Learning About Language And Communication By Teaching Deaf People, James J. Fernandes

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet’s writings on deaf education are presented as early contributions to communication theory and pedagogy. The article connects Gallaudet’s nineteenth-century work on language, signs, meaning, and education to later ideas associated with rhetorical theory, communication instruction, and nonverbal communication. It highlights Gallaudet’s view that language does not contain meaning by itself but prompts understanding through shared experience and interpretation. The article also describes his advocacy for early communication education, child-centered language instruction, and the use of visual-gestural communication to develop expressive skill. Attention is given to the relationship between deaf education and speech communication, including the value of …

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A Major In Public And Corporate Communication: Curriculum Development And Implementation At A Small University, William W. Neher, Royce E. Flood Oct 1984

A Major In Public And Corporate Communication: Curriculum Development And Implementation At A Small University, William W. Neher, Royce E. Flood

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Curriculum development for a public and corporate communication major at Butler University is described as a response to student interest in career-oriented liberal arts education. The article explains how the program combined speech communication, English, journalism, and radio-television coursework to prepare students for public relations, corporate communication, media, and public-sector communication roles. It outlines the influence of public relations education recommendations, community advisory input, and faculty committee planning on the program’s design. The curriculum includes a university core, major requirements across four departments, cognate options in business administration or public affairs, and internship opportunities with communication-related organizations. The article also …

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Evaluating Convention Papers, Wayne E. Hensley Oct 1984

Evaluating Convention Papers, Wayne E. Hensley

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Convention papers are examined as a form of professional activity that is often difficult for tenure and promotion committees to assess. The article identifies a paradox in which convention participation is valued as evidence of professional engagement, yet convention papers often receive little weight in personnel decisions because committees lack clear information about their quality or selection process. It proposes a reporting framework that distinguishes among competitively selected papers, invited papers, and papers merely presented or made available at conferences. Particular attention is given to the importance of documenting peer review, selection procedures, and referee evaluations when available. The article …

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Figuring Workload Equivalencies Of Performance/Production Assignments For Theatre Faculty, Lorayne W. Lester, Robert Yowell, Donald L. Loeffler Oct 1984

Figuring Workload Equivalencies Of Performance/Production Assignments For Theatre Faculty, Lorayne W. Lester, Robert Yowell, Donald L. Loeffler

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Originating from an ACA-sponsored symposium at the 1983 Southeastern Theatre Conference Convention, this piece addresses how theatre faculty workload should account for performance and production assignments. The symposium introduction identifies the discussion as an effort to document common practices among theatre programs at Southeastern colleges and universities. The published contributions focus on directing, design, technical supervision, practicum instruction, and summer production work as forms of teaching, research, creative activity, and university service. Particular attention is given to the need for academic administrators to recognize theatre production as part of faculty workload rather than as uncompensated service. The piece also describes …

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Faculty Evaluation: Communicating The Criteria And Expectations, Jon Whitmore Oct 1984

Faculty Evaluation: Communicating The Criteria And Expectations, Jon Whitmore

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Focused on faculty evaluation in theatre programs, this article emphasizes the importance of clearly communicating criteria, standards, evidence, and procedures for promotion, tenure, merit pay, and annual review. It describes faculty evaluation as a process intended to improve teaching, research, creative activity, and service, while noting that unclear expectations can create distrust and conflict among faculty and administrators. The article recommends that chairpersons meet annually with faculty members to establish written expectations in teaching, research and creative work, and service, including the relative weight of each area. It also presents sample rank-based criteria from a college evaluation document and discusses …

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