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Objective Characteristics Of Graduate Programs In Speech Communication, Renee Edwards, Elliott Pood

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This study established baseline data for graduate programs in speech communication across the United States, offering administrators a foundation for comparison and evaluation. Using survey responses from 82 institutions—37 master’s-only and 30 doctoral programs—the research documented program size, faculty characteristics, salaries, research productivity, assistantship support, and available concentrations. Results indicated substantial variation among programs but clear differences between master’s and doctoral institutions: doctoral programs tended to be housed at larger universities, employed more faculty, offered higher salaries, produced more publications, and provided greater financial support to students. The data underscored the importance of such benchmarking for departmental identity, administrative decision-making, …

The Other Side Of New Technology For The Theatre, Richard R. Ranta

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article explores the benefits and challenges of adopting advanced technologies in university theatre programs. It outlines the extensive use of computerized lighting systems, digital recording equipment, synthesizers, video facilities, and computer terminals to enhance productions and instruction. While such innovations expand creative possibilities and encourage interdisciplinary collaboration, they also bring significant concerns about long-term maintenance, staffing, and training. The discussion emphasizes that acquisition costs are often easier to secure than operational support, and that departments must carefully plan for upkeep, security, and backup systems. Ultimately, technology is described as a powerful tool that should enhance, rather than overshadow, artistic …

How Effectively Can Speech Communication Instructors Be Trained To Develop Value-Added Skills In Their Students?, Robert C. Dick

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article addresses whether speech communication instructors can be effectively trained to develop “value-added” skills in their students—measurable improvements in oral communication across the undergraduate experience. The discussion situates value-added testing within broader debates about accountability in higher education, noting legislative pressures and institutional experiments with longitudinal assessment. Dick argues that such testing can provide evidence of teaching effectiveness and reinforce the discipline’s claims about skill development. The paper explores advantages, including greater public confidence and faculty-driven assessment, as well as concerns about punitive misuse, oversimplification, and standardized teaching pressures. Examples of assessment instruments, such as the Communication Competency Assessment …

Standards For Promotion, Tenure, And Merit Decisions, Ronald R. Young

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article addresses the complexities of promotion, tenure, and merit decisions in higher education, emphasizing the variability of criteria across institutions and even within campuses. While teaching, scholarship, and service remain the standard categories, their definitions, relative weight, and assessment methods differ widely, creating uncertainty for faculty and administrators alike. The discussion highlights how personal commitments and oral statements by administrators often conflict with the institutional memory, which rests solely on written records. To ensure fairness and consistency, the argument stresses the importance of documenting expectations, criteria, and evaluations in writing, thereby protecting both faculty and institutions. Ultimately, clear, written …

And These Few Precepts In Thy Memory...., Charlotte J. Headrick

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article offers structured advice to junior faculty entering academic careers in theatre. The discussion emphasizes the need to balance personal integrity with institutional expectations, particularly in relation to tenure and promotion. It highlights the importance of understanding departmental and institutional criteria early, documenting scholarly and creative work, and engaging in professional organizations at state, regional, and national levels. Attention is given to the pressures on theatre faculty to validate their contributions within broader university contexts, often by working harder and producing more than colleagues in other disciplines. Additional guidance includes maintaining professionalism in interpersonal relations, approaching colleagues with cooperation …

Programs In Organizational Communication And Public Relations, Robert Ross

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This study reports findings from a survey of members of the International Communication Association’s Organizational Division regarding the status of organizational communication and public relations programs in higher education. Data from seventy-nine respondents indicate that relatively few institutions offer full baccalaureate degrees in these areas, with most providing emphases or cognates within broader communication or journalism programs. Content analysis of definitions shows organizational communication conceived as encompassing all communication processes contributing to organizational functioning, while public relations is framed as boundary-spanning communication directed primarily toward external publics. Curricular patterns reveal overlap in courses such as public speaking, interpersonal, and small …

Do Students Repay High Grades With High Evaluations? An Old Question Revisited, Bena H. Harper

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This study investigates whether students reward lenient grading with higher course and instructor evaluations. The research examined data from fourteen graduate teaching assistants and 1,335 students enrolled in the basic hybrid speech course at Oklahoma State University across the 1983–1984 academic year. Grades awarded by instructors were compared with mean student evaluations of both the instructor and the course. While significant differences were found between the grade distributions of easier and harder graders, no significant differences emerged in corresponding instructor or course evaluation scores. These findings suggest that although grading practices vary, higher grades do not automatically result in more …

1987 April, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases from April of 1987.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding Lt. Governor Steve Beshear visit, state student government meeting, events and resolutions.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 62, No. 49, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky, news. This issue contains articles:

• Cold Front Postpones Springtime
• Jessie, Lisa. More Free Rides Come from Smaller Budget
• Murphy, Nancy. Handiwork Reveals Depth of Shakers’ Religious Faith
• Eagleston, Leigh. Man Hunts for Lost Son at Western – James Staton
• Lamothe, Paul. Bugs’ Brains May Explain Human Clock – Blaine Ferrell
• Pack, Todd. J. Anthony Page Plans to Stay, Despite University of Louisville Ruling – Regents
• Jury Dismisses Abduction Case for Lack of Evidence – Robert Winebarger, Carla Webb
• Birthplace Move Not Smart on Western’s Part – Robert Penn Warren
• Editorial …

Ua12/2/1 March Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald featuring these articles:

• Struck, Angela. Joyce Wilder Offers the Deaf Helping Hands
• Harris, Carla. Western 2000: A Future Not too Far Over the Hill
• Jessie, Lisa. Sky Diving

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 011, Number 29, March 30, 1987, Grand Valley State University

1986-1987, Volume 11

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 62, No. 48, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky, news. This issue contains articles:

• Eagleston, Leigh. Bill Fogle Started Associated Student Government Race to Help Tim Todd, Not to Win
• Pack, Todd. Plans to Move Robert Penn Warren House Still in Works
• Medley, Joe. James McNary Says Meeting Marks End to Dispute
• Eagleston, Leigh. Races Face Candidate Shortage; Number of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Candidates Up
• Chattin, John. Group - Little and Left - Blasts Ronald Reagan
• Poore, Chris. Social Research Lab Opens in Grise
• Eagleston, Leigh. Associated Student Government Tables Phone Bill After Amendment
• Western Needs to Act Now …

News & Views - Vol. 05, No. 10 - March 25, 1987, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 62, No. 47, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky, news. This issue contains articles:

• Medley, Joe. James McNary Says Dismissal Still Unexplained
• Duff, Jill. Freshman Allegedly Kidnapped During Spring Break – Carla Webb
• Cravens, Jayne. Procedures Swamp Debate on Department Leadership
• Cravens, Jayne. Report Compares Athletic, Academic Overspending – University Senate
• Pack, Todd. Contract Signed to Buy Poet’s Birthplace – Robert Penn Warren
• Sullivan, Sheila. Students Feed Faculty Appreciation
• Transparent Water Color Exhibit Ends Run Friday
• Moving Academy in First Year Could Hurt Sheriffs, Western
• Editorial Cartoon – Sheriffs’ Academy
• Humphreys, Mack. Trade in Thy Worldly Wealth for a …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 011, Number 28, March 23, 1987, Grand Valley State University

1986-1987, Volume 11

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 62, No. 46, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky, news. This issue contains articles:

• Green, Monica. Schneider Hall May Open as Coed Form Next Fall
• Carlton, Chad. Kern Alexander Tells Legislators Western’s Biggest Needs
• White, Douglas. Western Prepared to Fight to Keep Sheriffs’ Academy
• Eagleston, Leigh. Tim Todd, Greg Elder to Battle Again in Race for Associated Student Government President
• Pack, Todd. Center Bids Get First Panel Review
• President Approves $90,000 for Hang Out
• Sprinkler Flood Causes Damage – College High Hall
• Klausnitzer, Dorren. Dick Gregory Says Love, Respect Would End Discrimination
• Extended Campus Classes Moved – WKU Owensboro …

Preliminary Draft - Report On Financing Of Intercollegiate Athletics (An Update), Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

A series of tables outlining revenue and expenditures accrued by the athletic programs of WKU.

Report On Financing Of Intercollegiate Athletics, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Final report regarding financing of WKU Athletics.

Lanthorn, Vol. 21, No. 24, March 18, 1987, Grand Valley State University

Volume 21, September 3, 1986 - April 29, 1987

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Lanthorn, Vol. 21, No. 25, March 18, 1987, Grand Valley State University

Volume 21, September 3, 1986 - April 29, 1987

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 011, Number 27, March 16, 1987, Grand Valley State University

1986-1987, Volume 11

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Hollins Columns (1987 Mar 12), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• SGA ’87-88 Officers Elected
• Haskell Speaks to Hollins Women
• Abroaders: Their Right to Vote
• Fit to Be Tied
• Not So Soapy Soaps
• Crime of the Heart
• Stealing Problem Continues
• The Hollins Columns Staff
• HOPE Sponsors Speaker
• Volunteers Needed for Cold Study
• Hollins Tasters
• Fine and Dandy Fancy Dress
• Your Stars This Week
• The Columns Presents: A Preview to Spring
• Treasurer of Hollins to Retire
• Classifieds
• Lacrosse, Ready for Action

Lanthorn, Vol. 21, No. 23, March 11, 1987, Grand Valley State University

Volume 21, September 3, 1986 - April 29, 1987

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

A Review Of Key Developments In The Scholar Project, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

The Scholar Project was my term for a variety of projects and developmental efforts to incorporate the use of computers into the everyday work life of a graduate social work faculty member before the advent of desktop computing. It began in 1974 with a variety of experiments with SPSS files, McBee "KeySort" Cards, and a Computer Aided Instruction experiment with IBM's Coursewriter software. It evolved into the full-scale integration of electronic equipment into all facets of my professional life. The Scholar bibliography mentioned, the electronic in this Research Repository, and the Docuverse project are the longest lasting products of this …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 011, Number 26, March 9, 1987, Grand Valley State University

1986-1987, Volume 11

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 62, No. 45, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky, news. This issue contains articles:

• Green, Monica. Clinic Starts; 40 Parties in One Month
• Eagleston, Leigh & Lisa Jessie. New Leader’s Effect Could Go Beyond University of Kentucky – David Roselle
• Bright, Barry. Education, Music Are Gospel for Single – Shirley Rainey
• Eagleston, Leigh. Associated Student Government Suspends Rules, Passes Bills
• Panel Chairman to Speak at Council on Higher Education Meeting
• Take a Break from Classes but Don’t Drink and Drive
• Spring Break Editorial Cartoon
• Robinson, Jim. Explains Arrest – Sigma Chi
• Kupchella, Charles. Dean Clarifies Points
• Ketros, Bennie. Additions …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 62, No. 43, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky, news. This issue contains articles:

• White, Douglas. Town Unites to Fight Move of Poet’s Home to Western – Guthrie, Robert Penn Warren
• Duff, Jill. Laundries, More Visitation Top Wants of Dorm Residents
• Crouch, Donna. 3 Years Add Up to Degree for 17-Year-Old Math Whiz – Joel Haywood
• Pack, Todd. Western Submits 4 Center Proposals to State Council
• Eagleston, Leigh. University of Kentucky’s Fight for Alcohol Won’t Affect Hill Soon
• Fraternity’s Couch in Backyard – Kappa Sigma
• Dorms May Not Be Ritzy but They Sure Are Thrifty
• Editorial Cartoon – Dormitory …

Ua3/7/7 Scrapbook File, Wku President's Office - Alexander

WKU Administration Documents

Clippings regarding WKU during March 1987.

Vol. 10 No. 2 (1987): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …