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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 …

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 …

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 …

Notes From The President, James E. Roever

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This brief presidential note reports on 1984 activities of the Association for Communication Administration, with emphasis on expanding affiliations with communication-related professional associations. It describes planned collaboration with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, ongoing efforts to connect with theatre and communication organizations, and existing affiliations with regional and national associations. The note also updates members on a forthcoming revision of the Careers in Communication brochure, review of the Consultant Service membership pool, committee and task force reorganization, and registration for the 12th Annual Seminar in Chicago. The piece concludes with acknowledgments to ACA officers, committee members, and participants in association programs.

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 …

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 …

Promotion And Tenure Policies At The University Of Tennessee, Knoxville, G. Allen Yeomans

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Promotion and tenure procedures at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville are presented through university, college, and departmental policies, with particular attention to the Department of Speech and Theatre. The article explains that tenure decisions are initiated by the department head and tenured faculty rather than by formal application, while candidates carry responsibility for providing evidence of teaching, scholarship or creative activity, and service. It outlines policies on probationary periods, consultation with faculty in related units, the relationship between promotion and tenure, and departmental procedures for notification, information gathering, evaluation, voting, and communication of results. Special attention is given to theatre …

Enrollment Patterns And Curricular Trends: Implications For Communication Administrators And Educators, Darlyn R. Wolvin

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Enrollment and curriculum trends in higher education are discussed in relation to communication education, vocational preparation, and changing labor-market expectations. The article reviews research on community college enrollment growth, the expansion of postsecondary vocational programs, and debates about whether high-technology employment requires narrow technical training or broader analytical and communicative skills. It argues that communication administrators and educators should attend to both workplace preparation and the “high touch” dimensions of human interaction, including interpersonal, family, organizational, and career-related communication. Studies of workforce basic skills are used to emphasize the importance of speaking and listening across job categories. The article frames …

Nonverbal Communication Of The Deaf, Jayne S. Lytle

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Nonverbal communication among deaf people is discussed in relation to American Sign Language, Deaf culture, and interactions between deaf and hearing people. The article distinguishes between nonverbal behavior and the visual linguistic features of ASL, noting that movements of the face, eyes, head, and body may function as part of the language rather than as merely expressive gestures. It reviews assumptions about deaf people’s receptive and expressive nonverbal abilities, including the idea that visual communication automatically produces greater skill in interpreting body language. The article describes characteristic behaviors related to proxemics, touch, attention-getting gestures, eye gaze, and paralanguage, with attention …

Potpourri

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This miscellany brings together short notices and commentary on issues affecting communication arts and sciences, higher education, and academic administration in the early 1980s. Topics include the employment outlook for college graduates, career preparation for communication majors, job-search advice, recommended speaking, listening, and theatre competencies for high school students, research ethics guidance from the Association of American Universities, the status of teaching, burnout, women in academic administration, college preparation, graduate degree completion, and professional development. The item functions as a bulletin-style roundup, connecting labor-market trends, curriculum planning, faculty work, and administrative concerns relevant to communication and theatre educators.

The Merged College Of Mass Communication, Robert O. Blanchard

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article considers the organization of academic communication programs, focusing on the advantages and challenges of merged and fragmented institutional structures. Drawing on experiences at Pennsylvania State University, American University, and Trinity University, the article contrasts dispersed communication-related programs with more integrated arrangements. It describes how fragmented structures can separate faculty, courses, facilities, equipment, and students across multiple departments or colleges, creating difficulties for coordination and program development. The article also outlines examples of merger, including the incorporation of speech, journalism, public relations, broadcasting, and related courses into broader communication programs. It identifies potential benefits of merged units, including improved …

Aca Consultant Service: The Departmental Point Of View, N. Edd Miller

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Focused on the departmental use of external consultants, this article outlines reasons a department may seek or be assigned a review, including leadership changes, curriculum revision, reorganization, periodic evaluation, or internal crisis. It describes expectations for a consultant visit, such as encouraging departmental self-study, providing an objective assessment, and producing recommendations useful for communication with administrators and colleagues. The article also details practical preparation for a consultant review, including clarifying the purpose of the visit, gathering materials, arranging schedules, preparing administrators and faculty, and determining how the final report will be used. Particular attention is given to the ACA Consultant …

Program Evaluation And Elimination: A Case Study, Edward L. Mcglone

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Focused on academic program review in Mississippi public universities, this case study describes how a statewide evaluation process led to the proposed elimination of an undergraduate French program despite favorable consultant assessment. The piece recounts the review structure, the role of external consultants, the use of mission statements by governing boards, and the conflict between consultant reports and administrative summaries. It also documents responses from faculty, professional organizations, alumni, and national higher education groups, emphasizing concerns about transparency, liberal arts education, and the ethical use of external evaluation. The article concludes with guidance for departments undergoing review, including the importance …

A Strategy For Securing Tenure And Promotion For The Theatre Artist/Teacher, James A. Patterson

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

The tenure and promotion status of theatre artist-teachers is examined through a survey of South Carolina college and university theatre units. The article identifies several challenges in applying traditional academic evaluation criteria to theatre faculty, including limited recognition of creative work as scholarship, inconsistent acceptance of the MFA as a terminal degree, and the absence of discipline-specific tenure and promotion documents. It recommends that theatre administrators develop formal policies that recognize artistic activity as equivalent to scholarly research and publication, establish the MFA as an appropriate terminal degree for theatre artists, and require systematic evaluation of production work. The article …

Promotion And Tenure Procedures For Faculty Holding The Mfa, Stephen M. Archer, Patrick Atkison

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Policies for evaluating MFA degree holders in the Department of Speech and Dramatic Art at the University of Missouri, Columbia are outlined in relation to promotion and tenure. The article distinguishes between the creative activity expected of MFA faculty and the research or scholarly work often associated with PhD faculty, while noting that teaching and service expectations are largely similar. It identifies appropriate areas of theatre production for creative evaluation, including playwriting, scenic design, lighting design, costume design, directing, choreography, makeup design, property design, acting, and technical direction. The article also lists possible sources of evaluation, including professional adjudication, regional …

As They Are: How Relevant Are Professional Publications For Theatre In Academe?, David L. Jorns

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Using the closure of Exchange: A Journal of Opinion for the Performing Arts as a starting point, this article examines the relationship between academic theatre professionals and professional publications. It describes the journal’s original purpose as an outlet for performance faculty in higher education and traces how its audience, submissions, and circulation diverged from those expectations. The article considers low readership and publication rates among theatre faculty, the role of automatic association subscriptions in sustaining some journals, and survey findings suggesting that creative production is often accepted in place of refereed publication for promotion and tenure. It argues that many …

Unionization And The Speech Communication Department, Ralph Towne

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Unionization is examined in relation to speech communication departments and the disciplinary skills they can bring to faculty collective bargaining. Drawing on the context of a unionized university, the article argues that speech communication faculty are well positioned to contribute to negotiation, grievance and arbitration procedures, persuasion of union membership, lobbying, and problem solving because of their training in argumentation, debate, interpersonal communication, and persuasion. It also discusses the potential departmental benefits of union leadership, including increased recognition of the field’s practical value by colleagues in other disciplines. The article identifies possible risks, including administrative resistance toward departments whose members …

Training And Development: A Career Alternative, John R. Johnson

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Training and development is presented as a career path for speech communication students in response to reduced teaching opportunities and growing interest in nonteaching employment. The article describes training and development as a business, industry, and government function that depends on teaching, communication, facilitation, program design, needs analysis, media use, research, and human resource skills. It reviews professional role descriptions and survey findings indicating that human relations and communication skills are central to effective training practice. The article also summarizes employer studies identifying oral communication, writing, and interpersonal communication as common weaknesses among college graduates and as barriers to job …

Sign Systems In Communication, Carol J. Garretson

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Sign systems and sign languages are introduced through distinctions among American Sign Language, manual English systems, fingerspelling, simultaneous communication, Total Communication, Pidgin Sign English, international sign, and Cued Speech. The article clarifies terminology related to deafness, hearing impairment, and manual communication, while addressing common misconceptions that sign language is universal, nonverbal, or merely gestural. It traces the development of home signs, childrenese, school signs, and regional signing patterns, and explains that American Sign Language is an independent language with its own grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and capacity for abstraction. The article also describes efforts to represent English manually through systems such …

The Outsiders: Women In The Academy, Michele T. Myers

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Women’s status in higher education is examined through legal, institutional, and statistical changes following major equity legislation of the early 1970s. The article acknowledges gains in women’s access to higher education, women’s studies programs, professional networks, and administrative development, while emphasizing persistent disparities in employment, rank, tenure, salary, and promotion. Drawing on reports from the Women’s Equity Action League, the American Association of University Professors, and a National Research Council study of matched male and female Ph.D.s, the article presents evidence that women remain concentrated in lower academic ranks, earn less than men, and advance more slowly toward tenure and …

Achieving Upward Mobility In Academia: Priorities And Strategies, Judith S. Trent, Patricia Hayes Andrews

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Strategies for faculty advancement in higher education are presented in response to changing economic, demographic, and institutional conditions affecting promotion, tenure, and employment. The article focuses especially on new faculty members and recent Ph.D.s, recommending that they assess the institution’s mission, expectations, values, and reward systems before developing a professional development plan. It outlines strategies for building a record in three major areas commonly used in faculty evaluation: scholarly productivity, teaching effectiveness, and university citizenship or service. Attention is given to publication choices, convention participation, grant activity, research focus, documentation of teaching, student and peer evaluations, curriculum development, and collegial …

Matrix Design: An Alternative Model For Organizing The School Or Department, Philip J. Salem, Robert D. Gratz

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Matrix design is presented as an alternative organizational model for schools and departments of communication facing competition, complex curricular demands, limited resources, and pressures for accountability. The article contrasts traditional bureaucratic structures with matrix structures, in which faculty or staff may report simultaneously to program managers and functional managers. It explains how this model can clarify authority, improve coordination, and support both continuity and innovation across areas such as undergraduate education, graduate education, research, public service, advisement, theatre production, and communication program administration. Examples include a comprehensive speech communication department and a university theatre production program, both of which require …

The Beginning, Intermediate, And Advanced Study Of Interpersonal Communication, Paul G. Friedman

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

A framework for sequencing interpersonal communication coursework is proposed through a producer, marketer, and consumer metaphor. Developed after a review of interpersonal communication offerings at the University of Kansas, the article distinguishes among introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels of study. Beginning students are described as consumers who learn established knowledge and apply interpersonal communication concepts and skills to personal and professional contexts. Intermediate students are positioned as marketers who synthesize existing research, study primary sources, develop greater skill proficiency, and apply knowledge in more complex settings such as simulations, internships, teaching, or case analysis. Advanced students are presented as producers …

The Concept Of Community For People Working In A Theatre Program Of Limited Size, Margaret M. Swanson

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

A small university theatre program is examined through its relationship to the surrounding community, campus, and prospective students. The article reflects on how theatre programs in small towns may function as bridges between university and local audiences while also becoming accountable to community expectations, traditions, and tastes. Examples include a long-running summer stock company, an annual student production of A Christmas Carol, touring theatre for high school audiences, and plans for a high school arts camp. These programs are described as forms of outreach, recruitment, public service, and experiential learning, but also as sources of financial strain, artistic constraint, and …

Hollins Columns (1984 Oct 1), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Class of '88: working together with spirit
• Republicans attend UVA convention
• Model UN sponsors convention at Hollins
• Humor Hollins style
• ADA explains their role
• Four class party!!!
• Orchesis' fall production set for Parent's Weekend
• Lisa Birnbach's College Book...the inside scoop???
• Chapel to feature Reverend Jeffrey
• Human Rights: Wipfler speaks out
• Chamber Music Auditions
• Hollins shares her school spirit
• Executive Council works to improve Hollins
• Tinker Day tips
• Count Down with Infirmary
• Plans for Phase I of the new gymnasium under way

1984 October, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases from October of 1984.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Emery, Matt. Student Shocked by DUI Arrest – Drunk Driving
• Malmer, Victoria. Associated Student Government’s Grade Scale Denied
• Collins, Michael. Bars Want to Help Drunken Customers
• Jones, Paige. Odd Marriage Proposal An Ad-Venture – Bart Dahmer, Sherri Kelley
• Higher GPA Right Step
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Grade Point Averages
• Kolbenschlag, Peter & Mark Richards. Ignoring Nuclear Threat Dangerous
• Ciariante, Allen. Praises Charles Keown
• Small Business Development Center Names Rick Horn Director
• Hart, John. Songwriters Hope for Shot at the Top
• Walden, Mark. Drive-In Brings …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Carlton, Chad. New Laws No Party for Drunks – Kentucky
• Edelen, Mark. Tennessee Drunk Driving Law
• Henigman, Louise. Pass-Fail Exams Revamped
• Group Hopes to Fill Abyss of Apathy – United Campuses to Prevent Nuclear War
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Apathy
• Thomas, Steve. Editor Has Wild Time in Washington D.C.
• Hutcherson, Jackie. Hilltopper Days Attended by 1,571
• Spirit Dominates Greek Weekend
• Humphreys, Mack. College Heights, Alias Vinegar Hill, Site of Albert Sidney Johnston’s Civil War Fort
• Letteney, Corinne. Crowd Response Cheerleaders’ Reward
• Malmer, Victoria. Golfing …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss qualifications for student government members, Congress cards, vacancies, newsletter and Weekend in the Woods.

Lanthorn, Vol. 19, No. 04, September 25, 1984, Grand Valley State University

Volume 19, September 6, 1984 - April 30, 1985

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