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Aca News

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This news item compiles ACA organizational updates and professional announcements. It reports the mailing of Executive Committee ballots, solicits topics for the 1984 ACA seminar, names regional program planners, describes an affiliate relationship with ECA, and notes the availability of faculty, chairperson, and course evaluation instruments. It also summarizes nationally available student rating tools and includes an announcement for a forthcoming mass communication journal.

Minutes Of The Aca Executive Committee April 6, 1983 Lincoln, Nebraska

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

These minutes document an ACA Executive Committee meeting held on April 6, 1983, in Lincoln, Nebraska. The minutes address budget approval, affiliations with related associations, seminar and convention planning, evaluation instruments, survey projects, membership development, academic freedom, and election of a president elect.

Managing Communication Stress: The Implications For Communication Administrators, John C. Relnard, John E. Crawford

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines stress management as a concern for communication administrators and departmental leadership. It distinguishes stress, strain, generativity, and burnout, presenting a staged model in which pressures may lead from stress to strain and exhaustion unless moderated by coping orientations and coping actions. The discussion treats administrator burnout as a special case of the stress cycle, linking it to frustrated commitments, reduced efficiency, withdrawal, maintenance patterns, and exhaustion. It reviews personal and social resources associated with coping, including perceived control, personal orientation, interpersonal orientation, support systems, and stress management options. The article also considers organizational responses for communication administration, …

Collective Bargaining And Academic Administration: The Significant Overlap, Albert Lewis

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the overlap between collective bargaining and academic administration in communication departments. It uses a four process model of labor negotiation to compare bargaining work with departmental leadership, focusing on distributive bargaining, integrative bargaining, attitudinal structuring, and intraorganizational bargaining. The discussion connects negotiation over scarce resources with administrative decisions about equipment, faculty positions, operating funds, and program priorities. It also considers how problem solving, cooperation, trust, and legitimacy shape both contract administration and departmental governance. The article emphasizes the boundary role faced by negotiators and chairpersons, who must represent constituencies while working with external decision makers. It suggests …

Theory Z And Administrative Management, Judy Cureton, Bob Cureton

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Focused on communication departments in higher education, this article considers Theory Z as a framework for administrative management during periods of limited resources. It describes Theory Z as an approach grounded in participatory decision making, egalitarian relationships, delegation, shared philosophy, and attention to human resources. The discussion links these principles to communication administration by emphasizing consensus, quality circles, departmental self study, consumer definitions of program quality, and long range planning. It also addresses hiring, evaluation, rewards, recognition, and the influence of individual interests on departmental objectives. The article closes by discussing trust, subtlety, and intimacy as interpersonal foundations for management, …

A Survey Of Practices And Strategies For Marketing Communication Majors, Gerald L. Wilson, Philip A. Gray

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Concern over career opportunities for speech communication majors frames this survey of departmental practices for preparing and marketing undergraduate students. The article reviews how departments represent majors to employers, coordinate with other academic units, adjust curricula to employment trends, and communicate the abilities of graduates. It reports patterns in departmental naming, relationships with business, English, psychology, political science, and journalism, common courses taken by nonmajors and majors, changing emphases in broadcasting, public relations, organizational communication, and related areas, and reported career paths for graduates. The discussion also identifies internships, faculty contacts, alumni contacts, and résumé assistance as strategies used to …

Speech Communication Instruction: An Interdisciplinary Assessment, Paul E. Wenger, Robert M. Fischbach

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Addressing interdisciplinary cooperation in communication education, this article discusses obstacles and practical possibilities for linking speech communication instruction with English composition. It situates the issue within departmental traditions, curricular authority, faculty appointments, enrollment pressures, and earlier efforts to connect communication with other fields. The discussion then describes a local arrangement in which fundamentals of speech communication and English composition were scheduled in consecutive hours, required simultaneous registration, and coordinated assignments without changing course listings, faculty loads, or formal departmental structures. Shared themes included outlining, message organization, audience analysis, research, language, speaking, and writing. The article presents the arrangement as an …

A Different View Of Lobbying In The States For Speech Programs, John F. Deethardt

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Focusing on political advocacy for speech programs, this article critiques reliance on paid lobbyists and argues for member based legislative networks within professional associations. It frames political participation as a civic responsibility closely tied to speech communication, suggesting that communication teachers should use disciplinary skills to influence public policy and strengthen collective action. The discussion uses state association activity as a starting point, then contrasts expert driven lobbying with participatory communication networks modeled on other professional organizations. It outlines practical elements of a legislative network, including contact structures, messages, congressional profiles, association documents, legislative summaries, networker responsibilities, and public relations …

Rediscovering The Joys Of Teaching, Joan E. Shields-Kole, Judy Goldberg, J. Atman Hutchinson

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Organized as a practical guide for communication teachers, this article addresses burnout, boredom, stress, and detachment in teaching. It identifies symptoms such as predictable routines, technical monologue, overused verbal patterns, absenteeism, and health related stress responses, then links these difficulties to unmet role related needs. The article presents a chart of needs, actions, and effects designed to help teachers regain perspective, alleviate boredom, get off the treadmill, test what they teach, gain rewards, remain adaptable, and take professional risks. Suggested actions include varying routines, team teaching, changing course design, seeking feedback, writing, joining committees, trying new teaching environments, and confronting …

Recruiting Communication Majors: Tools Used By Selected College And University Departments Of Communication, Claudia L. Hale, Dennis E. Warnemunde

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Using survey responses from non-doctoral speech communication departments, this article examines departmental involvement in recruiting undergraduate and graduate communication majors. It situates recruitment within declining enrollments, changing labor markets, and concerns about how marketing may shape academic identity. The study asks whether departments are actively involved in recruitment and which tools they use. Findings suggest that many departments reported stable or increasing enrollments, often connected to mass communication offerings, flexible curricula, career orientation, and departmental reputation. Common recruitment tools included mailers, high school visits, phone contacts, forensic programs, advising, and advertising. The article emphasizes that departments should participate directly in …

Campus And Community Graduate Assistant Programs, Gerald V. Flannery

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Amid reductions in federal and state support, this report describes a communication department strategy for expanding graduate assistantship funding through campus and community partnerships. The department solicited nonprofit organizations, selected businesses, and university units with communication related needs, offering graduate students’ assistance with public relations, speeches, news releases, photography, brochures, newsletters, and related tasks. The report explains how tuition and fee waivers, university foundation donations, and tax deductible contributions could support assistantships while benefiting participating agencies and campus offices. It presents the Community Program as a way to diversify support beyond normal graduate school funding and notes early pledges, future …

For Your Action: A Practical Job Search Guide For The Liberal Arts Student, Sheryl A. Friedley

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Reviews the book "For Your Action: A Practical Job Search Guide for the Liberal Arts Student," by Wayne Wallace, Carol French Wagner, Nancy Pentecost and Pam Houston (1982). Career Options Projects, Bloomington IN.

The Effects Of An Instructional Package On Study Question Completion Skills Of High School Students, Jeffery David Montgomery

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to empirically evaluate the effects of an instructional package on study question behaviors. The instructional package, incorporating contingent reinforcement, modeling, feedback, contingency contracting and a programmed instruction format was implemented to train four study question answering behaviors identified through task analysis. Each subject demonstrated ability to perform the four behaviors with increased accuracy on experimental measures following training. Results indicated that the instructional package was effective in training increased accuracy in each instructional behavior for each subject. Generalized performance of these behaviors in the classroom environment, assessed through comparison of classroom grades and study …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 007, Number 39, July 25, 1983, Grand Valley State University

1982-1983, Volume 7

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

The Career Decision, Donna Marie Klover

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to define what is meant by the "career decision", examine what life factors influence that decision, how it is affected by one's self-concept and value system, and its connection with one's needs, goals and life style.

Ua21 Wku Affirmative Action Plan Volume Iii, Wku Office Of Equal Opportunity / 504 / Ada Compliance

WKU Administration Documents

This annual report of progress in the affirmative action - equal employment opportunity program is made in accordance with Section XIII of the Affirmative Action Plan, as amended July 1, 1981. This report will consist of four main elements:

1. Promotions During the Year
2. Recruitment Activities, Includes Goals & Results
3. Comparison of Personnel Strengths during 1981-82 & 1982-83
4. Conclusions Regarding Overall Progress & Recommendations for Future Improvements

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 007, Number 38, July 11, 1983, Grand Valley State University

1982-1983, Volume 7

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

News & Views - Vol. 01, No. 09 - June 2, 1983, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/35 Wku Fraternity System 1982-1983, Dexter Cantelou

Student Organizations

Report of WKU Interfraternity Council for 1982-1983 school year.

A Study Of The Relationship Of Socioeconomic Status & Student Perceptions Of School Effectiveness To Academic Achievement Of Engineering Students, Geronimo Mendoza Meraz

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study was to examine the relative contribution of socioeconomic status and student perceptions of school effectiveness to academic achievement in engineering students. The variables representing the general factor of socioeconomic status were 1) father’s occupation, 2) father’s schooling, 3) mother’s schooling, 4) family income, and 5) family’s community population. The variables representing student perceptions of school effectiveness were: 1) help seeking factor, 2) professional preparation factor, 3) experience factor, 4) outside classroom activity factor, 5) personal encouragement factor, and 6) delivery factor.

A question was developed for this specific study and was completed by 110 senior …

Letter: Edna Saffy, To Mayor Jake Godbold, Edna Louise Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Letter from Dr. Saffy to Mayor Jake Godbold regarding Reubin Askew for president, the Florida State Democratic Convention and the Presidential Straw Ballot. July 1,1983.

The Use Of Feuerstein’S Instrumental Enrichment With Underprepared College Students: A Pilot Study, Michael Kieta

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This pilot study investigated the usage of Feuerstein’s (1980) Instrumental Enrichment with underprepared college students. Open admissions policies in colleges and universities have resulted in the enrollment of many students who are underprepared to meet the academic task demands. Courses have been developed by the colleges and universities to remediate the academic deficits of underprepared students. Remedial courses using traditional educational methods have been largely ineffective. Cognitive process instruction (CPI) is an area of educational research that recently began to receive increased attention in the field of remedial education. The goal of CPI has been to develop the cognitive/thought processes …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 007, Number 37, June 27, 1983, Grand Valley State University

1982-1983, Volume 7

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

The Prospects Of "Law And Economics": A Canadian Perspective, Michael J. Trebilcock

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

The Future Of Economics In Legal Education: Limits And Constraints, Robert S. Summers

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Economic Analysis In Legal Education, Ernest Gellhorn, Glen O. Robinson

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

The Future Of Economics In Legal Education: The Prospects For A New Model Curriculum, Warren F. Schwartz

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Remarks, Delivered At The Foundation Luncheon On June 14, 1983, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Remarks, delivered at the Foundation Luncheon on June 14, 1983 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 007, Number 36, June 13, 1983, Grand Valley State University

1982-1983, Volume 7

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

News & Views - Vol. 01, No. 08 - June 2, 1983, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

No abstract provided.