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Report Of The Sub-Committee On Advancing The Discipline In The Small Undergraduate College Department, Joseph W. Macdoniels Jan 1999

Report Of The Sub-Committee On Advancing The Discipline In The Small Undergraduate College Department, Joseph W. Macdoniels

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article presents the response of a subcommittee of the National Communication Association to a report of the Task Force on Advancing the Discipline concerning small undergraduate college departments. It is essential that departments figure out what the institutional mission is and be very clear on the department mission. Units must come to a clear understanding of the true institutional mission and develop the unit mission accordingly. The subcommittee has identified areas of concern that derive from the task force document and it has stated positions which are intended to alert or inform the small undergraduate college program of pitfalls …

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Advancing The Communication Discipline In The Community College Environment, Rhonda Kekke Jan 1999

Advancing The Communication Discipline In The Community College Environment, Rhonda Kekke

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article focuses on the advancement of communication discipline in community colleges across the U.S. Community colleges may or may not have a speech requirement for degree programs. If a community college does not have a speech requirement, or requires speech only or the Associate of Arts degree, there is a chance that it will not have sufficient enrollments or require the services of even one full-time speech instructor. Advancing the communication discipline in our new millennium is going to mean saving the best of what the discipline of speech communication has always meant, while adapting it to an ever-more-complicated …

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Advancing The Discipline: Guidelines From The Experience Of Colleagues, Samuel L. Becker Jan 1999

Advancing The Discipline: Guidelines From The Experience Of Colleagues, Samuel L. Becker

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

Introduces articles from the issue about the disciplinary advancement of the communication departments of various colleges and universities.

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Protecting Communication Departments: Reflections On The Nebraska Experience, Lee Ronald, William Seiler Jan 1999

Protecting Communication Departments: Reflections On The Nebraska Experience, Lee Ronald, William Seiler

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article reflects on the vulnerabilities and strengths of communication departments at the University of Nebraska. The relatively small size of communication departments makes them especially vulnerable to administrative budget cutters. For a complex set of reasons, particular disciplines have become defining elements of universities in the U.S. Unfortunately, communication departments have not achieved such status. The professional organizations need to do more than offer the occasional workshop, they ought to make a concerted effort to help communications departments maximize the discipline's opportunity and make the field of communication valuable to students and become ever more essential to the university.

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From Paper To Praxis: Advancing The Discipline In A Small College Environment, Alfred G. Mueller Ii, Delmas S. Crisp Jr. Jan 1999

From Paper To Praxis: Advancing The Discipline In A Small College Environment, Alfred G. Mueller Ii, Delmas S. Crisp Jr.

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article proposes the advancement of communications discipline at a small college in Georgia. In the small liberal arts college, one tends to find many faculty members who have had little or no experience with departments of communication. It is also plausible that some approaches to the study of communication may be deemed unsuitable in a small liberal arts setting. To meet the demands of the millennial technological environment, the dean of the college decided to reexamine the communication major in terms of its scope and function on campus. The proposals for the advancement of the discipline are discussed herein.

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Fund-Raising As A Persuasive Act, Robert C. Jeffrey Jan 1999

Fund-Raising As A Persuasive Act, Robert C. Jeffrey

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

Presents an article about a fund-raising strategy implemented by a dean of the College of Communication at the University of Texas in Austin. Application of the Aristotelian principles in fund raising; Processes involved in fund raising; Factors relevant to selecting prospective donors.

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Grading Policy And Student Retention, Ralph R. Behnke, Chris R. Sawyer, Paul E. King Jan 1999

Grading Policy And Student Retention, Ralph R. Behnke, Chris R. Sawyer, Paul E. King

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article discuses two policies that work at cross purposes to one another which university administrators and faculty works collaboratively with. Schools are actively resisting grade inflation trends while at the same time seeking to retain students. The article describes the borderline student, a category of at risk student often overlooked, yet numerous. It is found that academic performance was the highest ranked risk factor, accounting for approximately 20% of the variance, while behavior and coping skills was a distant second, accounting for only 6% of the risk factor variance. Borderline students can be efficiently rescued with modest outlays of …

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Award Winning Communication Programs: Centrality Or Confusion?, Mary E. Beadle, Jacqueline J. Schmidt Jan 1999

Award Winning Communication Programs: Centrality Or Confusion?, Mary E. Beadle, Jacqueline J. Schmidt

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article analyzes award winning communication programs. The winners of the Small College Interest Group's Programs of Excellence Award provide directions for achieving centrality and the goals outlined by the National Communication Association Task Force on Advancing the Discipline. They have similar names, degrees and locations within their institutions and they favor a holistic department and curricula that are interdisciplinary with strong department anchors. Most have assessment programs in place to maintain this quality. In most cases, they have identified themselves with the mission of their institution through courses and goals. These programs can provide some guidelines for departments in …

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Proactively And In The Heat Of The Moment: Administrative Advice For Communication Instructors To Help Students Cope With Crisis, Jennifer H. Waldeck Jan 1999

Proactively And In The Heat Of The Moment: Administrative Advice For Communication Instructors To Help Students Cope With Crisis, Jennifer H. Waldeck

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article provides advice on helping students cope with crisis. The first section discusses communication research that is pertinent to helping students be prepared proactively to deal with relationship crises. Second, it focuses on strategies that teachers of interpersonal communication survey courses may use to deal with students who are already victims of these situations, and as a result, may be emotionally troubled, abusing drugs or alcohol, or have suicidal feelings. Although communication faculty often are perceived to be immediate and thus approached by troubled students, most are rarely qualified to dispense or perform counseling duties. Recommendations are made in …

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An Investigation Of Audience Receptiveness To Non-Native Teaching Assistants, Eunkyong Lee Yook Jan 1999

An Investigation Of Audience Receptiveness To Non-Native Teaching Assistants, Eunkyong Lee Yook

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article examines the reliance of U.S. campuses on international teaching assistants (ITA) for staffing undergraduate course and the strategies that may affect ratings of their speaking competence. This increasing reliance has led to student complaints about incomprehensibility of ITA. This problem has been examined by looking through the eyes of the students, administrators and taxpayers. Therefore, the responsibility had been placed on the ITA, whose burden it was to learn the language and culture more fully. The goal of having ITA learn the language and culture better was eclipsing another important issue that needs consideration, the issue of teaching …

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Graduate Program Assessment Of Student Satisfaction: A Method For Merging University And Department Outcomes, Jeremy H. Lipschultz, Michael L. Hilt Jan 1999

Graduate Program Assessment Of Student Satisfaction: A Method For Merging University And Department Outcomes, Jeremy H. Lipschultz, Michael L. Hilt

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article evaluates a communication graduate program based upon the perceptions of alumni satisfaction. The department's assessment plan was utilized to measure their perceived knowledge of theory and research, as well as feelings about career preparation. The results indicate that assessment measures related to content taught may be linked to perceptions about quality, flexibility and facilities in a graduate program. Educational outcomes will continue to be an important issue for communication educators. It is critical that assessment data be collected, interpreted and used to revise curriculum in order to be responsive to needs. By doing this, communication programs will be …

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Lecturers, Instructors, And Part-Timers: The Person V. The Position, James W. Sayer Jan 1999

Lecturers, Instructors, And Part-Timers: The Person V. The Position, James W. Sayer

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

Presents an analysis, based on a personal experience as department chair, on issues surrounding the employment of non-tenure-line faculty, lecturers, instructors and adjuncts, and the difference between the person filling the position and the position itself. Thesis on the difference between the position and the person filling the position; Terms of employment; Conclusion.

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John Carroll's Department Of Communication: Growth At A Small University, Jacqueline J. Schmidt Jan 1999

John Carroll's Department Of Communication: Growth At A Small University, Jacqueline J. Schmidt

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article examines the Department of Communications at John Carroll University between 1984 and 1999. John Carroll is an independent, Catholic, coeducational university founded in 1886 by the Society of Jesus. It is located in University Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The Department of Communications is located in the Humanities division of the College of Arts and Sciences. Essential for the growth of the department has been a clear holistic philosophy that have been implemented in hiring, budget, curriculum and co-curricular decisions.

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Building Excellence In Communication Studies: Illinois Speech Communication 1975-1995 As Exemplar, Delia G. Jesse Jan 1999

Building Excellence In Communication Studies: Illinois Speech Communication 1975-1995 As Exemplar, Delia G. Jesse

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

Comments on the establishment of departmental excellence at the Speech Communication Department of the University of Illinois from 1975 to 1995. Application of the concept of constructivism in department administration; Context of program creation at the department; Principles that guided program-building.

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Establishing The Department's Credibility With Central Administration, John J. Makay Jan 1999

Establishing The Department's Credibility With Central Administration, John J. Makay

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

Presents an article about how the Department of Interpersonal Communication at Bowling Green State University in Ohio established its credibility. Principles applied in administering the department; Importance of promoting a department's image; Skills and attitude relevant to department chairperson.

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Central Florida Future, December 9, 1998 Dec 1998

Central Florida Future, December 9, 1998

Central Florida Future

Teaching academy in the works at UCF; Outsmarting thieves: What you need to know; Extra precautions: Be careful in the dark.

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The Bcs, Fairness, And The Money, Richard C. Crepeau Dec 1998

The Bcs, Fairness, And The Money, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Everyone now knows what the "BS" in the "BCS" stands for but there seems to be some doubt remaining about the "C." Some suggest "computer," some say "compound," some say it is a redundant statement of the "S." Whatever it is, several other things are now clear.

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Central Florida Future, December 2, 1998 Dec 1998

Central Florida Future, December 2, 1998

Central Florida Future

SGA Computer Lab receives half of requested budget; The importance of meeting Willie Nelson my hero; Gordon project will honor UCF retirees.

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Central Florida Future, November 25, 1998 Nov 1998

Central Florida Future, November 25, 1998

Central Florida Future

Campus restaurants a hit among students; Get carded for organ donation.

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Central Florida Future, November 18, 1998 Nov 1998

Central Florida Future, November 18, 1998

Central Florida Future

Homecoming a hit for students; Student Card sign up ends on Thursday; Mountaineering through life.

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College And Pro Athletes: Crime And Punishment, Richard C. Crepeau Nov 1998

College And Pro Athletes: Crime And Punishment, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

There have been headlines over the past week about crime statistics from the National Football League. Jeff Benedict and Don Yaeger in their new book, Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play in the NFL, claim that one in five (21%) of all the players in the NFL have been charged with at least one serious crime. Among these are two murders, seven rape charges, 45 counts of domestic violence and 42 charges of assault. What is worse, say Yaeger and Benedict, the National Football League continues to employ these kinds of people at huge salaries and the NFL seems …

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Central Florida Future, November 11, 1998 Nov 1998

Central Florida Future, November 11, 1998

Central Florida Future

Kruczec get four-year deal loses interim title; Homecoming events continue till Saturday; Get spaced-out at UCF's Robinson Observatory.

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Central Florida Future, November 4, 1998 Nov 1998

Central Florida Future, November 4, 1998

Central Florida Future

Catch Spirit Daze on Wednesdays; Quayle welcomed by student body; C-day picnic offers mixer to students and professors.

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Terry Bowden Gone: Coaches, Boosters And Trustees A Dealy Mix, Richard C. Crepeau Oct 1998

Terry Bowden Gone: Coaches, Boosters And Trustees A Dealy Mix, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The intercollegiate athletic forces are at it again and as usual the action comes from the king of college sport, football. At Auburn, one of the NCAA's more problematic programs, Terry Bowden is gone as the head football coach of Auburn's beloved Tigers. As we have come to expect there is nothing simple about the disappearance of a head coach in the heartland of college football.

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Central Florida Future, October 28, 1998 Oct 1998

Central Florida Future, October 28, 1998

Central Florida Future

Free online notes available to students; UCF professor gets call from Hollywood; Tuition increase proposed to aid women's athletics.

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Central Florida Future, October 21, 1998 Oct 1998

Central Florida Future, October 21, 1998

Central Florida Future

Judicial council declares ballot invalid; UCF film department hires known director; New program gets tough on campus substance problem.

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The Nba Lockout And The Players, Richard C. Crepeau Oct 1998

The Nba Lockout And The Players, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It has been a difficult week as I try to cope with the realization that the Atlanta Braves are in the tank, the Yankees are about to finish the job of obliterating the field, and a group of psychiatrists has determined that Mike Tyson is not the boy next door. These matters have weighed heavily on my soul while I watch the NBA sliding into suicidal mode.

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Central Florida Future, October 14, 1998 Oct 1998

Central Florida Future, October 14, 1998

Central Florida Future

Union seeks more money from Activity Fee; WUCF rises from out of the basement; Elections run smoothly the second time around.

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Demanding Perfection From Umpires:Why?, Richard C. Crepeau Oct 1998

Demanding Perfection From Umpires:Why?, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

There was Chuck Knoblauch standing at first base holding an umpiring clinic for Ted Hendry during the 12th inning of game two of the ALCS. Chuck now admits, "I should have went and got the ball." When the Texas A&M English major failed to went, the runners did went, and were quickly gone, with Enrique Wilson circling the bases and scoring the go-ahead run.

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Central Florida Future, October 7, 1998 Oct 1998

Central Florida Future, October 7, 1998

Central Florida Future

Ex-election commissioner says blame unfair; Former athlete patrols UCF on a different field; Interest rates lowered for student loans.

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