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Educational Assessment As Invitation For Dialogue, Ronald C. Arnett, Pat Arneson Jan 1997

Educational Assessment As Invitation For Dialogue, Ronald C. Arnett, Pat Arneson

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article offers a communicative foundation for viewing the act of educational assessment as an opportunity for dialogue with a larger public in the U.S. There are three main areas which comprise an invitation for dialogue with the public: the politics of assessment, foundation for dialogue about the communication discipline and the proposal for a dialogic communication with the public as a way to create shared meaning about the process of communication. Invitation to dialogue envisions communication as socially constructed. Both self and other are central to the emergence of truth. The wise communicator is careful, but in the midst …

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Using Cognitive Assessment Testing To Evaluate And Improve A University Program In Communication Studies, Michael R. Neer, Joan E. Aitken Jan 1997

Using Cognitive Assessment Testing To Evaluate And Improve A University Program In Communication Studies, Michael R. Neer, Joan E. Aitken

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article attempts to demonstrate how cognitive assessment may be used to empower both faculty and students by offering pedagogical and administrative strategies that enhance student learning in the U.S. The faculty limited its cognitive test, the Pre-Communication Assessment Measure to the four competencies--critical thinking, interpersonal, decision-making and theoretical competencies--common to two of five required courses. The components of the cognitive test are: critical thinking competence, interpersonal competence, decision-making competence and theoretical competence.

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Administrative Ramifications Of Student Cheating, Susan A. Stearns Jan 1997

Administrative Ramifications Of Student Cheating, Susan A. Stearns

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article explains the problems associated with ways cheating situations are handled in colleges and universities. Two specific types of knowledge are needed by faculty members: one, what cheating is, and, two, the university's policy. The potential for problems revolves around the University's Academic Misconduct Code: first, many faculty are not aware of their university's code and second, many faculty do not follow the codes. Administrators are also involved in a number of other decisions that could impact student cheating behaviors. Additionally, administrators are typically the university officials implementing the middle and latter steps of the academic misconduct process. Thus, …

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Teaching Versus Research: An Imbalance Of Importance?, Norbert H. Mills, Robert E. Pruett, James E. Sayer, David E. Tucker Jan 1997

Teaching Versus Research: An Imbalance Of Importance?, Norbert H. Mills, Robert E. Pruett, James E. Sayer, David E. Tucker

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article features two essays presenting the major argumentative positions advanced by teams Robert E. Pruett and James E. Sayer and Norbert H. Mills and David E. Tucker, regarding the topic: Resolved: that teaching and research are mutually-exclusive activities. Pruett and Sayer upheld the affirmative position on the resolution, while Mills and Tucker upheld the negative. In the traditional sense, it is easy to claim that the function of a professor is twofold: to be an effective and creative teacher and, at the same time, be able to accumulate and disseminate knowledge through research. Regardless of what is said, teaching …

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National Preferences In Business And Communication Education: A Survey Update, Jerry L. Winsor, Dan B. Curtis, Ronald D. Stephens Jan 1997

National Preferences In Business And Communication Education: A Survey Update, Jerry L. Winsor, Dan B. Curtis, Ronald D. Stephens

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article discusses the results of a survey in the U.S. regarding national preferences in business and communication education. From the results of this and the previous study, it appears that the skills most valued in the contemporary job-entry market are communication skills. The skills of listening, oral communication (both interpersonal and public), written communication and the trait of enthusiasm are indicated to be the most important. Again, it would appear to follow that university officials wishing to be of the greatest help to their graduates in finding employment would make sure that basic competencies in oral and written communication …

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Are Home Offices Feasible In A University?: Faculty Perceptions Of A Home Office Experiment, Kathy J, Edwards, Richard D. Halley Jan 1997

Are Home Offices Feasible In A University?: Faculty Perceptions Of A Home Office Experiment, Kathy J, Edwards, Richard D. Halley

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article examines faculty perceptions of how the new technologies of E-mail and voice mail that were widely adopted as a result of the home office experiment changed the ways of working and ways of thinking about what is important. The authors discussed both first- and second-level effects of communication technologies in three areas: (1) on faculty interaction both within the department and in the larger campus community, (2) on student/faculty interaction, and (3) on work styles and the ways faculty members think about their work. When the home office project was envisioned, the goal was to use communication technology …

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Communication Department Heads: An Analysis Of Positions Available 1990 Through 1994, Michael W. Shelton Jan 1997

Communication Department Heads: An Analysis Of Positions Available 1990 Through 1994, Michael W. Shelton

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article presents an analysis of positions available in 1990 through 1994 as communication department heads in the U.S. It is not surprising that over 75% of the listings for department heads indicated that the doctorate or other terminal degree would be required. The doctorate has become a standard feature associated with positions in higher education, and most certainly for senior-level positions. Nearly 95% (94.34%) of the listings indicated that candidates would be appointed at the rank of associate professor or higher. Such positions require candidates to meet all of the standard qualifications for a tenured appointment, including possession of …

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Providing Focus On Participatory Democracy In Academic Departments Of Communication, Timothy G. Hegstrom, Shawn Spano Jan 1997

Providing Focus On Participatory Democracy In Academic Departments Of Communication, Timothy G. Hegstrom, Shawn Spano

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article aims to illustrate how academic departments of communication can help contribute to a revitalized public sphere. Some of the projects to enhance participative democracy in order to show one direction in which the public sphere seems to be changing have been highlighted. Academic departments of speech communication can do much to accommodate this change by focusing more on the relationship between communication and democracy. This intention can be formally stated in university planning documents, course titles and outlines, general education guidelines, the establishment of research and consulting consortia, and in partnerships with external institutions. Benefits to the department …

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The Department Chair: A Symbolic Perspective And Some Implications, D. F. Treadwell Jan 1997

The Department Chair: A Symbolic Perspective And Some Implications, D. F. Treadwell

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

Discusses the role of department chair in universities and colleges. Assuming appropriate academic qualifications, most institutional requirements for a department chair are academic leadership, administrative leadership, successful teaching, active scholarship, and in some cases professional experience. Because teaching and scholarship are normally expected of all faculty, the broad roles that seem unique to the chair are academic and administrative leadership, resource acquisition and allocation, and constituent relationships/boundary spanning. In summary, the rhetorical ability to develop appropriate symbolic structures for departments is the essence of the chair's role and a way to reconcile the many tensions inherent in the job; conventional …

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When It's Time To Get Out Of Town, Jack A. Barwind Jan 1997

When It's Time To Get Out Of Town, Jack A. Barwind

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

Addresses the need for chairmen and chairwomen to articulate their leadership style to both faculty and college administration during the early phases of their tenure.

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Bowling On The Girdiron: The Name Game, Richard C. Crepeau Dec 1996

Bowling On The Girdiron: The Name Game, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Already some of the big ones are behind us like the Las Vegas Bowl which attracted very little attention from the major industry in that city and the Jeep Eagle Aloha Bowl which featured neither the bird nor the vehicle.

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Last Minute Christmas Gifts For The Sports Fan, Richard C. Crepeau Dec 1996

Last Minute Christmas Gifts For The Sports Fan, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Attention K©mart Shoppers. Today I will offer some last minute Christmas items for the Sports Fan on your gift list.

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Pete Roselle, Richard C. Crepeau Dec 1996

Pete Roselle, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Some called him the Pope of the National Football League. Others saw him as a minor deity of the mid-twentieth century's religious devotion to sport. Whatever the perspective, it is clear that Alvin "Pete" Rozelle is among the most significant figures in the history of Sport in America and the world in the Twentieth Century.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 29, December 5, 1996 Dec 1996

Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 29, December 5, 1996

Central Florida Future

A year in review for SGA; The world comes together to remember GIV and AIDS; Cigars are a big hit on college campuses.

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Jerry Reinsdorf's Smoking Gun And Baseball Labor Settlement, Richard C. Crepeau Dec 1996

Jerry Reinsdorf's Smoking Gun And Baseball Labor Settlement, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

They called him The Old Roman. In 1919 Charles Comiskey, owner of the Chicago White Sox so angered his players with low salaries and his cheapskate ways that they turned on him and fixed the World Series. In 1996 White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf so angered his fellow owners by his high salaries and wild spending that they turned on him, reversed their vote of the previous three weeks, and approved the new baseball collective bargaining agreement. Maybe they should call Reinsdorf, the New Roman, or Roman Nouveau.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 28, December 3, 1996 Dec 1996

Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 28, December 3, 1996

Central Florida Future

LJR to look into alledged violations SF to Regents: We want our Student Union open; Students react to Parking Services' ticket tactics.

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Thanksgiving And Football, Richard C. Crepeau Nov 1996

Thanksgiving And Football, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The History of both Thanksgiving and Football go back into the Middle Ages, and so it may not be so strange that the two would come together in modern America.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 27, November 26, 1996 Nov 1996

Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 27, November 26, 1996

Central Florida Future

Senate moves for impeachment in predawn hours; Students seek to quicken emergency response times; Parking Services finds unique revenue generator.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 26, November 21, 1996 Nov 1996

Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 26, November 21, 1996

Central Florida Future

Forum outlines financial assistance options; College costs up five percent nationwide; Online courses netting success around the world.

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Nick Anderson Accused: Don't Rush To Judgement, Richard C. Crepeau Nov 1996

Nick Anderson Accused: Don't Rush To Judgement, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Last Wednesday Nick Anderson of the Magic called a press conference to deny that he had raped a woman last February. It was an emotional scene at which a tearful Anderson told the press that a complaint had been filed with Orlando police in early October, and that he had been threatened with public exposure by the Pan African InterNational Movement (PAIN) unless he paid them $600,000.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 25, November 19, 1996 Nov 1996

Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 25, November 19, 1996

Central Florida Future

Computer teams boot up for success; Florida student leaders discuss lobbying agenda; Hispanic performance artist enlightens students.

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Holyfield And Tyson - When Magic Play At Arena, City Loses Money, Richard C. Crepeau Nov 1996

Holyfield And Tyson - When Magic Play At Arena, City Loses Money, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

A week after the Boston College story broke the gamblers took a bath, not on college football but on the godfather of sports gambling, boxing. Evander Holyfield's upset of the century over Mike Tyson was a disaster for those who set the odds and cover the bets. With odds running 25-1 to open and dropping to 5-1 just before the fight, bookmakers lost several million dollars. Major money was placed on Holyfield in the last few days, at least some of it coming from the Holyfield camp itself, and the smart money on the favorite never surfaced as betting closed.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 24, November 14, 1996 Nov 1996

Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 24, November 14, 1996

Central Florida Future

Volunteers provide homes hope; Report says "whistle'-blower" fired unfairly; HASA members aim to promote Hispanic culture.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 23, November 12, 1996 Nov 1996

Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 23, November 12, 1996

Central Florida Future

Blood shortage strikes a vein with donors; Students battle with byte in competition at UCF; Islamic Awareness Week highlights world wide culture.

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Boston College: Fixing And Gambling In Sport, Richard C. Crepeau Nov 1996

Boston College: Fixing And Gambling In Sport, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

When word spread early this week that football players at Boston College were suspected of fixing games, a number of people feigned shock. Whatever turns out to be the ultimate finding of investigators at Boston College, no one should be shocked by this news.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 22, November 7, 1996 Nov 1996

Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 22, November 7, 1996

Central Florida Future

Public relations organization wrapped up in 'quotes;' Hispanic community seeks unity in march; Freshman cope with first year away from home.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 21, November 5, 1996 Nov 1996

Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 21, November 5, 1996

Central Florida Future

Students encouraged to rock the vote and be heard; Amendments to clean up Everglades appear on on ballot; Victim Advocates reach out to victims who call.

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The Braves / Yankees World Series, Richard C. Crepeau Nov 1996

The Braves / Yankees World Series, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

When Charlie Hayes went falling into the third-base dugout and failed to make the catch on Mark Lemke's pop foul to end the sixth and final game of the World Series there was a brief moment of hope when Braves fans thought just maybe fate had turned. It had not. On the next pitch Hayes made the catch down the third-base side near the stands and the 1996 World Series was history. Only five nights earlier Atlanta fans had been talking about the possibility of a sweep, but not the one that occurred.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 20, October 31, 1996 Oct 1996

Central Florida Future, Vol. 29 No. 20, October 31, 1996

Central Florida Future

Greeks put on spooktacular time for local kids; New campus alliance proves state of the art; SAP program rewards faculty students' ideas.

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Yankees Win Series: Joe Torre, Don Zimmer Star, Richard C. Crepeau Oct 1996

Yankees Win Series: Joe Torre, Don Zimmer Star, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

When Charlie Hayes went falling into the third-base dugout and failed to make the catch on Mark Lemke's pop foul to end the sixth and final game of the World Series there was a brief moment of hope when Braves fans thought just maybe fate had turned. It had not. On the next pitch Hayes made the catch down the third-base side near the stands and the 1996 World Series was history. Only five nights earlier Atlanta fans had been talking about the possibility of a sweep, but not the one that occurred.

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