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Alumni Outcomes Assessment: Constructing The Alumni Survey And Subject Calling Card, Ben L. Parker, Susan J. Drummond-Reeves Jan 1992

Alumni Outcomes Assessment: Constructing The Alumni Survey And Subject Calling Card, Ben L. Parker, Susan J. Drummond-Reeves

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article presents a practical framework for constructing alumni outcomes assessment surveys within university communication programs. Drawing on institutional experience, it details the sequence of securing funding, defining alumni cohorts, coding time zones, drafting computer assisted questionnaires, training interviewers, and scheduling call calendars. A condensed instrument and subject card illustrate variable selection across demographics employment education curriculum satisfaction advising and departmental support. Emphasis is placed on customizing questions to local political and academic contexts, using computer based data entry, and avoiding committee designed instruments that dilute focus. Ten strategic recommendations advocate faculty collaboration realistic timelines and student participation, positioning alumni …

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The Use And Abuse Of Power In The Academic Theatre, John C. Countryman Jan 1992

The Use And Abuse Of Power In The Academic Theatre, John C. Countryman

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article analyzes how power operates within academic theatre, treating instruction production and administration as interconnected arenas. It traces the origins of power to ideals knowledge institutions relationships and collective consciousness, arguing that these sources shape the ethical climate of classrooms rehearsal spaces and departmental governance. Distinguishing coercive domination from integrative collaboration, the discussion presents a framework that moves from the location of power to its methods of exercise and its consequences for faculty and students. Emphasis is placed on principle centered leadership that mobilizes group intelligence, encourages shared responsibility, and mitigates abuse while advancing artistic integrity. By linking theatre …

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A Listening Course In Higher Education: Initial Response -- A Case Study, Andrew D. Wolvin, Carolyn G. Coakley Jan 1992

A Listening Course In Higher Education: Initial Response -- A Case Study, Andrew D. Wolvin, Carolyn G. Coakley

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article investigates the enduring impact of a dedicated listening course in higher education by examining alumni perceptions of skill transfer and academic benefit several years after enrollment. Questionnaire responses reveal that instruction in the listening process discriminative comprehensive critical and therapeutic listening fosters greater academic confidence improved grades enhanced professional communication and stronger interpersonal relationships. The analysis identifies course units on process comprehension comprehensive and discriminative listening as most valuable while theoretical and research components require refinement. Findings support the integration of explicit listening pedagogy within speech communication curricula and suggest that early curricular placement may maximize learning outcomes. …

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Goran, D. S., Miller, L. D. & Wicthoff, W. E. (1992). Mastering Communication. Boston, Ma: Allyn And Bacon, Ronald E. Cambra Jan 1992

Goran, D. S., Miller, L. D. & Wicthoff, W. E. (1992). Mastering Communication. Boston, Ma: Allyn And Bacon, Ronald E. Cambra

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Reviews the book "Mastering Communication," by D.S. Goran, L.D. Miller and W.E. Wicthoff.

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Sprague, J. & Stuart, D.(1992). The Speaker's Handbook. (3rd Ed.) Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc, Robert Dick Jan 1992

Sprague, J. & Stuart, D.(1992). The Speaker's Handbook. (3rd Ed.) Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc, Robert Dick

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Reviews the book "The Speaker's Handbook," 3rd ed., by J. Sprague and D. Stuart.

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Mcgraw, C. & Clark, L.D. (1992). Acting Is Believing: A Basic Method (6th Ed.). Fort Worth, Tx: Harcourt, Brace And Jovanovich And O'Neill, R. (1992). The Actor's Checklist. Fort Worth, Tex.: Harcourt Brace And Jovanovich, Inc, Marian F. Monta Jan 1992

Mcgraw, C. & Clark, L.D. (1992). Acting Is Believing: A Basic Method (6th Ed.). Fort Worth, Tx: Harcourt, Brace And Jovanovich And O'Neill, R. (1992). The Actor's Checklist. Fort Worth, Tex.: Harcourt Brace And Jovanovich, Inc, Marian F. Monta

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Reviews the books "Acting Is Believing: A Basic Method," 6th ed., by C. McGraw and L.D. Clark and "The Actor's Checklist" by R. O'Neill.

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Communication/Information Technologies And University Education: A Survey Of Alumni About Workplace Technologies, David R. Seibold, Christine M. Bauch, Susan J. Grant, Kim T. Nguyen, Mimako Saeki, Kristin L. Schnarr, Kathleen A. Solowczuk Jan 1992

Communication/Information Technologies And University Education: A Survey Of Alumni About Workplace Technologies, David R. Seibold, Christine M. Bauch, Susan J. Grant, Kim T. Nguyen, Mimako Saeki, Kristin L. Schnarr, Kathleen A. Solowczuk

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Using a mailed questionnaire to recent university graduates, this study evaluates how well undergraduate programs equip communication majors for communication and information technologies common in the workplace. Respondents reported that fax machines and word processing software were the only tools present in more than seventy percent of their work units, while voice messaging was the sole technology most of them used daily. Yet fewer than half felt competent with even these basic applications. Alumni said they acquired skills for nineteen of forty four surveyed technologies only after graduation, and most rated their campus preparation as only somewhat useful or not …

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Implementing Speaking Across The Curriculum: A Case Study, Mahia Strohmaier, Marcia Stratton, Donald Novak, John Leipzig Jan 1992

Implementing Speaking Across The Curriculum: A Case Study, Mahia Strohmaier, Marcia Stratton, Donald Novak, John Leipzig

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Responding to evidence of weak oral communication competence among college students, this case study chronicles how one university embedded speaking across the curriculum within a new general core. Defining advanced literacy as critical comprehension plus public participation, the reform added a required presentation oriented basic course followed by an upper division oral intensive course in each major. Three emphases emerged: public speaking, small group, and technical presentation, each shaped by shared grading weights, developmental tasks, minimum audience size, and structured feedback. Speech Communication faculty revised the basic courses, delivered faculty workshops, and produced a handbook covering assessment, anxiety reduction, and …

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The Public Relations Need In Assessment Reporting, Joan E. Aitken, Michael Neer Jan 1992

The Public Relations Need In Assessment Reporting, Joan E. Aitken, Michael Neer

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

University mandated assessment can improve learning but also carries political stakes that shape department survival. This article chronicles five years of assessment activity in a communication program after a statewide directive and shows how faculty moved from resistance to cautious optimism as they refined competency based tests portfolios and interviews. The central argument is that assessment findings double as public relations messages heard by administrators legislators and the media. When results are reported without strategic framing strong programs may appear weak and become targets for budget cuts. The essay details missteps such as offering candid commentary that was later quoted …

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The State Of Communication Undergraduate Academic Advising, Beth M. Waggenspack, Wayne E. Hemsley Jan 1992

The State Of Communication Undergraduate Academic Advising, Beth M. Waggenspack, Wayne E. Hemsley

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Based on a national questionnaire sent to every U.S. speech-communication program, this study maps the landscape of undergraduate academic advising in the discipline. Results show advising remains overwhelmingly faculty-based: 73 percent of departments assign all tenure-track (or all faculty) to the task, yet advisee distribution is skewed, with a median load of 23 students and 56 percent of departments allocating advisees by faculty area specialty. Preparation and rewards are thin; one-third of advisors receive no training and only 9 percent gain any course-load reduction, while 86 percent report no formal compensation. Training, when provided, is usually a brief workshop or …

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Mass Communication Education Belongs To The University, Jeffery Mccall Jan 1992

Mass Communication Education Belongs To The University, Jeffery Mccall

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This essay argues that mass communication programs must reclaim their place in the liberal arts rather than serving as vocational finishing schools for the media industry. Decades of deference, it contends, have let professionals dictate skills-heavy curricula, foster the belief that universities exist to supply entry-level labor, and equate education with training. To regain intellectual legitimacy—and political and financial standing on campus—the discipline should consolidate scattered sequences, emphasize theory, criticism, and media effects, and design courses usable by non-majors. Faculty hiring must meet the scholarly standards of other liberal arts departments, shifting evaluation from “war stories” to research and conceptual …

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Nfl Playoffs Begin - Bowling For Dollars, Big Dollars, Richard C. Crepeau Dec 1991

Nfl Playoffs Begin - Bowling For Dollars, Big Dollars, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Now that Christmas is over and we are headed to the New Year it's time to suit up and get ready to hit the line hard. Tis the season to go bowling, fa la la la la, la la la la. Tis also the season for the National Football League to begin its second season with the opening of the playoffs.

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Books For Christmas Gifts, Richard C. Crepeau Dec 1991

Books For Christmas Gifts, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

As we head down the homestretch of the Christmas shopping season people are still looking for that perfect gift for that certain someone, as they say on TV. So as a public service I offer my suggestions for the last minute shopper: Sports books of quality for the discriminating sports fan.

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Charles K. Mcneil And The Point Spread, Richard C. Crepeau Dec 1991

Charles K. Mcneil And The Point Spread, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Charles K. McNeil is not a name instantly recognized by most sports fans across the nation. But Charles K. McNeil is as significant a person as there is in Sport in America in the 20th Century.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 30, December 5, 1991 Dec 1991

Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 30, December 5, 1991

Central Florida Future

Hitt a hit - chosen as new president; Student committee votes for Arminana; Business Administration; Business Adminsitration: Go to class or get dropeed.

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Baseball, Japan, And Pearl Harbor, Richard C. Crepeau Dec 1991

Baseball, Japan, And Pearl Harbor, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

As was predicted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt December 7, 1941 was a day that has lived in infamy. Fifty years ago tomorrow the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor drew the United States into World War II.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 29, December 3, 1991 Dec 1991

Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 29, December 3, 1991

Central Florida Future

BOR interviews final candidates for president; UCF students get help from Health Center's new psychiatry program; Students act in CBS studio tour.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 28, November 26, 1991 Nov 1991

Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 28, November 26, 1991

Central Florida Future

Transfers hit hardest by foreign language requirement, dean says; GM coutners criticism of Caprice Classic police cruisers; Only half of available seats sold for $50,000 Jay Leno concert.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 27, November 21, 1991 Nov 1991

Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 27, November 21, 1991

Central Florida Future

Candidate says she backs 2nd language requirement; Summer requirement put on hold by regents due to budget restrictions; SG Senate overturns earlier decision; bill provides money for student jobs.

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Pat Dye And The Raincoat Theory Of Education, Richard C. Crepeau Nov 1991

Pat Dye And The Raincoat Theory Of Education, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Several years ago a friend from East Carolina University told me that it was believed that Pat Dye would never leave his position as head football coach at East Carolina because he would never be able to find a university with lower academic standards. But then he did, and so he left for Auburn.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 26, November 19, 1991 Nov 1991

Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 26, November 19, 1991

Central Florida Future

2 New UCF police cars could have brake flaws; Hospitality department absorbed into Business Adminstration; Budget cuts, priorities top topics for 2 candidates.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 25, November 14, 1991 Nov 1991

Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 25, November 14, 1991

Central Florida Future

Budget cuts, goals, issues in presidential interviews; final exams for everyone; Faculty Senate says all instructors must give them; Jobs promised to six, but no funding available.

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"Magic" Johnson And Hiv, Richard C. Crepeau Nov 1991

"Magic" Johnson And Hiv, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Just over a week ago rumors swept through the media that Ervin "Magic" Johnson was about to retire from professional basketball because he had AIDS. A few hours later Johnson appeared at a press conference to confirm the rumor of his retirement. He said he did not have AIDS, but rather he had tested positive for the HIV virus, a precursor to AIDS. It is a virtual certainty that Johnson will contract AIDS within the next decade. Because he had tested HIV positive, it was determined that medically it would be wise for him to retire from basketball.

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Florida High School Athletic Assn. And Transfer Rule - Nfl Malaise, Richard C. Crepeau Nov 1991

Florida High School Athletic Assn. And Transfer Rule - Nfl Malaise, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The Florida High School Activities Association and its board of principals made headlines this past week with one of those decisions that make absolutely no sense to anyone. At Lake Brantley High School the football coach made a decision to add a player to his squad, who although he had attended Lake Brantley High, did not live in the district. He was attending Lake Brantley in order to take advantage of the Emotionally Handicapped Resource program which was not available at the school in his district. This student was on the football team, not because he was a great runner …

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 23, November 7, 1991 Nov 1991

Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 23, November 7, 1991

Central Florida Future

What was that? No refunds for Leno concert; 57 Homecoming ballots pulled after officials discover tampering from students.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 22, November 5, 1991 Nov 1991

Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 22, November 5, 1991

Central Florida Future

Race for president narrows; search for committee picks 6; Orlando great for business, lacks good universities, Fortune says; Pet abuse charges leveled against university worker.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 24, November 12, 1991 Nov 1991

Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 24, November 12, 1991

Central Florida Future

Computer programming team dominates Southeast contest; Regents OK dorms, downtown campus; Let the students speak: 14 have say in UCF presidential search.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 21, October 31, 1991 Oct 1991

Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 21, October 31, 1991

Central Florida Future

Homecoming: 1991; Strike up the band for Homecoming '91; Knights will crown king, queen; Greek Park swings doors open.

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The Inequities Of The Dh And Impact On World Series, Richard C. Crepeau Oct 1991

The Inequities Of The Dh And Impact On World Series, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The team that won the National League Championship has not faced the team that won the American League Championship in the World Series since 1972. It was in 1973 that the American League started using the Designated Hitter. It has changed many things, some for good, some for ill. And you can argue for or against the DH until you turn blue. But one thing is certain, the World Series has been tarnished since 1972.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 20, October 29, 1991 Oct 1991

Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 20, October 29, 1991

Central Florida Future

Nominees enter next round with committee interviews; New SG pro temp vows to serve students, build relationships; Building to get $1.5 million face lift.

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