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Central Florida Future, Vol. 17 No. 32, May 31, 1985 May 1985

Central Florida Future, Vol. 17 No. 32, May 31, 1985

Central Florida Future

Election dispute finally settled; Legislature may help universities' efficiency; Reed to head BOR; AROUND UCF: FINANCIAL AID NOTICE; UCF people: STUDENT LOBBYIST; McFall changing perceptions of UCF (with photo of McFall); Coors to help children of vets; Renegades hope to spoil Bandits' playoff hopes; People help 'girl in trouble; Study program helping women; Opinion: A time for reconciliation; Features: Bryan Adams: he's 'just folks'; 'Stop Making Sense' delights audience; Movie Gallery to bring Star Trek stars to Florida.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 17 No. 30, April 26, 1985 Apr 1985

Central Florida Future, Vol. 17 No. 30, April 26, 1985

Central Florida Future

Council calls for new election; UCF student wins Pulitzer (with photo of Jackie Crosby); High tech grads fare well in market; AROUND UCF: CARIBBEAN CLUB; UCF People: DOUBLE HEADER; UCF student lives healthy life with donor kidney; Clean-up efforts at UCF; HEALTH MATTERS: Travellers be careful; don't drink the water; Micro-lab one of a kind; Opinion: Decision irrespective of laws; Sports: Tim Barker overtakes record; Public figures are often seen unclearly; The Future player of the year (with photo of Michele Akers); Coach Joe Sanchez named Ail-American (with photo of Joe Sanchez); Gold Defense prevails in scrimage, 14-0; Women's varsity …

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 17 No. 29, April 19, 1985 Apr 1985

Central Florida Future, Vol. 17 No. 29, April 19, 1985

Central Florida Future

Worker arrested for possession of LSD; Green appeals election results to council; Search for leaders continues at UCF; John Sowinski no lame duck (with photo); AROUND UCF: UCF JAZZ CONCERT; UCF People: LIBRARY ESSAY WINNERS; Students join together to support charities; Engineers walk with awards; KNIGHT DUELS KNIGHT Coach McDowell's gold squads collide; Ladies join new conference; Knights on the rebound; Crew team a breed apart; USFL Playoff picture unclear; UCF Men's tennis team wins. Includes Confetti: The entertainment and feature supplement of The Future. Confetti: The World's sloppiest businessman; How to attend a Prince concert; 'World' tops charts; Rolling …

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 17 No. 28, April 12, 1985 Apr 1985

Central Florida Future, Vol. 17 No. 28, April 12, 1985

Central Florida Future

Bill Nelson: raise the drinking age (with photo of Bill Nelson); Green protests, election results up in the air; Angry minorities protest cuts in funding; AROUND UCF: WRITER GIVES SPEECH; UCF people: FRENCH PLAYS; Theater to fix problem; Measles hard to control; Opinion: All sarcasm intended; Confetti: JAPAN takes on the USA; Sport: Player of the Week (with photo of Mark Maloney); UCF defense improving; Athletic soap opera proves to be another re-run; UCF Crew team places third.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 17 No. 27, April 5, 1985 Apr 1985

Central Florida Future, Vol. 17 No. 27, April 5, 1985

Central Florida Future

Drinking age will restrict those under 21; Gill and Darner win: Ticket squeaks by in election with 2 percent margin (with photo); Turbulence passes; Chancellor Newell resigns; AROUND UCF: CARS BURGLARIZED; UCF People: FIGHTING BACK; Future to change name send your suggestions; Business College returns senate funds; Students learn about prevention at crime fair; Opinion: Budget brings hope for future; Sports: Player of the Week (with photo of David Cable); Knight baseball roundup; 'Gades Collier a winner; Barker: UCF's base thief; Wrestlers give awards; UCF Crew team second in Miami. Includes Confetti: The entertainment and supplement of The Future. Manatee …

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The Ideal Dean: Appropriate And Inappropriate Roles, Ladonna M. Geddes Apr 1985

The Ideal Dean: Appropriate And Inappropriate Roles, Ladonna M. Geddes

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the responsibilities of the ideal dean during a period of financial constraint and shifting expectations. It argues that the dean’s role encompasses two primary domains: planning and leadership. Planning responsibilities include guiding long term strategy, maintaining comprehensive internal and external data, and using economic, political, and educational trends to inform resource allocation and goal setting. Leadership responsibilities involve serving as a communication link across institutional levels, resolving contradictions in mission, cultivating external relationships, and articulating clear evaluative standards. The article emphasizes the importance of situational leadership, generational differences in values, and informed judgment in human relations. It …

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Tenure: A Concept Whose Time Has Passed?, Bert E. Bradley Apr 1985

Tenure: A Concept Whose Time Has Passed?, Bert E. Bradley

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article evaluates whether traditional tenure practices remain viable within contemporary higher education. It argues that the lifetime employment guarantee awarded after a brief probationary period has drawn increasing criticism from legislators, administrators, faculty, and students. Abuses associated with tenure include faculty members who remain minimally active for decades and the perception that tenure shelters incompetence. The article contends that earlier justifications for tenure, namely protection of academic freedom and insulation from administrative or public pressure, have been overtaken by court decisions and faculty unionization that already safeguard those rights. Economic pressures, declining enrollments, and public scrutiny are identified as …

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Group Discussion Of Common Problems, Bobby R. Patton, Jon T. Powell, Terry H. Ostermeier, Alvin Goldberg Apr 1985

Group Discussion Of Common Problems, Bobby R. Patton, Jon T. Powell, Terry H. Ostermeier, Alvin Goldberg

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This document presents four summaries of group discussions addressing challenges frequently faced by communication administrators. The first summary examines approaches to sustaining faculty morale amid declining resources. Participants emphasized the value of clear merit evaluation systems, opportunities for professional exchange, flexible role assignments, and recognition that administrative influence depends on articulating coherent program priorities. The second summary addresses the proliferation of communication courses taught outside communication units, expressing concern that such developments diminish disciplinary coherence, weaken departmental status, and erode academic rigor. The third summary focuses on the difficulty of addressing unsatisfactory performance among tenured faculty, outlining strategies such as …

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Departmental Administration And The Principle Of Minimal Expectations, John Waite Bowers Apr 1985

Departmental Administration And The Principle Of Minimal Expectations, John Waite Bowers

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article advances a conceptual approach to departmental administration centered on the management of informational power and the regulation of expectations within academic units. It argues that the departmental executive officer occupies a unique position of informational advantage that must be exercised strategically in mediating among faculty, students, administrators, and external stakeholders. The analysis draws on the theory of relative deprivation, suggesting that stability depends on maintaining value expectations at levels that can be consistently met while avoiding conditions that produce decremental deprivation. The article further considers how mild deprivation may serve developmental aims if it is directed toward individual …

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The Seamless Web: The Interface Of Speech Communication Professionals At The College And K–12 Levels, Kathleen M. Galvin Apr 1985

The Seamless Web: The Interface Of Speech Communication Professionals At The College And K–12 Levels, Kathleen M. Galvin

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the interdependence of colleges and K 12 schools and argues that meaningful educational reform requires sustained collaboration across levels. It begins by noting the renewed national concern over elementary and secondary education following prominent reports and describes the persistent attitudinal barriers that hinder cooperation, including declining public regard for teaching and a pervasive tendency within universities to devalue K 12 work. The article then outlines a series of actions for speech communication professionals, emphasizing strengthened affiliations with schools, improved teacher preparation, expanded research on instructional communication, and active guidance of institutional responses to national educational critiques. Detailed …

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Annual Faculty Performance Reviews, Mark. Hickson Iii Apr 1985

Annual Faculty Performance Reviews, Mark. Hickson Iii

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the institutionalization of annual faculty evaluations and argues that effective review procedures require clear criteria, structured processes, and continuous administrative attention. It contextualizes the rise of performance reviews within the growth of the academic workforce and concerns about maintaining professional quality. The discussion advocates separating the evaluation into an objectives meeting and a results meeting so faculty are assessed according to mutually agreed upon standards rather than informal comparisons. It outlines procedures for establishing expectations, determining performance ratings, and conducting formal review sessions, emphasizing fairness, specificity, and attention to contextual constraints. The article identifies categories of unsatisfactory …

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Chairing The Academic Department: Leadership Among Peers, Robert O. Blanchard Apr 1985

Chairing The Academic Department: Leadership Among Peers, Robert O. Blanchard

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Reviews the book "Chairing the Academic Department: Leadership Among Peers," 2nd ed., (1984) by Allan Tucker. Published by MacMillan Publishers, New York.

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The Ideal Chair: Appropriate And Inappropriate Uses Of Power, Robert S. Goyer Apr 1985

The Ideal Chair: Appropriate And Inappropriate Uses Of Power, Robert S. Goyer

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article analyzes how an academic department chair may employ power in ways that advance or hinder departmental goals. It defines inappropriate uses of power as actions that serve personal interests or undermine institutional purposes, and it highlights abdication of responsibility as another form of misuse. The discussion then turns to appropriate uses of power, beginning with definitional considerations drawn from social psychology and organizational theory. Power is conceptualized as the demonstrated capacity to effect change, derived from both formal authority and personal characteristics. The article surveys classic bases of social power and examines how assigned authority, positional status, and …

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A Department Chair Interprets The Roles And Powers Of The Ideal Dean, Lloyd F. Bitzer Apr 1985

A Department Chair Interprets The Roles And Powers Of The Ideal Dean, Lloyd F. Bitzer

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article presents a department chair’s perspective on the powers and responsibilities of the ideal dean, emphasizing the influence a dean exerts through decisions affecting budgets, resources, and personnel. It argues that these powers shape a department’s programs, priorities, and long term vitality, making the dean’s role both consequential and potentially dangerous if exercised without wisdom and moral discipline. The ideal dean is described as one who holds limited but sufficient authority, whose decisions reflect institutional norms, and who avoids overreach or violations of established procedures. Problems arise either when the dean exceeds legitimate authority or when decisions, though formally …

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Ideal Interactive Roles Of Chairs And Deans, Judith S. Trent Apr 1985

Ideal Interactive Roles Of Chairs And Deans, Judith S. Trent

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article explores the interdependent relationship between department chairs and deans, emphasizing the need for mutual understanding of each other’s roles, constraints, and responsibilities. It highlights the pressures chairs face from faculty, students, and upper administration, as well as the challenges deans encounter in distributing limited resources across diverse disciplines. The article argues that productive interaction requires recognition of mutual dependence, respect for differing obligations, and consistent communication. Chairs and deans must negotiate goals that align departmental needs with institutional missions while managing scarce resources and competing demands. It concludes that cooperation grounded in goodwill, trust, and shared commitment is …

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Poke The Bottom Of The Fire, John Lee Jellicorse Apr 1985

Poke The Bottom Of The Fire, John Lee Jellicorse

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the administrative challenges created by the increasingly narrow and peripheral preparation of some doctoral and MFA graduates in communication. It argues that many candidates lack grounding in core disciplinary history, theory, and pedagogy, showing strong specialization without awareness of the field’s breadth or traditions. The discussion describes how this trend complicates hiring, weakens disciplinary coherence, and leads to duplication of communication courses when such graduates secure appointments outside communication units. These developments strain curricula, undermine departmental identity, and reinforce claims that communication lacks a substantive disciplinary core. The article urges graduate programs to strengthen breadth, disciplinary interdependence, …

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Future Problems For The Communication Arts And Sciences Administrator, Erwin P. Bettinghaus Apr 1985

Future Problems For The Communication Arts And Sciences Administrator, Erwin P. Bettinghaus

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article identifies three administrative challenges likely to confront communication arts and sciences units in the near future. The first concerns shifts in student interest, which have historically expanded and contracted across disciplines. Rapid growth in communication enrollments may reverse, producing budget reductions similar to those experienced by education and humanities programs. The second issue involves the difficulty of adapting curricula to fast changing communication technologies. Institutional procedures for course approval often lag behind technological innovation, leaving students without formal exposure to emerging areas such as cable operations, common carrier regulation, and new telecommunication systems. The article argues that departments …

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Practical Problems Facing Communication Administrators, Thelma D. Curl Apr 1985

Practical Problems Facing Communication Administrators, Thelma D. Curl

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article outlines two central challenges confronting communication administrators in financially constrained, state supported institutions. The first problem is the impact of budget reductions on staffing, curriculum, and faculty development. Shrinking appropriations and limited external resources have led to hiring freezes, increased class sizes, teaching overloads, and reliance on part time instructors. These conditions weaken faculty morale, complicate promotion and tenure processes, reduce opportunities for research and travel, and curtail scholarships, cultural programming, and curricular innovation. Fiscal pressures further force departments to rely on FTE driven decisions that may jeopardize upper level instruction and student retention. The second problem concerns …

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Case Studies For Communication Administrators, James E, Roever Apr 1985

Case Studies For Communication Administrators, James E, Roever

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This brief set of instructional materials presents four case studies designed to stimulate discussion among communication administrators. The studies pose issues without prescribing solutions and invite users to consider multiple perspectives on personnel decisions, curricular leadership, and administrative identity. The first case examines conflicting evaluations of a tenure candidate whose strong service record contrasts with limited publication and mixed administrative support. The second explores the tension between personnel standards and compassion when an instructor’s substandard performance is attributed to personal hardship. The third considers the role of a chair in balancing faculty governance with administrative judgment when deciding whether to …

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Aca News Apr 1985

Aca News

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This bulletin presents organizational information for the Association for Communication Administration during the mid 1980s. It introduces the candidates for three Executive Committee positions beginning in 1986, outlining their professional backgrounds and statements of objectives. The bulletin also reports on administrative developments, including the reconstitution of the Commission on Departmental Data, the appointment of a committee to consider the future direction of the Association, and the formation of a Texas state affiliate. The closing section provides the full bylaws of the Texas Association for Communication Administration. All contact information and organizational details contained in the document are historical and no …

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Keeping Communication Human, Roy V. Wood Apr 1985

Keeping Communication Human, Roy V. Wood

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines administrative communication through a dramatistic framework, arguing that organizational interaction simultaneously reflects instrumental information exchange and cultural performance. It contrasts the spontaneous, open qualities required for effective organizational intelligence with the distancing tendencies introduced by role performance, drawing on Martin Buber’s distinction between I You and I It encounters. The analysis details how administrative environments operate as theatrical settings shaped by staging, design, props, and scripts that influence perceptions of status and power. It explains how formalized encounters, habitual scripts, and dramatic fatigue can impede the informational goals of administrative exchanges. The discussion identifies common pitfalls, such …

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A Consideration Of Current Leadership Theory For Communication Departmental Chairpersons, Stephen L. Coffman Apr 1985

A Consideration Of Current Leadership Theory For Communication Departmental Chairpersons, Stephen L. Coffman

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article surveys leadership theories relevant to communication department chairpersons, focusing on the distinction between ascribed leadership status and leadership achieved through the development of managerial skill. It reviews situational leadership approaches that emphasize adapting managerial behavior to the needs of faculty, staff, students, and task conditions. The discussion outlines how theory X and theory Y orientations produce contrasting directive and supportive behaviors and examines research suggesting that effective leadership often involves integrating task structure with interpersonal support. Studies by Blake and Mouton, Redding, Bednarek and colleagues, Latham and Saari, Jurma, and Fisher are incorporated to demonstrate that task and …

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Attracting Liberal Arts Majors In The Eighties And Nineties, Philip G. Hill Apr 1985

Attracting Liberal Arts Majors In The Eighties And Nineties, Philip G. Hill

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the declining number of students majoring in liberal arts disciplines during the late twentieth century and situates the issue within long term demographic and economic trends. It explains how the contraction of the traditional college age population, combined with rising student preference for vocational programs, has placed pressure on departments dependent on Bachelor of Arts enrollments. The discussion notes that liberal arts fields face intensified competition from expanding professional and technical programs and that these patterns are reinforced by public concerns about employability. The article further identifies obstacles specific to theatre, such as limited exposure in secondary …

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Student Management Of A University Cable Tv Channel: A Case Study, William Hanks, Scott S. Schiller Apr 1985

Student Management Of A University Cable Tv Channel: A Case Study, William Hanks, Scott S. Schiller

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article presents a case study of a student managed cable television channel created to provide practical experience in production and organizational leadership within a mass communication curriculum. It describes the establishment of a dedicated university channel, the development of a management structure within a graduate course, and the creation of student produced pilot programs intended for community and campus audiences. The study outlines decision making, program development, and policy formation during the initial term, supported by focus group responses from faculty, students, community professionals, and an advisory committee. It then examines the launch of regular telecasts, the integration of …

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An Overview Of Present Approaches To The Basic Speech Communication Course, Douglas M. Trank Apr 1985

An Overview Of Present Approaches To The Basic Speech Communication Course, Douglas M. Trank

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article surveys the evolution and persistent challenges of the basic speech communication course, drawing on national and regional studies to outline major instructional trends. It notes that although the course remains central in many departments and often grows faster than overall enrollment, shifts between public speaking, hybrid, and communication oriented models are inconsistently documented and frequently influenced by methodological weaknesses in existing surveys. The discussion highlights structural factors that hinder curricular innovation, including reliance on graduate assistants, limited faculty involvement, departmental perceptions of the course as peripheral, and institutional constraints on staffing and resources. It also examines how textbook …

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Meeting The Challenge: Developing Faculty Careers, Ron Taylor Apr 1985

Meeting The Challenge: Developing Faculty Careers, Ron Taylor

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Reviews the book "Meeting the Challenge: Developing Faculty Careers," (1983) by Michael C.T. Brookes and Katherine L. German. Published by the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Washington D. C.

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High Schools And The Changing Workplace: The Employer's View, R. R. Allen Apr 1985

High Schools And The Changing Workplace: The Employer's View, R. R. Allen

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Reviews the book "High Schools and the Changing Workplace: The Employer's View" (1984). Published by National Academy Press, Washington D.C.

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Roles And Powers Of Administrators: Theory And Practice For Communication Administrators: An Introduction, James E. Roever Apr 1985

Roles And Powers Of Administrators: Theory And Practice For Communication Administrators: An Introduction, James E. Roever

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This introductory essay outlines the goals and structure of a seminar devoted to the roles and powers of communication administrators. It describes how participants, including chairs, deans, presidents, and fellows, examined administrative responsibilities through prepared remarks, group discussions, and case analyses. The seminar used a shared text as a foundation for exploring how administrative roles are interpreted across institutional contexts and how misconceptions arise from differing perspectives. The sessions considered ideal and problematic behaviors of chairs and deans, interpretations by senior administrators, and collaborative interactions among administrative levels. Additional discussions focused on recurring issues facing communication administrators and on systematic …

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The Ideal Chair: Appropriate And Inappropriate Roles, Anita Taylor Apr 1985

The Ideal Chair: Appropriate And Inappropriate Roles, Anita Taylor

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the expectations and contradictions that shape the role of the academic department chair, emphasizing the gap between idealized conceptions and the constraints of institutional reality. It begins by illustrating the impossibility of the archetypal chair who simultaneously embodies exemplary teaching, scholarship, leadership, and administrative mastery. The discussion then turns to the variability of chair responsibilities across institutional contexts, arguing that appropriateness is determined by the norms, culture, and structural demands of each setting. Drawing on an extensive inventory of departmental tasks, the article underscores the scope and complexity of chair work and critiques systems that impose expansive …

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A Dean Interprets The Role And Powers Of An Ideal Chair, Robert C. Jeffrey Apr 1985

A Dean Interprets The Role And Powers Of An Ideal Chair, Robert C. Jeffrey

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article offers a dean’s perspective on the essential functions and powers of an effective department chair. Drawing on administrative experience, it characterizes the chair as the central operational force within an academic unit, responsible for managing departmental affairs, meeting institutional deadlines, and providing accurate information to higher administration. The discussion identifies five core attributes of an ideal chair: efficient management of departmental business, the ability to resolve problems without routinely escalating them, the provision of concise and relevant data in support of requests, the development of a forward looking vision aligned with institutional goals, and the cultivation of an …

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