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An Analysis Of Degree-Granting Institutions And Number Of Articles Published By Their Graduates, Don W. Stacks, Mark L. Hickson Iii Aug 1983

An Analysis Of Degree-Granting Institutions And Number Of Articles Published By Their Graduates, Don W. Stacks, Mark L. Hickson Iii

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Using publication data from major speech communication journals, this article examines institutional prestige by tracing where published authors earned their highest degrees. Rather than ranking departments by current faculty output, the study credits articles to the institutions granting authors’ degrees, arguing that graduate productivity offers another indicator of program influence. The analysis reports patterns by degree level, departmental affiliation, and degree granting institution, then compares the resulting rankings with earlier studies based on departmental productivity and editorial board membership. The article identifies broad overlap among several ranking approaches while cautioning that publication counts do not measure article quality and may …

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Come On Administrators: Get Off Our Backs, Gordon R. Owen Aug 1983

Come On Administrators: Get Off Our Backs, Gordon R. Owen

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Drawing on experience as a postsecondary speech educator, this commentary critiques administrative policies that prioritize publication counts over teaching quality and faculty judgment. It argues that pressures tied to enrollment decline, retrenchment, tenure insecurity, and managerial self preservation can make faculty the scapegoat and reduce educational quality. The essay challenges assumptions that teaching quality cannot be measured, that research and publication are equivalent, that publication totals are universally accepted measures of excellence, that submission readily produces publication, that publication guarantees quality, that experimental quantitative work should outrank other forms of inquiry, and that conference travel is justified only by presenting …

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Thinking About Teaching, Research, And Administration: A Response To "Come On Administrators", John Sullivan Aug 1983

Thinking About Teaching, Research, And Administration: A Response To "Come On Administrators", John Sullivan

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Written as a response to the preceding critique of academic administration, this essay argues that communication faculty should engage administrative decision making through the same skills they teach, including persuasion, group process, conflict management, and organizational communication. It challenges a “leave us alone” posture and emphasizes access to committees, institutional service, scholarly reputation, and departmental quality control as practical routes to influence. The discussion defends research and publication as forms of peer teaching, especially in graduate education, while cautioning against simple publication counts. It also considers the limits of student evaluations and concludes that departments should define focused missions suited …

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Student Retention: A Top Priority For The 80'S, Mary Lou Hlggerson, David Buckley Aug 1983

Student Retention: A Top Priority For The 80'S, Mary Lou Hlggerson, David Buckley

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Responding to declining enrollments and budget pressures, this article frames student retention as a central concern for college and university administrators. It distinguishes undesirable attrition from appropriate student departure and argues that institutions should focus on students who might persist with better advising, support, and institutional contact. The discussion reviews shifts in retention research from predicting dropouts through admissions data toward improving student and institution interaction. It identifies challenges in tracking potential dropouts, including inadequate information systems, incomplete exit interviews, and limited records on students who leave. The article proposes mapping key interaction points, training faculty and staff in communication …

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Evaluative Perceptions Of Doctoral Programs In Communication, 1982, Renee Edwards, Larry Barker Aug 1983

Evaluative Perceptions Of Doctoral Programs In Communication, 1982, Renee Edwards, Larry Barker

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Updating earlier ACA sponsored evaluations of doctoral programs in speech communication, this survey reports peer perceptions gathered from two Speech Communication Association samples: a random membership sample and a sample of first authors in major communication journals. Respondents rated programs in rhetorical and communication theory, interpersonal communication, organizational communication, mass communication, public address, communication education, oral interpretation, and overall quality. The article presents rankings and ratings by specialty area and compares patterns across the two respondent groups. It emphasizes that peer evaluation is only one indicator of program quality and cautions readers to interpret rankings by broad ranges rather than …

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Association For Communication Administration Bulletin, Complete Volume 45 Aug 1983

Association For Communication Administration Bulletin, Complete Volume 45

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This is the complete volume 45 from 1983 for the Association for Communication Administration Bulletin.

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Convention Preview Aug 1983

Convention Preview

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This program outlines ACA business meetings and sponsored sessions for the 1983 convention held with the Speech Communication Association in Washington, DC. It lists officers, executive committee members, editorial board members, meeting times, session titles, presenters, respondents, and program descriptions. Topics include defining communication as an academic field, faculty evaluation of artistic work, civic literacy, future university contexts, departmental structures, classroom climate for women, consultant services for department evaluation, and communication instruction related to deafness.

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Aca News Aug 1983

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.

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

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.

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Managing Communication Stress: The Implications For Communication Administrators, John C. Relnard, John E. Crawford Aug 1983

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, …

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Collective Bargaining And Academic Administration: The Significant Overlap, Albert Lewis Aug 1983

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 …

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Theory Z And Administrative Management, Judy Cureton, Bob Cureton Aug 1983

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, …

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A Survey Of Practices And Strategies For Marketing Communication Majors, Gerald L. Wilson, Philip A. Gray Aug 1983

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 …

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Speech Communication Instruction: An Interdisciplinary Assessment, Paul E. Wenger, Robert M. Fischbach Aug 1983

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 …

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A Different View Of Lobbying In The States For Speech Programs, John F. Deethardt Aug 1983

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 …

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Rediscovering The Joys Of Teaching, Joan E. Shields-Kole, Judy Goldberg, J. Atman Hutchinson Aug 1983

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 …

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Recruiting Communication Majors: Tools Used By Selected College And University Departments Of Communication, Claudia L. Hale, Dennis E. Warnemunde Aug 1983

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 …

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Campus And Community Graduate Assistant Programs, Gerald V. Flannery Aug 1983

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 …

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For Your Action: A Practical Job Search Guide For The Liberal Arts Student, Sheryl A. Friedley Aug 1983

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.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 34, July 22, 1983 Jul 1983

Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 34, July 22, 1983

Central Florida Future

Senate exonerates Geary (with photos); Colbourn puts budget in limbo; Math department selects chairman: UCF to sponsor international math publication; Class gives job-hunt strategies; D.A.R.T. targets on students' computer needs; Football clinic offered (with photo of Lou Saben); Library closing for move; Encore: A peek at the 21st Century a theater ahead of its time (with photo).

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 33, July 8, 1983 Jul 1983

Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 33, July 8, 1983

Central Florida Future

Geary faces new charges; SG [Student Government] to publish services book; UCF Research Park adds 2 more tenants; An historic day: Y-fans marvel at Righetti's fireworks; Encore: Setting records and getting records the Roundabout way (with photo); 'Demention' of mind - the Twilight Zone (with photo of John Landis).

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Locus Of Control In Voluntary And Involuntary Psychiatric Patients, Christopher B. Karegeannes Jul 1983

Locus Of Control In Voluntary And Involuntary Psychiatric Patients, Christopher B. Karegeannes

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Psychiatric inpatients, consisting of 32 males and 33 females between the ages of 15 and 58 completed Rotter's (1966) Internal-External Locus of Control (I-E) Scale. The scale was administered individually to the patients at both admission and discharge, at the Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) in Orlando, Florida. Analysis of variance was used to determine whether there were significant differences due to commitment status (voluntary and involuntary), diagnosis (thought and affective and other disorders), and change scores (admission versus discharge). The hypothesis that involuntary patients would produce significantly higher scores was not confirmed. Further, no significant difference was found due to …

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The Adult Client's Conception Of Confidentiality In The Therapeutic Relationship, Philip O. Toal Jul 1983

The Adult Client's Conception Of Confidentiality In The Therapeutic Relationship, Philip O. Toal

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

The adult client's conception of confidentiality in the therapeutic relationship and the valuing of this confidentiality was examined and defined in this paper. The importance of confidentiality and its effect on the therapeutic process was explored. Many professionals in the field of mental health believe that confidentiality is a critical factor in the successful outcome of therapy (Hayt, 1977; Lowenthal, 1968; Reynolds, 1976; Tancredi & Slady, 1975). It is viewed that confidentiality is expected by clients when entering into a therapeutic relationship, and is essential in the therapeutic process. The variables that may affect the client's conception of, attitudes toward, …

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Work And Leisure Attitudes Among Health Services Personnel, Robert C. Frink Jul 1983

Work And Leisure Attitudes Among Health Services Personnel, Robert C. Frink

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the relationship between work and leisure satisfaction using Shepard's Status Recognition Model. The sample was made up of two groups of health services personnel each of which contained three work levels or groups: a support group, a clinical group, and an administrative group. Assuming that status recognition would be different for the low status jobs (support) and high status jobs (clinical and administrative), it was hypothesized that the high status group would display low work related alienation and thus show a positive correlation between work and leisure satisfaction (evidence of a spillover mechanism). The lower status group …

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 32, June 24, 1983 Jun 1983

Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 32, June 24, 1983

Central Florida Future

Geary investigation dropped (with photo of Mark Geary); Weeks narrowly loses state's advocate position: Refusal to obey senate subpeona costs him job in 11-10 vote (with photo); WUCF adds jazz to weekly line up; senate votes to fund progressive rock format; News Beat: Ticket agency relocates; People in the news: Sen. Kyle Havill (with photo); Colbourn reviews $13 million ASF budget; Forum: SG shows disheartening concern for appearance; Encore: The Flock and The Fixx (photos).

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 31, June 10, 1983 Jun 1983

Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 31, June 10, 1983

Central Florida Future

Senate committee investigating Geary (with photo); Kiser relinquishes pro tempore under pressure (with photo); Geary denies he planned to filter discount ticket fund; 2 summer commencements planned; $50,000 pledged for engineering chair; News Beat: UCF Alumni banquet to be held; Forum: The Division I gamble; Encore: Mystery diner: Knights Den provides unique campus dining.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 30, May 27, 1983 May 1983

Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 30, May 27, 1983

Central Florida Future

Geary accused of trying to pad cabinet salaries; Senate committee axes WUCF's budget over format change; 1982 graduate signs as Bronco free agent; Q&A: Halbert sets policy; adjusts to new job; News Beat: African photo safari planned; Kiser pushes for Trail construction; Forum: The Honeymoon is over [Student Government and senate committee conflict]; Encore: The magazine for games people play; Finishing touches put on UCF Theatre complex (with photo).

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 29, May 13, 1983 May 1983

Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 29, May 13, 1983

Central Florida Future

Haig lectures on U.S. foreign policy at dinner (with photo); Future wins All-American award rating; Average class load drops: Summer enrollment remains about same; Q&A: Former student body vice president: assesses term in office, offers advice; News Beat: Hearing on financial aid slated; People in the news: Scott Bell, Judge Walter Komanski, Cheryl Harriman and Dave Kiser (with photos); Litterbug Poll shows majority of people surveyed ignored litterer; Forum: A letter of peace; Encore: Some cable channels for future use. Includes insets of The Movie Magazine.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 28, April 22, 1983 Apr 1983

Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 28, April 22, 1983

Central Florida Future

Bookstore manager wins appeal; UCF Police finalize plans to immobilize violators; Senate acts to increase C&O powers; Editor to serve second term: Griffin, Storey selected for top newspaper positions; Geary plots course for upcoming year; News Beat: Coop summer jobs available now; Forum: Learning through doing; Encore: Hate list puts bite on summer; Sportsweek: DeFranco wins a thriller: Tars rip UCF in showdown (with photo).

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 27, April 15, 1983 Apr 1983

Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 27, April 15, 1983

Central Florida Future

Florida desegregation poor, aid in danger; Alumni break record in fund-raising drive; Senate Notebook: Senate considers 50 statute changes; News Beat: Haig to speak at honorarium dinner; UCF archives need expansion, money, cooperation; Professor, rabbi research: Jewish prisoners' needs (with photo of Rabbi Rudolf Adler); $1,000 journalism scholarship offered by press club; Forum: Save pristine lands; Encore: Rockers Prowler take low budget approach (with photo); Sportsweek: UCF women's netters nip Florida Atlantic.

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