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Pvn-084-J.Bell-Field Notes-1996, Johanna Bell Jan 1996

Pvn-084-J.Bell-Field Notes-1996, Johanna Bell

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn-062-Kneppler-Field Notes-1996, Michael Kneppler Jan 1996

Pvn-062-Kneppler-Field Notes-1996, Michael Kneppler

Four Valleys Archive

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Women's Perceptions Of Sexuality In Rural Giza, Hind Khattab Jan 1996

Women's Perceptions Of Sexuality In Rural Giza, Hind Khattab

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This study on sexuality among women in rural Giza, Egypt, is part of a broader project on women's health and reproductive morbidity conducted by the Population Council’s Reproductive Health Working Group. Reproductive tract infections (RTIs) and other ailments associated with reproduction among women in the rural community surveyed suggest that a heavy burden of disease is being borne by women living in underprivileged areas in this region. This research on sexuality has been conducted within a conceptual framework that uses a socio-cultural approach to health and illness. The investigation is an assessment of women's perception of and knowledge about sexuality …

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Sources Of Future Population Growth In The Philippines And Implications For Public Policy, Alejandro N. Herrin, Marilou P. Costello Jan 1996

Sources Of Future Population Growth In The Philippines And Implications For Public Policy, Alejandro N. Herrin, Marilou P. Costello

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Rapid population growth, poor and uneven economic performance, and slow progress in health and education are interrelated phenomena. However, while there is strong support for public policies aimed at economic recovery and human resource development in the Philippines, there is still a lack of consensus on the need for public policy to moderate population growth and on the role of a government-sponsored family planning program in overall population and development activities. This paper examines alternative population projections and analyzes the contribution to future population growth of unwanted fertility, high desired family size, and population momentum. The aims are to highlight …

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Telecommunications Research Article Productivity In The U.S.: 1985-1993, David Atkin Jan 1996

Telecommunications Research Article Productivity In The U.S.: 1985-1993, David Atkin

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article discusses the telecommunications research article productivity in the U.S. from 1985 to 1993. Scholars have intensified their focus on research productivity as an evaluative measure of communication programs in the country. Such information seems especially important in an era of fiscal austerity measures dating to the late 1980, which has seen enrollments in mass communication decline. Although scholarly productivity may not be a remedy for troubled programs, past work confirms a link between productivity and program size which acts as a hedge against downsizing.

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The Politics Of Undergraduate Curricula In A Downsizing Culture: A Primer For Department Chairs, Mark Hickson Iii Jan 1996

The Politics Of Undergraduate Curricula In A Downsizing Culture: A Primer For Department Chairs, Mark Hickson Iii

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article discusses the political factors affecting the decision making regarding the curricula in higher education in the U.S. The courses taught in a department provide the campus community with a perception of the department, but curricular decisions must first be made within the department. The department should agree about a total number of courses in the curriculum. The department should have an understanding of administrative perspectives on curricula. Curricula development should be discussed with faculty in other departments that may feel communication studies in infringing on their subject matter.

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Administrator Beware: External Supervision Issues Regarding Human-Subjects Based Research, Craig Newburger Jan 1996

Administrator Beware: External Supervision Issues Regarding Human-Subjects Based Research, Craig Newburger

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article discusses external supervision issues regarding human-subjects based research in education in the U.S. Ongoing changes in federal, state, and campus regulatory environments regarding human subjects based research compel speech communication administrators to take a more active role in ensuring that area faculty and graduate students are aware of current regulations and guidelines governing their related research activities. Speech communication matters and doctoral students involved with human subjects-based research normally are focused on sorting out basic experimental design and data collection. Awareness of emerging regulatory issues concerning how their human subjects-based research is conducted may not be adequately addressed …

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Scans And The "Goals 2,000: Educate America Act" -- External Validation For Expanding Communication Instruction Requirements Across The Undergraduate Core Curriculum, Craig Newburger Jan 1996

Scans And The "Goals 2,000: Educate America Act" -- External Validation For Expanding Communication Instruction Requirements Across The Undergraduate Core Curriculum, Craig Newburger

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article discusses the role of the Goals 2,000: Educate America Act in expanding communication instruction requirement across the undergraduate core curriculum. The act provides funds to underwrite states development and implementation of content and performance standards and associated assessment methodologies directed towards helping students meet nationally determined academic and occupational skill standards. The National Council on Education Standards and Testing recommended the development of education standards that will provide direction for voluntary compliance by the states. The speech communication field has been actively involved in developing a national assessment agenda and corresponding communication skills assessment instruments and methodologies.

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Communication Networks And Perceptions Of Social Support As Antecedents To College Adjustment: A Comparison Between Student Commuters And Campus Residents, Lilnabeth P. Somera, Beth Hartman Ellis Jan 1996

Communication Networks And Perceptions Of Social Support As Antecedents To College Adjustment: A Comparison Between Student Commuters And Campus Residents, Lilnabeth P. Somera, Beth Hartman Ellis

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article looks at the impact of social support on college adjustment among traditional campus residents and commuters. One consistent controversy concerning the conceptualization of social support concerns what actions, resources, and outcomes should be considered relevant to the provision of social support. As comparisons are made between commuters and campus residents, it appears that the impact of social support on college adjustment in these populations may vary in terms of which type of social support is relevant to various aspects of adjustment. In the context of commuting students, the availability of informational and instrumental network support and the perception …

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A Description Of Merger Applied To The Montana State University Context, Stephen L. Coffman Jan 1996

A Description Of Merger Applied To The Montana State University Context, Stephen L. Coffman

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article reports on the description of merger applied to the Montana State University context. Eastern was renamed on July 1, 1994, as Montana State University (MSU)-Billings. The Billings Vocational Technical Institution was then merged with MSU-Billings, and renamed the College of Technology. There is considerable debate on campus as to the nature of the merger. There is also potential benefit for students in this merger. MSU-Billings should be better able to attract the best students if enough of these positive outcomes are realized. The final positive outcome of the merger to be presented concerns the public. If history and …

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Research Productivity And Positive Teaching Evaluations: Examining The Relationship Using Meta-Analysis, Mike Allen Jan 1996

Research Productivity And Positive Teaching Evaluations: Examining The Relationship Using Meta-Analysis, Mike Allen

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article reports on the importance of research as a standard for tenure and merit for college professors. The reasons for increasing the emphasis on research are probably several and varied depending on the various internal pressures of the institution. Another issue involves the separation that a research emphasis creates between the student and the instructor. The alternative line of argument suggests a connection between research productivity and teaching quality. Research shows not only knowledge but shows a dedication to the content and material not possible for a person that only teaches.

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Censorship Of The Collegiate Presses, Serjit Kasior, Ed Darrah Jan 1996

Censorship Of The Collegiate Presses, Serjit Kasior, Ed Darrah

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

An essay on the effects censorship policies being implemented by the U.S. government on rulings made by the judiciary system. There are those who still refuse to accept the fact that the U.S. judiciary system has determined both students and faculty members have the constitutional right to express their individual or collective thoughts to all people within or outside of their communities. Censorship has been imposed upon university student newspapers throughout the country despite the aforementioned U.S. federal judiciary rulings. Administration-sponsored censorship policies have been instituted by those refusing to accept the fact that bad news occurs on their campuses.

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A Response To "A Description Of Merger Applied To The Montana State University Context", Jeff Baker Jan 1996

A Response To "A Description Of Merger Applied To The Montana State University Context", Jeff Baker

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article presents a comment on the study A Description of Merger Applied to the Montana State University Context. In simplest terms, the university system merger was designed to accomplish greater unity and effect economies of scale while guarding against mission drift. Change is disruptive but also productive if effected properly. Ultimately, restructuring success will be measured less by an organizational chart and more on our ability to build public trust, confidence and ownership in higher education.

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Let's Get Political: Strategies For Departmental Survival And Growth, Isa N. Engleberg Jan 1996

Let's Get Political: Strategies For Departmental Survival And Growth, Isa N. Engleberg

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article reports on the seminar entitled Strengthening the Unit: Strategies for Survival and Growth, sponsored by the Association for Communication Administration (ACA). The ACA seminar on Strengthening the Unit raised the above question given recent threats to abolish or cut well-established and prestigious communication departments. The ACA seminar provided an opportunity for representatives from threatened departments to tell their stories and share their hard-learned lessons. Strong leadership is critical to a department's survival and growth. Asking faculty members to make professional development a priority is a hollow request if the leader is not an active professional. Strong and politically …

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Strategies For The Communications Unit: How Can We Become Central To The University And Its Mission?, Ellen Wartella Jan 1996

Strategies For The Communications Unit: How Can We Become Central To The University And Its Mission?, Ellen Wartella

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article presents the author's comments on reasons for the perception that communication units are not central to the University and its mission. First, our name itself is a problem. This can mean that one studies mass media, as I do, or it may refer to scholars of interpersonal communication, rhetorical analysis, cultural studies, organizational studies, or a variety of other subspecialties. Second, this lack of unity and intellectual diversity, often poses special political problems. The political battles across communication programs on campuses is only one of our on-campus political problems. Finally, perhaps at the root of our battles about …

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Communication Curriculum Reform, Liberal Arts Components And Administrative Organization, Keith L. Williamson, Sharon Hartin Iorio Jan 1996

Communication Curriculum Reform, Liberal Arts Components And Administrative Organization, Keith L. Williamson, Sharon Hartin Iorio

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article investigates the substance and level of importance placed on liberal arts as elements within the communication curriculum and whether the definition and significance of these liberal arts elements change according to the emphasis of different communication programs. To explore the nature and extent of the curriculum, the article reviewed communication programs through a survey of the membership of two organizations, the Association of Communication Administrators and the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication. Prior to the analysis of the findings, academic literature are reviewed to provide a discussion of the history surrounding the organization, curricula, and …

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A Letter From The Editor Jan 1996

A Letter From The Editor

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Inside The Interrogation Room, Richard A. Leo Jan 1996

Inside The Interrogation Room, Richard A. Leo

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Race Effects In Juvenile Justice Decision-Making: Findings Of A Statewide Analysis, Donna M. Bishop, Charles E. Frazier Jan 1996

Race Effects In Juvenile Justice Decision-Making: Findings Of A Statewide Analysis, Donna M. Bishop, Charles E. Frazier

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Preventive Detention And The Judicial Prediction Of Dangerousness For Juveniles: A Natural Experiment, Jeffrey Fagan, Martin Guggenheim Jan 1996

Preventive Detention And The Judicial Prediction Of Dangerousness For Juveniles: A Natural Experiment, Jeffrey Fagan, Martin Guggenheim

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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End Of The Line: An Empirical Study Of Judicial Waiver, The , Marcy Rasmussen Podkopacz, Barry C. Feld Jan 1996

End Of The Line: An Empirical Study Of Judicial Waiver, The , Marcy Rasmussen Podkopacz, Barry C. Feld

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Hoisted By Their Own Petard: Adverse Inferences In Civil Forfeiture, Shannon T. Noya Jan 1996

Hoisted By Their Own Petard: Adverse Inferences In Civil Forfeiture, Shannon T. Noya

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Recent Books Jan 1996

Recent Books

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Remarks Of Marvin E. Wolfgang At The Guns And Violence Symposium At Northwestern University School Of Law, February 3, 1996, Marvin E. Wolfgang Jan 1996

Remarks Of Marvin E. Wolfgang At The Guns And Violence Symposium At Northwestern University School Of Law, February 3, 1996, Marvin E. Wolfgang

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Police, Plus Perjury, Equals Polygraphy, Donald A. Dripps Jan 1996

Police, Plus Perjury, Equals Polygraphy, Donald A. Dripps

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Recasting Prosecutorial Discretion, Robert L. Misner Jan 1996

Recasting Prosecutorial Discretion, Robert L. Misner

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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The Impact Of Rape Law Reform On The Processing Of Simple And Aggravated Rape Cases, Cassia C. Spohn, Julie Horney Jan 1996

The Impact Of Rape Law Reform On The Processing Of Simple And Aggravated Rape Cases, Cassia C. Spohn, Julie Horney

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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The Appearance Of Justice Revisited, Peter David Blanck Jan 1996

The Appearance Of Justice Revisited, Peter David Blanck

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Tv Or Not Tv--That Is The Question, Christo Lassiter Jan 1996

Tv Or Not Tv--That Is The Question, Christo Lassiter

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Tv Or Not Tv--Statutory Appendix, Christo Lassiter Jan 1996

Tv Or Not Tv--Statutory Appendix, Christo Lassiter

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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