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Should Theatre Programs Be Nast Accredited?, Donald A. Drapeau
Should Theatre Programs Be Nast Accredited?, Donald A. Drapeau
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article explores the rationale for pursuing NAST accreditation in collegiate theatre education, distinguishing between misplaced expectations and practical advantages. Through analytical discussion of program evaluation, it contends that accreditation rarely guarantees immediate gains in funding, staffing, or facilities, yet requires substantial investment in self study, site visitation, and annual dues. Nonetheless, this article argues that the accreditation process yields strategic benefits, including national recognition of curricular quality, standardized assessment metrics, discipline specific data gathering, and strengthened accountability to administrators and external stakeholders. By framing accreditation as a collective endeavor that informs faculty workload analyses, budget planning, and educational standards, …
Theatre Accreditation : An Argument Against, Patti P. Gillespie
Theatre Accreditation : An Argument Against, Patti P. Gillespie
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article critiques the push for theatre program accreditation in higher education, positioning minimum standards as psychological ceilings that discourage pursuit of excellence and homogenize distinct pedagogical missions. Drawing on philosophical reasoning and analysis of institutional politics, the discussion argues that accreditation frameworks lack valid metrics for theatre pedagogy, shift attention from learning outcomes to bureaucratic compliance, and risk misaligning scarce resource allocation. It observes that accreditation is already under scrutiny by federal agencies and faculty governance groups, and that tightened budgets diminish its leverage as a bargaining tool. By contrasting theatre with established fields such as music and nursing, …
Saying The Right Things (But They Don't Always Work), John Waite Bowers
Saying The Right Things (But They Don't Always Work), John Waite Bowers
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article analyzes how semantic framing of communication studies influences departmental legitimacy, governance, and program resilience within research universities. Employing narrative inquiry and institutional critique, it traces the precarious trajectory of a communication department subjected to severe program review, suspended doctoral admissions, and potential dissolution, then documents its strategic recovery through disciplined self definition, curricular clarity, and persuasive rhetoric to campus leadership. Comparative reflection on experiences at multiple institutions illuminates how labels such as discipline versus field and communication versus speech communication interact with administrative taxonomies, budget priorities, and faculty culture. The discussion integrates humanistic and social science perspectives, mapping …
Merit Increases -- Myth Or Reality?, Donald A. Drapeau
Merit Increases -- Myth Or Reality?, Donald A. Drapeau
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article critiques the myth of merit pay by situating faculty evaluation within a budget constrained environment characteristic of fine arts and communication departments. Using descriptive analysis of institutional practice, it argues that shrinking operating funds, stagnant salary pools, and top down equity adjustments render traditional merit increments symbolically and materially ineffective. The discussion examines how rigid performance appraisal systems create zero sum dynamics that punish collective excellence, then outlines alternative reward mechanisms, including released teaching time, travel support, equipment funding, special topic courses, and nominations for campus honors. By reconceptualizing merit as holistic faculty support rather than marginal salary …
An Algorithmic System For Determining Faculty Salaries, Theodore Clevenger Jr
An Algorithmic System For Determining Faculty Salaries, Theodore Clevenger Jr
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article presents an algorithmic salary model that guides higher education administrators in setting equitable faculty pay based on transparent assessment. Built on database software, the model shifts attention from annual increments to overall salary relationships, integrating rank, experience, career productivity, career visibility, and annual performance into a menu driven calculation of projected salaries. Assignable salary units are distributed across these factors according to predetermined weightings, then compared with budgeted figures to direct discretionary adjustments, thereby preserving equity during fluctuating funding cycles. The model encourages consistent faculty evaluation, links reward to sustained scholarly contribution and public visibility, and generates audit …
Faculty Evaluation For Salary Increases: A Computerized Model, Steven B. Padgett
Faculty Evaluation For Salary Increases: A Computerized Model, Steven B. Padgett
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article describes a computer mediated salary model that supports equitable faculty evaluation in communication and fine arts units. Grounded in accountability discourse and human resource management scholarship, it details how the menu based software records teaching scholarship service and visibility activities, assigns configurable point values, encrypts data, and generates rankings that guide merit allocations and salary adjustments. Technical specifications outline minimal hardware requirements, password protections, and modular data files, illustrating adaptability across diverse IBM compatible systems. Discussion elucidates how standardized scoring mitigates subjective bias, fosters transparency, and supplies audit trails for administrators facing budget constraints and external scrutiny. By …
Application Of The Florida State University Salary Model To Speech Communication And Theatre Department, Eastern Kentucky University, Dan Robinette
Application Of The Florida State University Salary Model To Speech Communication And Theatre Department, Eastern Kentucky University, Dan Robinette
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article recounts the implementation of the Florida State University salary model within a speech communication and theatre department at a regional public university, using narrative inquiry to reveal faculty evaluation dynamics. Through reflective analysis the text documents data entry procedures, merit unit calculations, and salary projections generated by menu driven software, then interrogates theoretical concerns about weighting rank, experience, career productivity, and teaching quality. Pragmatic issues including category customization, qualitative student evaluations, and equity across graduate and undergraduate workloads are examined, illustrating tension between motivational incentives and budget constraints. The discussion highlights how transparent metrics, audit trails, and flexible …
Developing Models And Systems For Merit Salary Administration, Robert M. Smith
Developing Models And Systems For Merit Salary Administration, Robert M. Smith
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article assesses merit salary administration in communication departments, outlining why systematic, goal oriented processes underpin equity, motivation, and departmental planning. Drawing on administrative experience, it proposes principles for constructing merit pay systems, including faculty participation, explicit performance categories, annual planning cycles, and transparent criteria linking teaching, research, and service to differential rewards. The discussion then evaluates the Florida State salary model conceived by Clevenger and Padgett, explaining how menu based software aggregates longitudinal productivity, career visibility, and annual performance to generate projected salaries that smooth legislative funding fluctuations and maintain internal equity. Benefits such as cumulative data management, audit …
Research And Performance : Doctoral Tensions, Milly S. Barranger
Research And Performance : Doctoral Tensions, Milly S. Barranger
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article surveys the shifting purpose of the doctoral degree in theatre and its uneasy coexistence with the Master of Fine Arts. Employing historical reflection and administrative insight, it traces how competing expectations for research rigor, performance training, and professional relevance have fragmented doctoral curricula and eroded labor market demand. The discussion critiques reliance on disciplinary models imported from literature and science, observes the ascendancy of dramaturgy programs, and diagnoses structural stresses produced by funding limits and faculty specialization. It proposes reconfiguring doctoral education around integrated dramaturgical study that links critical theory, production practice, and audience engagement, thereby aligning graduate …
Alice Breaks The Mirror: Or, The Future Of The Ph.D. In Theatre, Patti P. Gillespie
Alice Breaks The Mirror: Or, The Future Of The Ph.D. In Theatre, Patti P. Gillespie
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article critiques prevailing assumptions about the Doctor of Philosophy in theatre, interrogating how divergent institutional expectations and performance centered curricula undermine doctoral rigor and academic competitiveness. Drawing on sector data, conference dialogue, and faculty search experiences, this article identifies four structural tensions: inconsistent definitions of doctoral purpose, discontinuity between undergraduate and Master of Fine Arts preparation and research oriented study, limited publication productivity that weakens market positioning, and departmental cultures that undervalue scholarly credentials. The analysis argues that theatre doctorates are disadvantaged when compared with language literature or history graduates because of inadequate research training and evaluative inconsistency. To …
The Usitt Evaluation Guidelines: How Do We Use Them? Where Do We Go From Here?, Lucy Nowell
The Usitt Evaluation Guidelines: How Do We Use Them? Where Do We Go From Here?, Lucy Nowell
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article analyzes the United States Institute for Theatre Technology evaluation guidelines and their implications for tenure and promotion decisions affecting theatre design and technology faculty. Grounded in professional practice literature, it traces how workload inflation, unsafe studio conditions, and inequitable compensation erode artistic productivity, career longevity, and departmental morale, while also discouraging recruitment of graduate technologists. Narrative evidence and survey data illustrate systemic burnout and attrition among technical directors, costumers, and designers, prompting a call for labor budget planning, transparent performance metrics, and balanced recognition of creative scholarship. The discussion links faculty evaluation with student learning, occupational safety, and …
Workload Policies For Theatre Faculty And Staff At Columbus College, Hazel E. Hall
Workload Policies For Theatre Faculty And Staff At Columbus College, Hazel E. Hall
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article examines workload policies for theatre faculty within a teaching oriented college in the Georgia University System. Through descriptive review of institutional practice, it contrasts lecture, laboratory, lecture laboratory, one on one, and extended laboratory courses, detailing how student instructor contact hours, rather than credit hours, more accurately capture instructional effort in performance oriented pedagogy. The discussion highlights strategies such as piggybacking courses, applying two thirds to one credit for individual instruction, and adopting three to one calculations for production laboratories, thereby aligning faculty release time with actual preparation and supervision demands. By comparing theatre workload practices with those …
Methodological Issues Regarding Student Evaluation Of Teachers: A Pilot Study, Craig Monroe, Mark G. Borzi
Methodological Issues Regarding Student Evaluation Of Teachers: A Pilot Study, Craig Monroe, Mark G. Borzi
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article interrogates prevailing student evaluation instruments in higher education, assessing their construct validity through exploratory factor analysis of a campus wide rating scale. The analysis reveals that a single ambiguous factor explains negligible variance, suggesting ratings measure student attraction rather than pedagogical competence. Situating findings within accountability discourse and psychometric theory, this article urges replacing item aggregation strategies with a theory driven model of teaching effectiveness. It outlines an iterative procedure for item generation, confirmatory analysis, and context sensitive deployment, differentiating between global and specific, descriptive and evaluative prompts, and recognizing curricular variation across service, undergraduate, and graduate courses. …
Strengthening Teacher Education/The Craft Of Teaching, Ellen A. Hay
Strengthening Teacher Education/The Craft Of Teaching, Ellen A. Hay
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
Reviews the books "Strengthening Teacher Education," by C. Peter Magrath and Robert L. Egbert, and "The Craft of Teaching," 2nd ed., by Kenneth E. Eble.
Student Services And The Law, Jane A. Frederick
Student Services And The Law, Jane A. Frederick
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
Reviews the book "Student Services and the Law," by Margaret J. Barr.
When Is Released Time, Equivalent Time For Theatre Faculty, Susan S. Cole
When Is Released Time, Equivalent Time For Theatre Faculty, Susan S. Cole
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article examines the allocation of equivalent time for theatre faculty in higher education, focusing on designers technical directors and production managers. Using survey data and reflective analysis it shows that institutions offer inconsistent released time ranging from zero to six credit hours, often undervaluing the extensive labor required for scenic costume and lighting work. Discussion contextualizes workload inequity within burnout, morale decline, recruitment challenges, and safety liability. This article critiques current formulas, proposes that each production role receive at least three credit hours of equivalent time per show, and advocates hiring qualified staff to supervise construction, balancing production schedules, …
"Doan Be De Wictim: A Commentary On Workload Policies For Theatre Faculty And Staff, David W. Weiss
"Doan Be De Wictim: A Commentary On Workload Policies For Theatre Faculty And Staff, David W. Weiss
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article interrogates workload policy frameworks for theatre faculty and staff in higher education, spotlighting the unequal burdens borne by design and technology practitioners. Drawing on reflective professional experience and institutional observation, the narrative traces how expanding production complexity, administrative paperwork, and audience sophistication intensify teaching load and backstage labor. The text identifies structural inequities that cast designers and technicians as chronic victims, then outlines pragmatic remedies: selective season planning, addition of full time shop technicians, enforcement of union inspired hour caps, and mission focused alignment between curricular goals and production scale. By comparing academic practice with professional theatre standards, …
Executive Integrity: The Search For High Human Values In Organizational Life, Roger Smitter
Executive Integrity: The Search For High Human Values In Organizational Life, Roger Smitter
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
Reviews the book "Executive Integrity: The Search for High Human Values in Organizational Life," by S. Srivastva.
Association For Communication Administration 17th Annual Presidential Seminar October 20-22, 1989 Dupont Plaza Hotel, Washington, Dc.
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
Details of the 17th Annual Presidential Seminar of Association for Communication Administration on October 20-22, 1989 is Washington DC.
Oral Communication Assessment Procedures And Instrument Development, S. Clay Willmington
Oral Communication Assessment Procedures And Instrument Development, S. Clay Willmington
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article presents findings from a national survey of standardized assessment procedures in oral communication across postsecondary institutions. Focusing on large scale, uniform testing practices, the study identifies trends in how colleges and universities evaluate student competencies in public speaking, listening, interpersonal communication, and voice and articulation. Assessment purposes include course exemption, placement, in class evaluation, and teacher certification, with public speaking emerging as the most frequently tested skill. Although few institutions use commercially available instruments, many report locally developed tools designed for consistency across sections. The article compares findings to an earlier study, noting modest growth in exemption and …
Minutes Of The Executive Committee April 22, 1989 Washington, Dc.
Minutes Of The Executive Committee April 22, 1989 Washington, Dc.
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
The annual meeting of the Association for Communication Administration (ACA)'s Executive Committee, held in April 1989 in Washington D.C.
1989-1990 Aca Budget
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
Details of the 1989-90 budget of the Association for Communication Administration.
Proposed By-Law Changes, Robert M. Smith
Proposed By-Law Changes, Robert M. Smith
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article details proposed revisions to the bylaws of the Association for Communication Administration, outlining changes in mission statement, membership structure, governance, and voting procedures. It clarifies that the association’s objective is to foster dialogue among departmental and senior administrators in communication arts and sciences, while promoting systematic collection and dissemination of relevant information. Membership will be defined at the unit level, represented by the chief administrative officer, and only units that have paid dues before the annual meeting may vote. Governance authority is vested in an executive committee that manages interim business through authorized mail ballots, ensuring continuity between …
A Survey Of Theatre Programs, Part Two: Analysis Of Graduate And Undergraduate Populations, Faculty Compositions/Activities And Theatre Courses/Productions, Mary Helen Brown, Deborah Roach Barker, Larry L. Barker
A Survey Of Theatre Programs, Part Two: Analysis Of Graduate And Undergraduate Populations, Faculty Compositions/Activities And Theatre Courses/Productions, Mary Helen Brown, Deborah Roach Barker, Larry L. Barker
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article reports findings from a national survey of theatre departments in the United States and Canada, analyzing patterns in faculty composition, student enrollment, course offerings, and production activity across institutional types. It documents correlations between the highest degree awarded by a department and factors such as undergraduate and graduate theatre major populations, availability of faculty release time, and the number and variety of staged productions. The analysis reveals that departments offering terminal degrees—particularly the PhD and MFA—tend to have more students, fuller curricula, greater faculty resources, and expanded opportunities for creative or scholarly reassignment. In contrast, associate and bachelor's …
The Context Of The B.A. In Theatre, Joanna Rotte
The Context Of The B.A. In Theatre, Joanna Rotte
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article reflects on the termination of a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre program at a private university, examining the institutional, cultural, and political contexts that rendered the decision possible. It critiques the marginal status of the fine arts in higher education, arguing that theatre is especially vulnerable due to its exclusion from the broader educational experience of most Americans. The article calls for theatre educators to revise curricula with pluralistic awareness, contemporary relevance, and a commitment to aesthetic and historical truth. It urges faculty to advocate for theatre education not as vocational training or audience development, but as essential …
The Employability Of Graduates Of Liberal Arts Programs, Al Weitzel
The Employability Of Graduates Of Liberal Arts Programs, Al Weitzel
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article examines the employability of speech communication and liberal arts graduates, assessing claims about career outcomes through a review of empirical studies, national surveys, and employer perceptions. While some data suggest liberal studies graduates perform competitively in long term professional advancement, particularly in managerial roles, findings reveal that immediate employment prospects remain limited due to employer preferences for business and technical degrees. The article critiques optimistic narratives that overstate workforce demand for communication majors, instead calling for more accurate academic advising and targeted institutional strategies to improve graduate outcomes. These include integrating career planning into curricula, cultivating business partnerships, …
Faculty Evaluation At A Community College, Dick Stine
Faculty Evaluation At A Community College, Dick Stine
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article offers a descriptive case study of faculty evaluation practices at a midwestern community college, highlighting key differences between two year and four year institutional expectations. Emphasizing teaching effectiveness and community engagement over research productivity, the evaluation process combines summative tools—such as student evaluations, administrative observation, and self assessment—with formative mechanisms designed to promote instructional improvement. The article outlines a decision tree framework for identifying and addressing performance concerns, and details a faculty mentoring program that pairs experienced instructors with colleagues in need of developmental support. It also discusses the role of staff development offices, peer observation initiatives, and …
Evaluation And Artistic Vision: A Review Of Progress To Date, Donald L. Rosenberg
Evaluation And Artistic Vision: A Review Of Progress To Date, Donald L. Rosenberg
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article reviews the development and implementation of external evaluation systems for assessing creative achievement in academic theatre, particularly in the context of promotion and tenure decisions. Tracing the evolution of national guidelines and professional task force recommendations, the discussion outlines key principles for documenting artistic work, including peer and extramural review, open evaluator selection, and extended timeframes for assessment. It explores tensions between educational and professional standards, addresses the risks of overemphasizing directing over other creative roles, and raises concerns about the potential for artistic conservatism under continuous scrutiny. The article argues that evaluation practices must reflect diverse institutional …
The Role Of Indirect Tests In Assessing Communication Competence, Michael R. Neer
The Role Of Indirect Tests In Assessing Communication Competence, Michael R. Neer
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article reports on the design, implementation, and analysis of an indirect assessment instrument developed to measure communication competence among graduating seniors at a public urban university. Developed to support diagnostic placement and curricular review, the assessment includes components in public speaking, communication theory, mass communication, and media writing, emphasizing cognitive understanding rather than observed performance. Results indicate moderate reliability across test components and reveal that academic performance, internship experience, employment status, and time to degree completion mediate assessment outcomes. Grade point average alone was not a consistent predictor of performance, suggesting that behavioral application and contextual engagement play significant …
Problems With The Use Of Citation Indexes In Communication Research, Edward Funkhouser
Problems With The Use Of Citation Indexes In Communication Research, Edward Funkhouser
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin
This article evaluates the limitations of using citation indexes as research tools in communication studies, particularly when ranking journals, departments, or individual scholars. It examines how the omission of five major communication journals from widely used indexes distorts the visibility and influence of scholarship in the field. Through an analysis of citations to articles published in leading association journals, the study finds that approximately one third of all citations originate from journals not included in citation databases. These omissions reduce the effectiveness of citation indexes for literature searches, bibliometric studies, and faculty evaluation. The article advocates for the inclusion of …