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Volume 13, Number 4, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Progress (1984 Style) Comes to the Pits; The Real Sexual Abuse Problem; New Sexual Assault Law in Review; Witness for Peace--A Visit to Nicaragua; Pantagraph Blows Big Bucks on Bash; Innocents in Paradise; Man-Boy Love Not the Evil It's Made Out to Be; Methodists Snub Gays, Follow Looney and Cocke; FBI Investigating Patrolman Tom Sanders; Three Little, Two Little ... No Little Imbeciles; Fairbury Nurses Fight for Respect and Power; American State Bank Loses Interest in Small Accounts; Gen-Tel Wants Lifestyle Changes

Top Third/Bottom Third: A Humane Approach To Merit Pay For Academic Departments, John E. Crawford, Robert O. Hirsch, Carol A. Valentine

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines a merit pay model for academic departments designed to reduce anxiety, competition, and perceived unfairness in faculty salary adjustment processes. It describes a three tier system that combines a general salary increase with differentiated merit awards for faculty ranked in upper, middle, and lower performance groups. The article addresses how departments may define valued faculty activity through explicit criteria for teaching, research, publication, and service, while also preserving attention to equity, rank, and length of service. It presents the model as a way to reward exceptional contributions without denying recognition to competent faculty members. The article situates …

Communication Climate And Administrative Burnout: A Technique For Relieving Some Of The Pressures, Elliott Pood, John Lee Jellicorse

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Communication climate auditing is presented as a practical method for identifying and reducing administrative pressures that may contribute to burnout in academic departments. The article explains a two phase process involving a communication audit instrument followed by small group discussions focused on solutions. It describes how audit results can reveal communication strengths, problem areas, perceptual differences between department members and administrators, and unclear lines of responsibility. The article also evaluates limitations of audit procedures developed for business settings, recommending clearer academic language, attention to multiple administrative levels, interviews, and outside audit teams. By connecting communication climate to administrative stress, shared …

Strategies For Linking Communication Coursework In Various Academic Programs: A Case Study, John F. Cragan, William D. Semlak

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

A case study of curriculum rebuilding and departmental repositioning is presented through the example of a communication department that responded to enrollment decline, loss of program visibility, and changing university priorities. The article describes how the department strengthened its undergraduate curriculum, developed applied communication and mass communication programs, expanded internship opportunities, and rebuilt service courses for students in other academic areas. It emphasizes the importance of faculty hiring, communication skills instruction, interdepartmental linkage, and extracurricular programs such as forensics and student organizations. The article situates curriculum development as a strategy for communication administration, showing how academic programs can increase institutional …

Internships And Experiential Learning Formats In A Non-Metropolitan Area, Lynn A. Phelps, John H. Timmis

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Internship development in nonmetropolitan areas is examined as a practical concern for speech communication programs seeking experiential learning opportunities for students. The article defines internships as structured professional experiences supervised by academic and agency personnel, then reviews communication skills commonly needed in professional settings. It addresses central administrative questions, including credit, compensation, eligibility, supervision, legal considerations, and alignment with departmental goals. The article challenges the assumption that meaningful internships require metropolitan locations by identifying opportunities within universities, community organizations, media outlets, government offices, hospitals, civic groups, and local businesses. It contributes to communication administration by offering a framework for matching …

Notes From The President, James E. Roever

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

The president’s note announces the 12th Annual ACA Seminar in Chicago and describes its theme, structure, materials, and registration benefits. The seminar is presented as a one day professional development event focused on the roles and powers of communication administrators, combining formal presentations, case study analysis, and group discussion. Planned sessions include perspectives from chairs, deans, presidents, and American Council on Education Fellows, along with discussion of major issues facing communication administrators. Registered participants are to receive a leadership text and advance case study materials. The note emphasizes pragmatic administrative learning, peer exchange, and improved conditions for seminar participation.

Programs To Emphasize Practical Help, Paul W. Batty

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This announcement outlines ACA sponsored and cosponsored convention programs in Chicago, emphasizing practical issues for communication administrators, including faculty evaluation, student retention, theatre funding, part time faculty, and small college concerns.

1985 Executive Committee Candidates

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This announcement presents candidates for 1985 ACA Executive Committee vacancies, including election timing, term dates, biographical summaries, professional service, and statements of objectives for communication administration.

Chairman Burnout And Productivity: An Inverse Relationship, Robert N. Bostrom

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Chairperson burnout is examined as a problem created by role ambiguity, high administrative expectations, limited authority, and reduced access to rewarding faculty activities. The article describes the academic chairperson as positioned between faculty and administration, expected to manage faculty concerns, departmental coordination, research support, instruction, records, personnel, and institutional paperwork without the full power often needed to enforce decisions. It connects these conditions to stress, declining morale, and reduced administrative effectiveness. The article also considers whether continued research productivity may help chairpersons preserve a faculty identity and resist burnout. By linking administrative strain to productivity, role conflict, and professional recognition, …

Assessing Outcomes In Variations Of The Basic Course: A Comparative Analysis Of Student Perceptions, Charles W. Kneupper, M. Lee Williams

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Student perceptions of two versions of a basic speech communication course are compared to assess how course design influences perceived learning outcomes. The article contrasts a general blend course with a blend course emphasizing public speaking, examining student views of improvement in communication theory, interpersonal communication, small group communication, public speaking, and writing related skills. The analysis finds similar perceived outcomes for several course units, but stronger perceived gains in the public speaking emphasis version, especially in outlining, thesis development, speech composition, and writing improvement. The article frames basic course assessment as an administrative concern because departments must make curriculum …

Aca News

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This news item reports ACA organizational updates and related professional information, including encouragement of Unit II memberships, affiliate status for the Southwest Theatre Conference, a New York Public Library censorship exhibition, publication of AAUP censured administrations, and applications for the ACA Consultant Service. It emphasizes association membership, professional affiliation, academic freedom, and consultant support for program review in communication administration.

1984 Aca Convention Preview And Program Schedule

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This program presents the ACA convention preview and schedule for the 1984 meeting in Chicago, including association officers, Executive Committee membership, editorial board membership, business meetings, seminar sessions, and detailed program listings on communication administration, faculty evaluation, student retention, part time faculty, small colleges, academic leadership, and arts funding.

Minutes Of The Aca Executive Committee March 11, 1984 Philadelphia

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

These minutes document an ACA Executive Committee meeting held on March 11, 1984, in Philadelphia. The minutes address convention planning, budget approval, affiliate relationships, data collection, membership renewal, library subscriptions, committee review, publications, nominations, and organizational policy.

Exorcising Some Devils, August W. Staub

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article reflects on theatre administration as a form of leadership grounded in judgment, responsibility, personality, and practical experience. It responds to discussions of theatre administration by distinguishing management and organization from leadership, suggesting that administrative effectiveness depends less on formal training than on the capacity to make timely decisions and accept accountability. The article addresses common concerns in departmental leadership, including rapid judgment, communication, delegation, and professional exhaustion, and reframes these concerns as conditions that administrators must manage directly rather than avoid. It emphasizes the role of a single accountable leader in drama department administration, especially where production, pedagogy, …

Theatre Faculty In The United States: Background And Task Analysis, Samuel L. Becker, Hyeon Cheol Choi, J. Ann Selzer

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article presents a national profile of theatre faculty in United States colleges and universities as part of a broader study of theatre education. It examines faculty background, rank, tenure, teaching assignments, production responsibilities, professional activity, departmental influence, and job satisfaction across institutional settings. The article considers how graduate preparation aligns with teaching and production duties, noting areas where faculty responsibilities differ from prior specialization. It also addresses affirmative action by discussing patterns in gender, tenure, and academic rank. The article situates theatre faculty work within higher education administration by emphasizing workload, faculty morale, professional development, curriculum vitality, and departmental …

Administrative Burnout: A Woman’S Perspective, Lorayne W. Lester

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines administrative burnout among women in higher education, with particular attention to theatre administration and male dominated university structures. It describes burnout as a condition shaped by workload, conflicting demands, isolation, limited support, and repeated challenges to professional authority. The article argues that women administrators often experience different pressures than men because of scarce peer networks, institutional paternalism, gendered expectations, and unequal access to informal systems of advice, sponsorship, and recognition. It situates these pressures within communication administration and academic leadership by connecting personal experience to broader concerns about faculty governance, administrative support, professional identity, and organizational culture. …

An Investigation Of Articles Produced In The Theatre Discipline By Institution: A Journal By Journal, Year By Year Analysis, Kittie W. Watson, Larry L. Barker, Robert N. Hall

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Institutional article production in theatre is analyzed through a year by year and journal by journal review of selected theatre journals. The article situates publication frequency as one possible measure of institutional research activity while noting that it should be considered alongside other indicators of quality. It describes a method for assigning publication credit to institutions, including procedures for handling shared authorship and criteria for excluding reviews, bibliographies, reports, plays, and commentaries. The article presents ranked institutional publication totals and journal specific patterns across the period studied. By connecting research productivity, institutional comparison, and disciplinary publication patterns, the article contributes …

Job Listings In Spectra: 1982–1983 Update, Mary Jane Shadowen, James M. Gelwicks

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Job listings in Spectra are examined as an indicator of academic employment patterns in communication during the 1982 to 1983 listing year. The article updates prior analyses by reviewing total listings, appointment status, faculty rank, salaries, degree and experience requirements, geographic distribution, and specialization areas. It notes that listings remained below earlier Placement Service Bulletin levels and raises questions about changes in the academic job market and the use of Spectra for advertising faculty vacancies. The article identifies continuing demand for assistant professor positions, doctoral qualifications, and speech fundamentals, while also noting changes in broadcasting, mass communication, public relations, and …

Learning To Say No, Kristine M. Davis

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Faculty work in small liberal arts colleges is examined through the problem of excessive cocurricular demands on speech communication teachers. The article explains how institutional missions centered on whole student development can expand faculty responsibilities beyond classroom teaching, especially in forensics, student media, student government, campus events, public speaking support, and student advising. It identifies departmental and personal strategies for managing these demands, including shared responsibility for activities, aligning commitments with departmental philosophy, setting limits on requests, delegating student leadership, and referring students to appropriate campus services. The article connects faculty workload, professional identity, student development, and burnout prevention within …

The Nontraditional College Student: Continuing Education Programs, Mari Tonn, Laura Meeks

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Continuing education is examined as a response to declining traditional college enrollments and the growing presence of adult learners in higher education. The article discusses demographic change, adult participation in part time study, and the need for flexible credit and noncredit programs that maintain academic standards while addressing different student backgrounds, goals, and schedules. It identifies communication courses as especially suited to continuing education because adult learners and employers often seek instruction in interpersonal skills, persuasion, public address, listening, interviewing, small group communication, and workplace communication. The article connects continuing education to communication administration by emphasizing enrollment planning, community service, …

Panel: A Resource For Internship Development, Jon Hall

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Experiential learning resources are described through an overview of PANEL, a peer assistance network developed to support internship and experiential education programs. The article explains the origins of the National Society for Internships and Experiential Education, its services, and the creation of PANEL as a clearinghouse and referral system for practitioners. It outlines areas of assistance, including learning objectives, contracts, field experience design, program evaluation, faculty roles, legal issues, funding, community relationships, and learner development. The article emphasizes that faculty, supervisors, and administrators responsible for internships often need guidance in developing, managing, and evaluating experiential learning opportunities. It contributes to …

The Technical Speech Communication Course: A View From The Field, Andrew D. Wolvin, Diana Corley

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Technical speech communication is analyzed as a basic course designed for students preparing for professional and technical careers. The article argues that communication training is increasingly important in fields such as business, health, education, agriculture, and technology, where workers rely on listening, interpersonal interaction, small group communication, informative briefings, and presentations. It describes a career focused course model that connects communication theory and practice to students’ major fields through interviews, field specific research, panels, and briefings. Survey responses from former students are used to evaluate communication activities and skills most frequently needed in work settings. The article contributes to communication …

Closeouts In Communication Courses: The Students’ Perspective, Judy C. Pearson

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Student perspectives on course access problems are examined in relation to communication courses facing high demand and limited instructional resources. The article reports student responses to possible remedies for overenrollment, including enrollment limits, large lectures, small performance sections, graduate teaching assistants, undergraduate assistants, reduced performances, mediated instruction, and priority registration for majors. The findings suggest that students were willing to accept some structural changes, especially large lectures paired with small performance sections, greater use of graduate assistants, media support, and priority for majors. However, students resisted eliminating performance work, relying on undergraduate assistants, or reducing personal attention from faculty. The …

Communiqué, July 30, 1984, Lindenwood College

Communiqué

The Communiqué was the faculty/staff newsletter for Lindenwood University/College from 1982 to 2016.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 16 No. 34, July 20, 1984

Central Florida Future

Senate amends constitution twice, passes three bills; Registration expected to run smoothly this fall; Campus AM station seeks funds to rock you (with photo); Senate confirms new Chief Justice; Biology students renovate campus greenhouse (photo of greenhouse); Senate confirms new Chief Justice; Knights make giant step to NCAA Division I.

Volume 74 Issue 26, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

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Communiqué, July 16, 1984, Lindenwood College

Communiqué

The Communiqué was the faculty/staff newsletter for Lindenwood University/College from 1982 to 2016.

Ua11/1 On Campus, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. This issue includes articles:

• After His First Day . . . Vice President Robert Haynes Comments on Campus
• Professor Climbs Mountains for His Students – William Kummer aka Biff
• Dr. Joseph R. Millichap Will Head English Department
• National Endowment for the Humanities Awards WKU $15,000 for Green River Exhibit
• When Lightning Strikes . . . – Glen Conner
• TV to Document Poet Jim Wayne Miller
• For Parents Planning Children’s College Costs
• Workshops Help Language Arts Teachers – English
• WKU to Study Butler County – Albert Petersen …

Ua11/1/1 On Campus Interviews, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Audiotape interviews of Robert Haynes and Joseph Millichap by Sheila Conway. There are partial transcripts of the interviews which were used as press releases.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 16 No. 33, July 6, 1984

Central Florida Future

Gizinski comfirmed following debate (photo of John Sowinski); Senate amends ASF budget; Sowinski dumps Kiosk improvement plans, opts to rebuild; Shuttle mission falters for first time; SG looking to change council (photo of Stuart James).