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| ACA Bulletin | 9 |
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| Brenton, Angela Laird | 2 |
| Curtis, Dan B. | 2 |
| Gray, John | 2 |
| Berkey, Francine Roussell | 1 |
| Buzza, Bonnie Wilson, Ed. | 1 |
| Hale, Claudia L. | 1 |
| Hall, Robert N., Ed. | 1 |
| Harper, Nancy L. | 1 |
| Rampal, Kuldip | 1 |
| Wells, Lynn K. | 1 |
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| Reports - Descriptive | 9 |
| Journal Articles | 8 |
| Opinion Papers | 5 |
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
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Peer reviewedCurtis, Dan B.; And Others – ACA Bulletin, 1991
Analyzes why it is important to establish professional advisory councils for communication programs. Discusses their implementation and maintenance. (SR)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Departments, Higher Education, Professional Personnel
Peer reviewedBrenton, Angela Laird; Gray, John – ACA Bulletin, 1992
Discusses benefits and problems of locating a communication department in a professional college, thus identifying it is an applied professional program rather than a liberal arts course of study. (SR)
Descriptors: Departments, Educational Administration, Higher Education, Professional Education
Peer reviewedBrenton, Angela Laird; Gray, John – ACA Bulletin, 1991
Relates the experience of a speech communication faculty who chose, in a campus reorganization, to locate themselves in a professional college. Discusses benefits and difficulties. (SR)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Planning, Departments, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHarper, Nancy L. – ACA Bulletin, 1991
Focuses on the case of an untenured assistant professor being proposed for promotion to tenured associate professor. Offers three essential steps for the department to take in evaluating the candidate for reappointment or tenure and in recommending the candidate to other committees and the dean. (PRA)
Descriptors: Department Heads, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Promotion
Peer reviewedCurtis, Dan B.; Rampal, Kuldip – ACA Bulletin, 1991
Discusses the merger of Central Missouri State University's speech and mass communication departments. Describes the university administration's reasons for the merger and the departments' reactions. Examines the departments' involvement in planning for the change. Reports that the new department remains committed to academic and professional…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Departments, Faculty College Relationship, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWells, Lynn K. – ACA Bulletin, 1990
Analyzes the relationship of Saddleback Community College's structure to functions and outcomes in the context of current changes in structure at the state level. (KEH)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Departments, Educational Change
Peer reviewedBerkey, Francine Roussell – ACA Bulletin, 1990
Analyzes the structure of a communications department at a rural comprehensive community college by focusing on the grouping of components as well as their place in the status framework. Discusses the behavior of the system as a consequence of the structure as well as its evolution. (KEH)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Departments
Peer reviewedHale, Claudia L. – ACA Bulletin, 1989
Discusses the configuration of a department's position within a university system. Considers organizational issues, such as periodic self-evaluation, and argues that conversations concerning these issues should not wait for a full organizational analysis but should be a continuous activity. (MS)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Planning, College Programs, Communication Research
Peer reviewedBuzza, Bonnie Wilson, Ed.; Hall, Robert N., Ed. – ACA Bulletin, 1985
Drawn from a l985 conference focusing on curriculum for small college speech communication programs, the articles in this journal issue deal with issues related to curriculum development and enrichment in small colleges. Articles in the first section discuss chairing the small department. Specific topics addressed include speech communication…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, College Administration, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems
