Examines speech communication as a discipline that addresses questions of "how" things happen across contexts rather than questions of "what" happens within any one context. Highlights the potential this view presents for cooperation between scholars in speech communication and scholars in other disciplines. (JMF)

Describes an approach to producing two Shakespeare plays in repertory involving academic resources available at Iowa State University. The approach includes academic credit, guest lecturers providing background, weekly seminars, and discussions. (JMF)

The National Center for Education Statistics has commissioned a new educational taxonomy, which will include a speech communication category. The omnibus project, guidelines and constraints affecting the classification process, and the activities and decisions that relate particularly to speech communication are discussed. (JMF)