Provides practical information for those interested in implementing a communication apprehension program: (1) description of 24 communication programs; (2) glossary of various methods used to treat communication apprehension; and (3) classified bibliography arranged by treatment method. (PD)

Describes a model lifelong learning program and a course entitled "Communication Skills for Adult Learners." Includes course objectives, topics for interaction instruction, and resources. Argues that a communication-based curriculum is fundamental to the success of lifelong learning. (PD)

Presentations on the life, character, influence, and contribution to speech education of four great teachers who practiced the humane tradition. (PD)

Explains how the Random Access Telephone System (RATS) provides home-telephone linkage to tape-recorded materials for a basic communication course, thus increasing instructional contact time with students. (PD)

The emphasis on spoken language tends to diminish attention to writing. As examples, three currently used German teaching texts are cited. This situation is seen as unfortunate, in view of the importance of writing ability in the most important examinations in German as a foreign language. Some teaching hints are given. (IFS/WGA)

Reports briefly on observations revisiting the 50 years of the "Communication Education" journal. Attempts to capture the direction and momentum of the journal's "astounding progress." Offers a list of hopeful predictions about the next decades of "Communication Education" by blending in a more critical set of…

Discusses the author's experience as an editor of "Communication Education" from 1973 to 1975. Notes that a distinctive element of her editorship was its base in a "small college" that lacked a doctoral program. Suggests that communication educators need to speak out in their various institutions and with the general public to gain the status and…

Discusses a broad spectrum of role expectations and negative assumptions thrust upon the communications consultant hired to teach business communication to adult employees of companies. Suggests useful tactics to deal with these behaviors. (SR)

Argues that there is an inextricable link between scholarly productivity and instructional quality. Discusses implications of divorcing "Speech" from the discipline of communication. Proposes an 11-point plan to separate departments that wish to participate in an emerging discipline of communication. (SR)

Analyses the rhetorical choices of President George Bush in speeches announcing military action in Panama and Iraq. Demonstrates how understanding those choices can educate students participating in extemporaneous speaking. (SR)

Describes the approach taken by the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs to communication-across-the-curriculum courses and programs. (SR)

Discusses the future trends possible in the field of communication education and research. Argues that administrators of communications programs should anticipate dynamic curricular changes that will strain traditional concepts of the discipline. Considers how paradigm shifts might affect the discipline's growth and organization. (HB)

Describes the current state of undergraduate academic advising in the field of communications, including procedures and practices. Questions whether some advising training should be provided for academics and how important the activity of academic advising really is for students. (HB)

Universities and colleges are increasingly recognizing the need for programs in oral communication across the curriculum. Many small colleges that do not have faculty in communications do have faculty in theatre who are skilled in oral communication. This article describes a pilot program in oral communication coaching for undergraduate students…

Forensic program alumni returning for reunions or speech tournaments sometimes find difficulty in keeping pace with changing forensics practices and procedures. Elements influencing the evolutionary process in forensics include: a growing number of debate philosophy formats, bringing diversity in competitive options; expansion of standard…