Explores problems associated with using "scientific management" ideals as a means of governance in higher education. Discusses hierarchial control, fitting in, paper bureaucracy, and committees. Describes the Collaborative School Management technique and how it fosters a more productive communication environment and facilitates…

Investigates administrative training and leadership practices used by communication department chairpersons. Examines the number of women chairpersons, differences in administrative training activities for men as compared to women chairpersons, and whether leadership practices differ according to length of term, gender, institution size,…

Discusses some problems associated with curricular matters in communication departments. Offers suggestions for dealing with the problems. Discusses departmental philosophical decisions (theory versus skills, developing curriculum, internal politics and curriculum, and curriculum overexpansion); understanding upper-level administration…

Uses a hypothetical example of an institutional review board's concerns about a speech communication faculty member's research project to illustrate current issues that speech communication administrators, departmental faculty, and graduate students need to consider as their human-subjects based research becomes increasingly overseen by external…

Outlines the national charges of "Goals 2000" and the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills regarding the expansion of communication instruction requirements. Sees speech communication professionals well positioned to meet these externally generated broad-based goals. (SR)

Explores some of the factors leading to calls for post-tenure evaluation. Compares the definitions of post-tenure review. Examines the arguments posed by advocates and opponents of post-tenure evaluation. Identifies the fundamental elements of an effective post-tenure review. (PA)

Surveys 169 communication department chairpersons about the significance for tenure of 39 professional activities. Finds that the primary differentiating characteristic from one program to the next relative to promotion expectations regarding scholarship is the highest degree students can earn in the program. Finds that scholarship (articles,…

Outlines a conceptual scheme detailing the functions of a communication curriculum in relation to the communication field; the institution in which a department finds its home; and the society. Illustrates the scheme with the case of one particular department's core curriculum. (PA)

Examines how different groups of individuals who have an interest in journalism and communications education perceive quality, and whether accreditation standards used for journalism and communication programs reflect the characteristics the constituent groups perceive as representing quality. Indicates that practical experience and hands-on…

Questions survey results which find oral communication education alive and well in higher education. Argues that those outside the discipline need to be educated about the nature of speech communication education and that a concerted effort must be made by faculty and administrators to reinforce the academic credibility of the discipline. (PA)

Discusses assessment with a focus on the speech communication discipline. Addresses the challenge communication administrators and educators continually face. (PA)

Extends the information from the 1994 Speech Communication Association (SCA) Graduate Directory, using the directory as a database. Generates cumulative and summary data. Recommends the inclusion of such data to extend information in the next graduate directory. (PA)

Addresses some of the questions professors face in evaluating faculty members from other campuses who are up for tenure, for example: confidentiality of remarks about the person being evaluated; whether what is being evaluated has relevance; and how many outside evaluators are needed. (PA)

Focuses upon one aspect of legal preparation where effective communication skills are crucial, trial advocacy. Queries 30 practicing attorneys about the role of communication in the everyday conduct of trial procedures. Finds strong support for the study of communication as preparation for a legal career. (PA)

Discusses a "basic blueprint" for tenure, considering primary strategies that may be involved in enriching the traditional "educational relics" of teaching, research, scholarship, and service. Outlines the steps to tenure from interviews to supporting materials and professional productivity. (PA)