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Wilson, Gerald L.; Gray, Philip A. – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1983
Marketing strategies departments use to help speech communication majors find jobs include (1) internships; (2) programs in organizational communication, public relations, and mass communication; and (3) changing department names from speech communication to communication studies to reflect broader career orientations. (PD)
Descriptors: Department Heads, Departments, Employment Opportunities, Higher Education
Whitmore, Jon; Trent, Judith S. – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1985
In individual essays, two American Council on Education Fellows present their views and observations on interaction between department chairs and deans. (PD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Deans, Department Heads, Higher Education
Bostrom, Robert N. – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1984
Reviews the roles the department chairperson is expected to fill and offers a firstline defense against burnout. (PD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Burnout, Department Heads, Higher Education
Bitzer, Lloyd F. – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1985
Sums up the roles and virtues of the ideal dean under the term "educational statesmanship." (PD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Deans, Department Heads, Educational Administration
Taylor, Anita – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1985
Reviews tasks and duties of department chairs, stressing the importance of establishing priorities and delegating appropriately. Includes an Appropriate Chair Role analysis for the Communication Department, George Mason University. (PD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Department Heads, Educational Administration, Higher Education
Dedmon, Donald N. – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1985
Considers the department chair crucial to the welfare of the university, responsible for housekeeping functions (scheduling, planning, etc.), recruiting faculty and students, and assuming advisory/leadership roles in the campus community. (PD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Presidents, Department Heads, Educational Administration
Gillespie, Patti P. – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1985
Discusses legal problems confronting department administrators. Covers equal opportunity, tenure and promotion, truth in advertising, and areas particular to the theatre: contracts with guest directors and artists, copyrights and royalties, and safety. (PD)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Department Heads, Higher Education, Legal Problems
Ternent, William A. – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1984
Offers advice to professional colleagues on the transition from a large university to a small college department. (PD)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Departments, Higher Education, Small Colleges
Anapol, Malthon M. – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1984
A chairperson and professor of a small, college communication program examines his transition with respect to students, courses and curricula, support services, equipment, and administrative and faculty relations. (PD)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Departments, Higher Education, Small Colleges
Jamison, David – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1983
Considers what the study of law teaches and how this training is useful to academic administrators. (PD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Communication (Thought Transfer), Department Heads, Higher Education
Freshley, Dwight – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1983
Defines the speech communication field and discusses the status of speech communication at the University of Georgia. (PD)
Descriptors: College Programs, Definitions, Departments, Higher Education
Clark, E. Culpepper – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1983
Discusses the speech communication field and program at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. (PD)
Descriptors: College Programs, Definitions, Departments, Higher Education
Paulson, Stanley F. – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1983
Points our the reasons speech communication is particularly fortunate among academic fields today. Reviews criteria that will ensure the preservation of college programs: (1) quality of research; (2) interrelationship with other disciplines; (3) a balance between competence instruction and theoretical instruction; and (4) a public constituency.…
Descriptors: College Programs, Departments, Higher Education, Program Evaluation
Jeffrey, Robert C. – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1985
In addition to being a good manager with a vision of the future, the department chair must be able to solve departmental problems without the dean's help; provide concise, accurate data to support all requests and recommendations; and create an intellectual atmosphere in which teaching and scholarship can thrive. (PD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Deans, Department Heads, Educational Administration
Hickson, Mark – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1985
Focuses on the annual faculty review by the department head. Suggests how this procedure can become more meaningful and includes a Performance Standards form. (PD)
Descriptors: Department Heads, Evaluation Criteria, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education
