Describes a curriculum review of the Department of Speech Communication at North Carolina State University, including the strategy the department used and the results of the process--a new curriculum package. (MS)

Describes the process of revising the Bachelor of Arts and Science degrees in the Department of Communication Studies at Eastern Washington University. Examines the conceptual base of a communication curriculum. Presents the sequence of a core curriculum and the core course contents. (MS)

Points out that existing communication courses can be updated and expanded to accommodate topics on the new technologies. (PD)

Argues that it is the task of mass communications educators, and not professional media, to establish agenda and provide justifications for the mass communication discipline in the academy. Outlines the concerns and objectives that should concern communications educators. (HB)

Focuses on the academic unit which wishes to establish a degree program at a site remote from its parent institution. Attempts to give direction and structure to a department's early efforts to decide whether or not to undertake the development of an extended program. (MS)

Focuses on some basic questions regarding assessment in higher education that may be useful to administrators in speech communication facing pressures to develop an assessment program. (KEH)

Discusses the four principles that guided the development of the communication studies program at Iowa State University. Describes the proposed program in communication studies. Appends the proposed curriculum. (RS)

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…

Identifies communication skills needed in industry and suggests that communication curricula be expanded to prepare students for careers in industrial training. (PD)

Responds to a response to the authors' article on the development of a communication studies program at Iowa State University. Discusses some principles that might help others in reviewing their own departmental priorities and mission in developing a major that emphasizes the study of human communication. (RS)

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)

Surveyed organizational trainers about their background and job responsibilities. Concluded that, since a large number of trainers teach communication skills, college curricula for communication majors should include industrial training as a career option. (PD)

Describes an "exit" course, Senior Seminar in Communicative Theories, developed for students majoring in Speech Communication at George Mason University. Outlines the evolution of this course and the case for adding such a course to speech communication curricula. (KEH)

Provides background on the general issues of performance assessment and suggests intervention strategies for department chairs. (KEH)

Addresses important considerations for the implementation of speaking across the curriculum. Highlights important distinctions between speech courses and speaking-across-the-curriculum courses taught by faculty in other disciplines. Argues that the benefits of speaking across the curriculum outweigh the potential harm to the field if concerns are…