Kentucky
Journal
of Communication
VOLUME 24
Fall 2005
Number 2
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Kentucky Journal of Communication
VOLUME 24 FALL 2005 NUMBER 2
ARTICLES
Engaging Kentucky's Public Agenda: An Opportunity for Communication Programs
James L. Applegate
Personal insights are provided by the Vice President for Academic Affairs of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education regarding the values taht should dirve postsecondary education in the 21st centruy and the curcial role communicaiton, as a disciple, can play in helping implement those values to engage Kentucky's Public Agenda.
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Investigations of Comunication Curriculum in Private Kentucky College Undergraduate Service Departments
Belinda Collings Thomson
This manuscript focuses on communication curriculum at three private independent colleges that offer speech communicaiton only as a service area.
Alice Lloyd College, Brecia College, and St. Catherine's College. WHile each program uses a different approach, all provide speech training as a tool for improving student success. Flexibility is the key quality that is common across all three undergradaute service programs.
Communication Programs at Private Colleges and Universities in Kentucky
Christine A. Marley-Frederick
The communication programs at private schools in Kentucky are diverse. This article will offer some insight into what private colleges and universities in Kentucky are offering and provide the reader (faculty, public, business, administrators) with information to help them make more informed deciosn about the trends, needs, and interest in communication programs across the state.
The History, Present and Future of Communication in Kentucky's Community Colleges
Thomas J. Sabetta
This article contextualizes Communication Education in Kentucky's Community College System with a brief overview of the formation of the National Communicaiton Association, and Junior colleges in the United States. Following is a brief discussion of Kentucky's Higher Education and the Kentucky Community College System with regard to formation and course offerings in (Speech) Communication. Finally, future implicaitons, directions, and course venues are discussed as they pertain to technology.
Undergraduate Communication Education in Kentucky's Public Universities
Julie E. Berman and Joy L. Hart
In this article, we examine current undergraduate communication programs and course offerings at Kentucky's eight state universities (i.e., Eastern Kentucky University, Kentucky Sate University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. We focus on general program descriptions , type sof communicaiton degrees, and examples of course offerings.
The Stand Alone M.A. in Communication in the Commowealth of Kentucky
Carl L. Kell
In the mid 1990's the National Communicaiton Assocaition (NCA) commissioned a Masters-Only Task Force. The purpose of the Task Force was to ascertain the nature, scope, and functions of MA-only programs in the United States. Witht he majority of the discoverable programs serving three to five academic interests, it is encouraging to note that the three MA-only institutions in the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Morehead State University, Murray State University, and Western Kentucky University( are on the short list of focused, centered programs. These three schools serve a diverse student population with quality instruction, rigorous research initiatives, and a heritage of student success in the public, private, and academic sectors of society.
Recognizing Academics: A Descriptive Treatise on the Creation of a Department of Organizational Communicaiton and its Collegiate Affiliation within a College of Business
Stephen A. Cox and Timothy S. Todd
The purpose of this article was to document the timeline occurrences of the organizational change from a speech communicatiojn department housed in a college of fine arts and communication to an organizational communication department housed in a college of business at one of Kentucky's public universities. A brief, post-1970 hisotry of speech communicaiton at Murray State Univeristy was provided along with the univeristy perspective on reorganization during the 1999-2000 timeframe. Issues of assimilation into a traditional college of business were also dtailed and specific advantages and benefits were outline pertaining to for students, faculty, and alumni. Disadvanteges were also discussed. Overall, the establsihment of a true Department of Organizational Communicaiotn and the subsequent move to a business college has been very positive, and the future looks even brighter.
A Contemporary History of Graduate Programs in Communication at the University of Kentucky
Derek R. Lane
The University of Kentucky College of Comunications and Information Studies (CCIS) offers the only doctoral communication program currently available in the Commonwealth. As such, it approaches the study of communication as a social science with an emphasis on both theory construction and empirical research methods in order to generate new knowledge about communication as a core process. This essay provides a contemporary history of the graduate programs in Communication at the University of Kentucky and calls for increased collaboration among communication professionals to conduct research that will contribute directly to the well-being of teh citizens living in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
The Kentucky Journal of Communication Index: 1969-2005
Thomas J. Sabetta
Since the 1969 fall issue more than 200 articles and other professional related information, have apeared in the 24 issues of the KJC. For urposes of research and information dissemination, there is a need to provide a comprehensive, updated index to the KJC. The following is designed to fill this need by incorporating the voluems from 1969-1980 with the volumes from 1981-2005.
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