Much of the writing and speaking of academic administrators is too long, convoluted, full of qualifiers, and slow to get to the point. While academe may be full of imprecisions, the task of its leaders is to illuminate it, not obscure it. (MSE)

Describes communication in school organizations, the process of communication, communication problems, and how educational leaders can improve communication in schools. (SRT)

Reports results of a study that examined the perceptions of 173 students who had lived abroad about their communication in three types of reentry relationships: (1) with parents, (2) with siblings, and (3) with friends. (VLC)

Presents a study conducted to determine which barriers to effective communication are perceived as most serious by business communication students and to test for differences in the seriousness of the communication barriers based on various student characteristics. The sample consisted of 266 student registered in 10 sections of business…

Discusses errors in the serial transmission of information faced by managers and scholars who rely on secondary instead of primary sources. Presents a humorous case study as an illustration, then describes how distortions resulting from the serial transmission of information result from the following systematic processes: condensation, closure,…

The increased responsibilities of administrators provided under Public Law 94-142 for meeting the educational needs of the handicapped are summarized. Common sources of conflict between administrators and parents of handicapped students and potential communication blocks between parents and administrators are noted, followed by suggestions for…

Describes how business organizations view the purposes and results of communication and the role of the corporate communication professional. Suggests ways to bridge the gap between academic and business worlds. (PD)

This book describes work that has been done with verbally impaired individuals (autism, brain surgery, Down's Syndrome) who are unable to use language to convey even the simplest idea. The book points out that such people are not necessarily strangers to language, they just have not found a way to express themselves. The work discussed in the book…

The most common consequence of setting up an "electronic discussion group" for a university class or a group of faculty is a flurry of initial greetings followed by an enduring silence. Only a small proportion of computer users are active and sophisticated enough to read regularly and feel disposed to participate actively. Written…

The author highlights the enormity of waste due to ineffective business meetings, and describes techniques behavioral scientists have developed to cope with this perennial problem. A case study dramatizes how the techniques are applied. (Author)

This article describes a weekend retreat, Project TRY, which grew out of a need for better communication between students, parents, and teachers in one community. (JC)

If the library is to serve a communication function, we need not only to gain further insight into the nature and pattern of the interpersonal encounter through scholarly research, but also to have a clearly defined notion of the library's role in today's rapidly changing society. (38 references) (Author)

The father of two deaf children discusses reactions of parents to a child's disability and gives suggestions to improve communication among parents, clinicians, and teachers in an integrated program. (DB)

Maintains that the concept of verbal deprivation'' constituting an integral part of the operating assumption of Sesame Street'' has been thoroughly refuted by reputed liguists; that nonstandard'' English is not an inept, deficient approximation of American English but a separate, logical, and highly structured system of communication. (RJ)