Senate-commissioned researchers probed student unrest and compared results with national norms; found faculty more radical than students. (Editor)

Description of a program designed to aid the Alaskan Native to develop the confidence and competence needed to interact on an equal basis with his non-Native peers. Paper presented for the Intercultural Communication Conference sponsored by the National Society for the Study of Communication at the Speech Association of America Convention, Los…

Discusses students' attitudes depicted in the film. (LK)

Social scientists who communicate scientific information via the media face challenges because they do not realize that journalists have values different from theirs. Discusses motivations that impel scientists to go public, the conflicting roles into which they, therefore, are cast, and the reasons why journalists regard scientists with…

Describes a training program designed to make teacher supervision more effective. (FL)

Teachers have identified a number of stress situations in their work with disruptive children: insecurity due to student unpredictability, doubting their effectiveness, frustrated attempts at communication with other professionals, and feelings of isolation and limited social relationships (expressed by residential workers). (CT)

An argument is presented that the terms used by movement educators have dissolved into cliches and myths because professionals in their field have failed to explain consistently the principles and goals of their programs. Specific problems are discussed and a plea is made for future dialog. (PP)

Discusses the value of the concepts of entropy and negentropy in assisting our understanding of destructive and constructive energy shifts in communication. Comments by Eduardo Cesarman follow. Presented at the 3rd Reunion: Panamerican Forum for the Study of Adolescence, Mexico D.F., Mexico, February, 1975. (Author/BEF)

Concern over basic communication skills in the workplace has led to the development of corporate training programs to teach effective listening, and to improve the style and content of written communications. (SK)

Business communication teachers should include at least an overview of organizational communication in the basic communication course. In addition, a strong rationale exists for developing an advanced communication course providing emphasis on organizational communication. (CT)

Provides sets of alternative answers to 10 situations technical writing consultants often face. Cites pertinent resources that are available. (RL)

Suggests that, while there are some good qualities among today's technical communicators, there are many weaknesses. Suggests some ways to eliminate such weaknesses. (TJ)

Presents a study to determine characteristic oral and written business communication problems of selected managerial trainees and to assess whether the problems defined by these trainees were those recognized by their immediate supervisors and secretaries. (JMF)

Describes the use of television as a tool to start parents and kids talking to each other about sensitive, serious issues. (Author/JM)