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Hurt, H. Thomas; Anapol, Malthon M. – 1972
The authors offer proposals for studies of human behavior in the courtroom, with respect to communications interaction among jurors and source credibility of attorneys. They refer to innovations in videotaping procedures, which make it possible to examine communications principles and dynamics in the courtroom situation. The first proposed study…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Court Litigation, Courts, Credibility
McCroskey, James C.; And Others – 1972
This study reports a portion of a series of investigations designed to determine to what extent credibility scales can be generalized. The investigation data was collected in six phases, representing six subject populations. All of the subjects were either college students or non-student adults. Subjects were asked to respond to one of four…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Credibility, Evaluation Methods, Factor Structure
Ashburn, Arnold G. – 1972
This paper attempts to lay a general framework for analyzing credibility gaps in evaluative information at various levels of organizational structure. The CIPP model is chosen as a point of reference in order to identify the type of evaluative information to which the concern of this paper is addressed. Credibility gaps are classified as personnel…
Descriptors: Accountability, Credibility, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods
Corson, John J. – 1976
A significant problem of higher education today is public skepticism. If the educational leadership will stimulate political leaders to cope constructively with six central problems, the remaining years of the 1970's could be an "age of wisdom." The problems are: (1) the need for the assurance of greater resources in coming years; (2) the need for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Credibility, Federal Government, Government Role
Magenau, John; And Others – 1976
This research tests the hypothesis that trust is a prerequisite for the exchange of information about needs and priorities in negotiation. Bargainers who do not trust one another will fail to exchange information because they fear exploitation. Aspiration level and trust were manipulated in a simulated bargaining task. Bargainers induced to trust…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Collective Bargaining, Credibility, Expectation
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Floyd, Jerald D.; And Others – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1975
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Credibility, Curriculum Guides, Drug Abuse
Farrell, Charles S. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Wilford S. Bailey of Auburn University is heading the National Collegiate Athletic Association as it struggles to cope with several controversial issues: testing athletes for drug abuse, new academic standards for freshman athletes, the role of college presidents in governing sports, and the integrity of college athletics. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Athletes, Business, Change
Wagstaff, Mark – 1998
A study examined the relationship between outdoor leader self-awareness and co-leaders' perceptions of leader influence. Thirty-three challenge course instructors for a major university in the Midwest operated as a peer group, working in instructor teams leading groups in an outdoor setting. Each instructor took a turn as leader of the day. All…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Credibility, Individual Power, Interpersonal Competence
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1999
The Newspaper, Part 1 section of the Proceedings contains the following 10 papers: "Local News Coverage Strategies in a Three-Way Daily Newspaper Competitive Market" (Patsy G. Watkins); "Enterprise and Investigative Reporting at Ohio Metropolitan Newspapers in 1980 and in 1995" (Joseph Bernt and Marilyn Greenwald); "The…
Descriptors: Baseball, Content Analysis, Credibility, Foreign Countries
Tom, Alan R. – Texas Tech Journal of Education, 1983
Procedures of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education are criticized, based on the review of an innovative program run jointly by Washington University and Maryville College in Missouri. Teams evaluating the same program at the two schools approved Washington University's and disapproved Maryville's. (PP)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Agency Role, Cooperative Programs
Weiler, Hans N. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1982
Rather than being merely a component of the generalized distrust of authority, decline in public satisfaction with the schools may be one of the leading contributors to sustaining or even exacerbating the crisis of confidence in the state. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Credibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Majority Attitudes
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Staton-Spicer, Ann Q.; Marty-White, Cheryl R. – Communication Education, 1981
Case study confirms that a teacher's classroom communication behavior is affected by concerns about communication. Identified three types of teacher concerns about communication--self, task, impact--and then established a relationship between these concerns and patterns of behavior. (PD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Communication, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research
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Ugboajah, Frank Okwu – Journal of Communication, 1979
Describes the village announcers of various Nigerian communities and suggests that their role in the communication of rural change be recognized by the broadcast industry. The key to successful broadcasting in these areas is recognition of the essentially community-oriented nature of African countries. (JMF)
Descriptors: African Culture, Broadcast Industry, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills
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Bowen, Howard R. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1979
Disputes beliefs contributing to the increasing skepticism toward higher education: many students are unable to benefit from higher education; enrollment declines are inevitable; the labor market cannot absorb all college graduates; the nation cannot afford its higher educational system; and higher education weakens the work ethic and propagates…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Costs, Credibility, Educational Philosophy
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Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth – WICAZO SA Review, 2000
The emergence of the Native voice in academia has provided much outstanding scholarship rising out of analysis of oral histories and textual authority of Native peoples. In the 1990s, however, attempts to discredit Native scholarship included the claim that "I, Rigoberta Menchu" was a willful fraud, debates over the Bering Strait theory…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, American Indians, Autobiographies, College Faculty
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