Student portfolios are a tool that academic institutions can implement to enhance students' job search processes. Students can enhance their ability to pass the initial screening process by preparing a portfolio that identifies their goals and provides evidence that they possess the skills and qualities to reach these goals. The portfolio should emphasize communication skills, as they are deemed most important by employers in the initial screening process. When preparing a portfolio, students should consider a variety of media, including paper, videotape, and compact disk. Schools that implement student portfolios must decide if all students will be required to prepare them, if the administra tors will determine the contents, and who will approve the contents of stu dents' portfolios.

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As institutions of higher education strive to serve students who are diverse and geographically dispersed, many of them are implementing distance education programs using technology-mediated communication. Research reveals that distance education is often as effective as traditional education; however, teachers and students are confronted with a variety of obstacles. Thus educators need to determine the most effective and efficient methods of communicating with distance students. An examination of e-mail messages sent to the instructor of an MBA class by distance students reveals that the volume of messages sent depends on students' technology proficiency, ability to process and seek out information, topic affinity, and relational needs. Furthermore, the findings reveal that an instructor can decrease the volume of messages received by researching the student population, communicating proactively, and taking advantage of the messaging system's tools.

Communication across the Curriculum (CxC). She received her baccalaureate and master's degrees from Florida State University and her doctorate from the University of Georgia. She has worked with communication in various fields for 23 years, led a number of successful grants on communication in technical fields, and served as the Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. She was previously a member of the faculty at the University of Minnesota.

In response to the demand for business graduates with good communication skills, many schools are examining ways to enhance and strengthen their communication programs to ensure students' development of these skills. This paper presents a model for implementing a Communication Across the Curriculum (CAC) program that is based on an integrated approach to developing students'communication skills. The model is based on the authors'experience as coordinators of the CAC program at their university.