Why Newspaper Advisers Quit: Stress and Professional Prestige.

Bodle, John V.

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Publication Date: 1993

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Why Newspaper Advisers Quit: Stress and Professional Prestige.

Bodle, John V.

Journalism Educator, v48 n3 p32-37 Fall 1993

Surveys college student newspaper advisors, finding that more than half want to quit, citing three primary factors: pressure from administrators over news content decisions; a feeling of being regarded as "second-string" faculty; and lower compensation and tenure rates than those of classroom teachers. (SR)

Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Advisers, Higher Education, Journalism Education, National Surveys, School Newspapers, Student Publications, Teacher Attitudes

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