Despite increasing college enrollment and growing diversity of the college student population, college completion rates are low. Many colleges are exploring ways to leverage technology to improve student retention and increase the educational options for and success of their diverse student bodies. Web-based course or learning management systems…

Noting that spring delivery of yearbooks often leaves instructors with several months of spare time, this paper presents activities that allow teachers to use the experience of senior editors to provide a base for immediate preparation of the next yearbook. The first part of the paper provides 12 specific jobs that can be handled in the spring,…

Argues that an extended field trip can be a wonderful experience for both students and faculty members. Describes one such experience. (FL)

Suggests the use of a high school journalism class for training leaders of the school newspaper, for developing reporters, and for creating a sales staff. (TJ)

Offers six suggestions for improving the content of high school yearbooks, including (1) ignoring past editions of the yearbook, (2) revising the production calendar, (3) discarding standard content, and (4) broadening the coverage of an event. (FL)

Describes some of the problems high school journalists face and suggests a series of safeguards that can be built into a system composed of a policy statement, a publications board, and an appeals process. (JL)

Suggestions to junior high school journalism teachers and advisers for revising the journalism curriculum, teaching the course, and advising the publications staff. (RL)

Presents advice for new yearbook advisers planning and production of a yearbook. (RS)

It is argued that the student and faculty advisor must work together to provide direction for independent study and ensure its success. The role of student and advisor are explored, suggestions for planning for independent studies are provided, and a step-by-step guide for directing them is proposed. (MSE)

A serious problem for large psychology departments is providing adequate advising for its majors. Described are unsuccessful attempts to establish effective advising at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in the past and the current system, which is regarded as the first successful advising system in the past 15 years. (RM)

Discusses the successful use of team teaching techniques to solve the problems associated with junior high school student publications. (RL)

Intended for use by high school journalism instructors and school newspaper and yearbook sponsors, this booklet contains articles dealing with various elements of feature story writing. The first article describes the development of a set of criteria by the Journalism Education Association (JEA) for teachers to use in evaluating feature stories,…

Gives suggestions for organizing a school newspaper staff's time and work area for more efficient work routines. (HTH)

This guide offers advice and practical assistance to high school publications advisers. The first section provides general information about school publications, including planning and organizing, public relations, protecting the program and the school, available resources, and advertising. The second section concerns school newspapers and…

Reports the results of a study on the effect of school newspaper advisers' journalism training on the number of conflicts they have with school principals and with newspaper staffs, and the relationship between a principal's background in journalism and the importance s/he places on journalism training for newspaper advisers. (JL)