Attempts to determine whether journalism and mass communication programs have become less involved in scholastic journalism in recent years. Finds that media-related units with graduate programs are more sensitive to the needs of teachers. Supports the hypothesis that education for scholastic journalism could be at risk, at least in regard to…

Concludes that media educators and editors of daily newspapers in the United States had similar concerns about public trust and media responsibility, and both groups saw public journalism as a potential means for improving media credibility. Suggests that educators, however, were significantly more likely to state that the media are contributing…

Surveys members of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication involved in scholastic journalism education to discover what they think are the responsibilities of high school newspaper advisers and where they lie along the "Hazelwood" continuum. Finds that the majority of respondents consider advisers as having the…

Suggests the practical-theoretical debate has major implications for how journalism education in the United States is treating community/suburban journalism. Notes nearly all journalism faculty members who teach practical courses have professional experience, though many also have a doctorate. Concludes present accreditation systems force…

Surveys journalism educators and editors of daily newspapers to determine whether they agreed about the competencies emphasized in United States college journalism programs. Finds the two groups differed significantly about the emphases of the programs, but were in considerable agreement about the skills and abilities needed by graduates. Notes…

Finds that, according to responses by administrators, most journalism/mass communication units accredited by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication seem to have done somewhat more than unaccredited units to sensitize students to a multicultural society and to hire minority faculty and recruit minority students. (SR)

News writing students at two universities were surveyed concerning their perceptions of freshman composition and its usefulness for other academic writing, journalistic writing, and the work world. The survey was also designed to determine whether students believed freshman composition and journalism emphasized the same writing skills and whether…

Discusses a survey of press freedom at American high school newspapers, as judged by newspaper advisors and teachers. Explains that most respondents indicated that the Supreme Court's Hazelwood ruling has produced little change in the fairness of high school newspaper stories. Notes significant differences between responses from Journalism…

Surveys print and broadcast journalism educators and professionals. Finds a gap, though not a particularly wide one, between the professional journalists and journalism educators concerning courses journalism programs should emphasize, important competencies for journalism students, mid-level professional training, the importance of various…

To examine how the Hazelwood decision (Hazelwood School District versus Kuhlmeier) affected high school advisers' views of their role in controlling content in their school newspapers and what they see as objectionable content, a study surveyed 100 Missouri high school advisers randomly selected from a list of 573 Missouri public high schools…

A study examined to what extent journalism/mass communication education is attempting to sensitize students to covering people with disabilities in comparison to what it is doing in regard to addressing diversity issues concerning race, gender and sexual orientation. Two hypotheses were proposed: (1) that academic institutions accredited by the…

Surveys high school newspaper advisors, finding remarkably similar attitudes, in states with scholastic freedom of press laws and states without such laws, regarding scholastic press freedom, the way they exercise their duty in overseeing the newspaper, censorship and self-censorship, and controversy over newspaper content. Finds differences in…

A study examined what journalism and mass communication programs have done to prepare students to understand and relate to a multicultural, multiethnic, multiracial and otherwise diverse society. Responses to a 34-question survey were returned by administrators of 216 undergraduate journalism/mass communication programs listed in the 1992-93…