Describes the procedures that have improved the journalism internship program at Florida Technological University and that have made the Orlando "Sentinel" more eager to accept the university's students. (KS)

Describes an annual summer workshop at the University of Central Florida (UCF) that seeks to interest minority high school students in journalism, to encourage them to attend college, and to acquaint them with UCF. Describes some of the difficulties and some of the solutions tried. (TJ)

For years professionals in the newspaper industry have criticized journalism schools' courses, students, and faculty members, and J-school faculty have lashed back, insisting that the charges are based on simplistic generalities and personal prejudices. While the ongoing debate has yielded little agreement and much confusion, it has provided a…

Discusses the effects of a grammar test on student admission to the department of communication at the University of Central Florida. (HOD)

Examines the number of adjuncts hired by three schools and compares the grades they assigned with the grades faculty members assigned to students. Finds that the number of adjuncts being hired by the schools has reached a plateau and that adjuncts at all three schools awarded the highest grades. (MS)

In an investigation of factors that satisfy faculty members in the fields of journalism and mass communication, questionnaires were completed by more than 300 professors, assistant professors, and associate professors throughout the United States. The 60-item questionnaire elicited demographic information, as well as information related to job…

Students learn the value of research by conducting field studies and by sending copies of their stories to local news media. (RL)

Responses to a national survey of 600 assistant, associate, and full professors of journalism reveal that most are satisfied with their jobs and that while they recognize the importance of research, few are involved in it. (HOD)

Discusses, and presents sample materials from, bulletins published by professional newspapers to improve the quality of their employees' writing. Notes that their technique of printing examples of good and bad writing submitted by reporters can be used by journalism teachers to point to common student errors and effective student writing. (GT)

Examines issues of professional experience, degrees, research, and productivity for journalism and mass communication faculty members, separating and comparing different specialties. Finds that requirements regarding academic degrees and research vary from specialty to specialty and that 53% of those teaching in advertising, radio/television, and…

Examines the problems experienced with journalism and mass communication (JMC) programs in an era of retrenchment. Surveys 600 academicians from various disciplines. Finds that concerns of JMC educators are shared by colleagues in other disciplines; and that JMC programs seem more likely to be merged than eliminated. Suggests eight strategies for…

Ninety-four college journalism administrators responded to a questionnaire designed to determine which research activities they felt were most important for tenure evaluation of journalism instructors. All respondents were members of the American Society of Journalism School Administrators. Respondents ranked the importance of 33 activities…

Describes several experiments, many designed to discover the public's response to unusual situations, conducted by college students in a public affairs reporting class. (TJ)

This study examined whether faculty in advertising and public relations feel they are being treated fairly in their departments and in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). A three-page questionnaire was mailed to 460 people belonging to either the Advertising Division or the Public Relations Division of the…

Describes a university summer workshop, for low-income black high school students, designed to acquaint them with the media and develop their skills in mass communication; shows how the workshop improved students' self-confidence and the likelihood that they would attend college. (GW)