Available from: Quill, 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601, $10.00, sc $1.00, monthly. Lists general reference works with which journalists and journalism students should be familiar, as well as sources of local information. (JM)

Describes the questionnaire developed by one school of journalism that is used to measure student perceptions of the quality of academic advising. (HOD)

Notes that critical-cultural studies have had little impact on journalism and mass communication education for a number of reasons. Surveys 100 journalism and mass communication programs. Examines how critical-cultural faculty interact with the university community. Finds that scholars, as a whole, were open to critical-cultural perspectives.…

Outlines two paradigms in critical-cultural analysis that seek to identify and explain the meaning of phenomena that make a culture, focusing on their relevance to research and teaching in journalism and mass communication. Identifies key issues and implications for mass communication research and teaching. Suggests ways educators can apply…

Outlines important teaching issues faculty should discuss, including the definition of education; the kinds of facts, values, and opinions teachers should try to pass on; and ways of evaluating what is getting through to students. (CRH)

Argues that writing models, such as the inverted pyramid, help students of news writing reach more quickly the point at which many of their skills become automatic. Describes the "news in four paragraphs" model for hard news stories, and discusses the limits of models. (SR)

A survey of newspaper editors and journalism school deans and faculty members revealed that media criticism by journalism schools occurs infrequently and that both academic and media people have mixed reactions about its advisability. (GW)

Examines the positive and negative consequences of journalism faculty criticism of local news media, as evidenced from a survey of journalism school deans, faculty members, and newspaper editors. Suggests five things for journalism faculty to consider before initiating media criticism. (RL)

A national survey of 102 faculty members (reflecting a return rate of 56%) in schools and departments of journalism and mass communication focused on several problems in hiring new personnel. An equal number of respondents agreed and disagreed that journalism and mass communication is well-served by hiring practices prevalent in the field. Results…

Asks program administrators to determine the status of two aspects of journalism and mass communication education that have been widely debated: The relative weight of skills development and conceptual content; and the extent to which students study the liberal arts and sciences in their courses. Concludes the administrators think their programs…

A survey of 144 college students reveals that students support the student teacher-evaluation process, that they see problems with specific rating instruments, and that they are not certain how much weight should be given to evaluation results. (RL)

Reports results of a survey investigating what practices journalism faculty advisers perceive as appropriate and ethical (when advising theses and dissertations) in several potentially troublesome areas: problems with appropriation of student work; problems of joint authorship; appropriateness of adviser input; reasons for writing a thesis or…

Describes the way that the Diagnostic English Test (DET), a writing skills laboratory, and a basic journalism course combine to monitor, correct, and improve journalism student writing ability while keeping journalism program standards at a consistent level. (RL)

Reports that the majority of publications advisers surveyed rejected censorship. Some, however, indicated that it was more important for a school to be protected from potentially damaging articles than for a student publication to be free of school control. (FL)