It's all doom and gloom in commercial newspapers these days: buyouts, layoffs, and fleeing advertisers. However, most student newspapers seem to be doing just fine. Student publications are not entirely immune to the changes in readership and advertising spending that have severely cut into the profits of much of the newspaper industry. However,…

In this article, the author expresses his opinion that the Internet is completing the newspapers' project of seizing mass attention. In the absence of real solidarity, it multiplies the technological functions of the psyche. Often the results are felt as a minor irony: While machines make communicating more efficient, they drastically increase the…

When Nickie Dobo wrote a column in 2003 for her college newspaper--"The Daily Collegian" at Pennsylvania State University--decrying the "hook-up culture" on the campus, she never expected it to resurface years later in an attack on her professional credibility. But that's what happened when Ms. Dobo, now a reporter for the…

Newspapers are dying. Are universities next? The parallels between them are closer than they appear. Both industries are in the business of creating and communicating information. Paradoxically, both are threatened by the way technology has made that easier than ever before. The signs of sickness appeared earlier in the newspaper business, which…

As the Internet continues to drain readers and advertising, newspapers are left with no choice but to cut back on coverage. Many papers have settled on higher education as an expendable beat. At the National Education Writers Association, which represents education reporters and editors around the country, the e-mail list for elementary- and…

To attract more young readers, magazines and newspapers are ranking colleges and universities. College officials question the accuracy of the data reported and the methodology of collecting them. However, a growing number of administrators are accepting the trend, even lobbying magazine editors for favorable treatment. (MSE)

A fraternity publication at the University of Southern California features, gossip, advice, fashion tips, and its own brand of humor. (MSE)

Discusses how a Supreme Court decision last year in "The New York Times Company v. Jonathan Tasini" has led publishers to make massive purges of archival material in newspaper databases, rendering them unreliable for many scholars. (EV)

Describes how distribution of national, local, and college newspapers at no charge has increased newspaper readership at Pennsylvania State University from 8 to 75 percent. Reports that at least 140 other colleges are experimenting with the idea, which builds the costs into general student fees. Critics suggest that student papers and activities…

High school journalists do not have the same broad First Amendment protection of free speech that adults do, the Supreme Court said in upholding a Missouri high school principal's right to delete articles on divorce and teenage pregnancy from a school-sponsored newspaper. (MLW)

Examines the special pressures felt by student newspapers at black colleges to portray their institutions and administrations in a positive light. Some students report self-censorship of publications is necessary for publication survival; however, administrators state that although unhappy with some media, they do not condone censorship of campus…

Educators are entitled to exercise control over student expression to assure that participants learn whatever lessons the activity is designed to teach, that readers are not exposed to material inappropriate for their level of maturity, and that the views of the individual are not erroneously attributed to the school. (MLW)

"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This April 15, 2005 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "M.A. Students as Pledges" (Hengen, Nicholas); (2) "It's All An Illusion" (Schweber, Simone); (3)…

The European Journalism Network, a United States-based nonprofit organization, methodically provides seed money and technical assistance to start newspapers produced by and for students in Eastern Europe and several former Soviet republics. The publications' impact is disproportionate to their size and frequency because they are unique in that…