States that there is concern over what kind of training college media advisers receive. Discusses results of a survey sent to 449 student newspaper advisers that determined their professional and academic background. Cautions that the results of this survey are not easily applied to finding a solution to any perceived problems. (PA)

Considers, after surveying advisers and business managers at college/university student dailies, the extent to which these campus newspapers are instructionally independent or dependent of a university, both individually and collectively. Finds 12 dailies to be strongly independent of university control, one firmly curriculum-based, and 89 a mix…

Finds that two-thirds of advisers do not believe administrators influence newspaper content; 4.3% of advisers nationally complied with administrative requests not to publish news articles; 12.2% of advisers believe link exists between administrative funding and news selection; and advisers at two-year colleges and private institutions are…

The study described here identified and quantified the primary reasons why college or university student newspaper advisers quit. Members of College Media Advisers, a national organization of college and university advisers, were sent surveys. A total of 233 of 449 members returned the surveys, for a response rate of 52%. Respondents indicated…

Surveys college student newspaper advisors, finding that more than half want to quit, citing three primary factors: pressure from administrators over news content decisions; a feeling of being regarded as "second-string" faculty; and lower compensation and tenure rates than those of classroom teachers. (SR)

A study compared six midwestern United States campus newspapers with their respective general circulation newspapers. A content analysis of these publications was designed to determine whether local news stories in daily student newspapers are as readable, interesting, and thorough as those found in general circulation daily newspapers. The daily…