In this study, I investigated how student publications portrayed whiteness as the dominant feature of the campus environment between 1945 and 1965 among the member institutions of a consortium of elite U.S. Midwestern liberal arts colleges located in rural and industrial towns across Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and western Pennsylvania. These…

The work of student journalists often appears as a source in the footnotes when researchers tell the story of perhaps the most significant period in the history of higher education in the United States--the student protest era throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Yet researchers and historians have ignored the student press itself during this…

Describes programs in Ohio and Michigan in which African American students are given an opportunity to practice scholastic journalism which they might not otherwise have. Lists the organizations and the contributions they have made, and the impact this has had on the programs being discussed. Discusses implications for the future role of African…

Discusses problems encountered by journalism teachers and publications sponsors in Ohio and neighboring states during the extreme 1977 winter weather. (MKM)

Discusses how student journalists provided coverage and answers for high school publications during the energy crisis that crippled Ohio in the late winter of 1977. (MB)

ONE HUNDRED TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IF MASS CIRCULATION OF THE CAMPUS PAPER (PUBLISHED AT THREE-WEEK INTERVALS) ALONG WITH A COMMUNITY DAILY PAPER WAS HARMFUL OR OTHERWISE TO THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF THE COLLEGE. THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP COMPRISED THOSE WHO RECEIVED BOTH THE STUDENT PAPER AND THE DAILY PAPER. THE CONTROL GROUP…

Argues that high school journalism teachers must emphasize the difference between law and ethics, especially with regard to stories on controversial topics. Reviews several of these stories published in a high school newspaper in Columbus, Ohio. (MS)

A study identified the principal ways in which high school newspapers are funded in Ohio, particularly with respect to the public or private nature of the schools, the paper size, frequency of publication, the methods by which papers are printed, and the sorts of staffs that publish them. Of the 1,080 high schools listed for the state, 228…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 11 titles deal with the following topics: the role and function of the California Journalism Articulation Committee; international communication as an academic career for journalism professors; network television news discourse;…