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Report on Editorial
Oversight
04.11.07
As the table below
indicates, we found that
CCSU editorial oversight
is quite similar to that
of our peer and sister
institutions. All
respect students’
freedom of speech and so
do not, with one
exception, engage in
prior review of planned
articles. And all
faculty and professional
staff advisors conceive
of their roles as just
that—advisors, with only
the power of
persuasion. The one
area that CCSU does
differ in is the use of
workshops, which other
institutions reportedly
use somewhat more in
educating students about
a range of issues in
their development as
journalists. Consonant
with the president’s
desire to ensure that
the student newspaper
functions as a
“laboratory” of learning
for students aspiring to
journalism careers or
those simply interested
in becoming skilled
student journalists, we
would recommend that
support/resources be
allocated to provide
students with greater
opportunities to learn
from professional
workshops as well as
from
University-sponsored
forums and related
events.
Our subcommittee plans
to continue our survey
of peer institutions
before developing its
final recommendation.
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CCSU |
Brdgwtr |
SCSU |
USoMaine |
WCSU |
UConn |
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Prior Rev |
N |
N |
N |
F |
N |
N |
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Post Rev |
Y |
Y |
Y |
F |
F |
N |
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Advisory |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
O |
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Intervene |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
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Workshops |
O |
N |
F |
Y |
Y |
O |
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Meetings |
F |
O |
F |
F |
F |
O |
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Compensation |
N |
$ |
N |
$ |
C |
N |
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Media Board |
B, E |
N |
B, H, E |
B, H, E |
B, H, E |
B,H |
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Key: Y = Yes; N= No; F =
Frequently; O =
Occasionally; $ =
Monetary; C = Course
adjustment; B = Budget;
H = Hire editors; E =
Editorial oversight
Subcommittee:
Susan Pease, Dean,
School of Arts &
Sciences
Elizabeth Kaminski,
Assistant Professor of
Sociology
Mark Warren McLaughlin,
Associate VP, Marketing
& Communications |
