Madison resident and Capital Times editor John Nichols joined communication scholar Robert W. McChesney to discuss the current state of print and online journalism, with ideas to save the dying industry. Of note to my readers:
The Internet and blogosphere, too, depend in large part on “old media” to do original journalism. Web links still refer [...]
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August 9, 2009
The current state of journalism and its Web 2.0 future
August 9, 2009
The devil is in the details
When I heard of the new Forbes college rankings, I hoped it would bring a substantial counterbalance to the dominant US News ranking culture that continues to infect all aspects of higher education in America.
That was, until I saw its methodology.
While trying to tear a page from the big-sellng (and much-debated) U.S. News and [...]
August 9, 2009
The ‘have and have nots’ of a down economy?
Paying to get an internship? Who can afford such a thing. So much for the ol’ ‘pull yourself up by the bootstraps’ maxim.
NYT:
With paying jobs so hard to get in this weak market, a lot of college graduates would gladly settle for a nonpaying internship. But even then, they are competing with laid-off employees with [...]
August 9, 2009
Compare the tuition rates
Even after the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates (read: a tuition increase, for all you non-UW readers), look at how UW stacks up:
Tuition
1 Northwestern University
Tuition: $38,461
Percent increase: 3.6 percent
Increase per semester: about $660
2 Penn State University
Tuition: $13,604
Percent increase: 4.5 percent (for the University Park campus)
Increase per semester: $295
3 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tuition: $12,660-$16,978 (based on [...]
August 9, 2009
UW rakes in the dough
$timulus:
Already, 90 awards totaling more than $26.5 million have been made to UW-Madison faculty under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Wisconsin projects ranging from stem cell research and new genetic models for cancer to Antarctic weather stations and bioenergy have been funded by the various federal agencies disbursing stimulus funds.
“The stimulus funds are going [...]
August 6, 2009
Community colleges and the 4 year degree
UW researchers are playing a role in the federal government’s push to increase investment in community colleges around the country. Obama’s for it, as was George W. Bush.
A report released in May and co-authored by UW-Madison professors Sara Goldrick-Rab and Douglas Harris argued that community colleges are in need of significant government investment if the [...]
August 6, 2009
Some good news.
For the city (Allied Drive):
We’re trying to do something that hasn’t been done much in America — dramatically improve a neighborhood and keep it affordable,” Cieslewicz said.Due to efforts by residents, police and others, plus a population drop caused by building closures, conditions have improved.
Police calls fell from 3,825 in 2006 to 1,788 last year. [...]
August 4, 2009
It’s about time: 3 links I’ve been meaning to post
1. The Sconz- OK, this is pretty late, and it got to the point where the site was either (a) obvious to readers or (b) in the summer doldrums not enough attention would be pushed over to his URL. Well, here it is. I recommend the Brunch Links and browse for far more discussion on [...]
August 4, 2009
Rise in tuition costs. The problem, why, and our alternative.
Interesting article on the impact it has for public law schools. Who’s hit this year?
Administrators planning substantial tuition increases note that they are putting some of that additional revenue toward financial aid. Even so, the tuition increases are bound to heighten the financial burdens of public law school students, who already graduate with an average [...]
August 4, 2009
You just knew heads would roll…
… in Illinois:
The chairman of the Board of Trustees at the University of Illinois resigned on Monday amid increasingly incendiary accusations that he encouraged an academic version of “pay to play” politics to flourish, allowing students to be admitted based largely on personal and political connections.The chairman, Niranjan S. Shah, an engineering executive, informed Gov. [...]
August 2, 2009
Ken Harris to take over ASM Press Office
ASM release:
The ASM Nominations Board announced today that it has recommended Ken Harris, Austin Hetrick, and Callie Otto to serve as the ASM Press Office for the 2009-2010 academic year. Their appointments are subject to confirmation by the full ASM Student Council at its August 22nd meeting.
Senior Ken Harris will serve as the Director of [...]
August 2, 2009
You can tell a lot from the quotes
No comment ad nauseum.
A city attorney’s investigation, which included review of a videotape of a July 7 council meeting and interviews with witnesses, found little to no evidence to substantiate the claim against Bruer.
Instead, the report concluded, “The relationship between certain individuals in the clerk’s office and City Council office have produced an undesirable working [...]
July 30, 2009
Half season…
Every year, something new:
All men’s basketball student season tickets will be sold as half-season packages in 2009-10. The 19-game home schedule will be split into two separate half-season packages. A total of 2,100 tickets will be available to students in each half-season package. Students will have the flexibility to select the half-season package they wish [...]
July 29, 2009
Princeton Review rankings. Lame.
Every year it’s like clock work. Princeton Review (not affiliated with the stuffy conservative school in Jersey) issues a set of rankings – the “cooler” version of the US News – with the party topic as the most notable. This year, Penn State “wins” the honor.
And, of course, the media LOVES to cover the subject.
Some [...]
