Public universities use private nonprofits to raise money. In order to track donor influence, one group is fighting for more access.
Shaking the foundation: Fighting for access to university nonprofit foundations
Author: Katherine Schaeffer
Yak flak: How should schools respond to students' anonymous speech?
New technology means new worries. Schools are grappling with how to respond to students' anonymous speech in the Yik Yak era.
A plea for help: Student publications try to raise money online
Like professional newspapers, student publications nationwide are strapped for cash. In an effort to stop the bleeding, some have turned to the Internet to ask for help.
Administrators at Columbia College reverse student newspaper staff cut amid financial turmoil
When Chicago bumps its minimum wage to $10 an hour in July, Columbia College will scale back hours for many of its student workers, and until Wednesday, the number of employees on the student newspaper staff would have been reduced by a quarter.
Delta State U. journalism program, student newspaper print funding axed
Despite cries to save student journalism in the Mississippi Delta, the state’s higher education commission voted unanimously to cut Delta State University’s journalism program Thursday.
Fate of journalism program at Delta State U. to be decided in Thursday board meeting
On Thursday the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees may drive the final nail into the journalism program’s coffin when it decides whether to accept the university’s plan to eliminate the program.
N.D. governor signs law granting student journalists enhanced free-speech protections
North Dakota governor Jack Dalrymple signed into law Thursday rules to further protect the free-speech rights of high school and college journalists.
Saddled with debt, U. of Montana student newspaper transitions to weekly print cycle
Motivated by a budget shortfall that’s plagued the Montana Kaimin for years, the independent student newspaper’s editorial board agreed Monday evening to become a weekly for the rest of the semester — a significant shift from the previous Tuesday-Friday print cycle.
8 student-media employees terminated at Auburn U. under plans for converged newsroom
ALABAMA — During his three years as the student newspaper adviser at Auburn University, Austin Phillips spent hours each week reading the students’ work, offering advice and answering students’ legal and ethical questions.
And although Phillips’ students have the final say on what goes into the paper, “they know they can come to me, call me, email me any time of the day or night to answer any questions,” he said.
Student newspaper at U. of Virginia removes April Fools’ Day stories students decried as racist
The student newspaper at the University of Virginia issued an apology and pulled two satirical stories from its website Wednesday after students complained the stories were racist — one of which parodied a student’s violent arrest by Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control agents two weeks ago.