Colorado regents vote to close J-school

[Inky_Wretch]

Campus leaders, as well as President Bruce Benson, supported the closure, proposing that the university instead implement a "Journalism Plus" program that calls for CU to drop journalism as a standalone bachelor's degree. Students would be able to pursue a double major in journalism and another subject, or they would be able to major in a subject with a certificate or minor in journalism.

Read more: CU regents vote 5-4 to close Boulder campus journalism school - Boulder Daily Camera http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_17845940#ixzz1JXKwB5jV

 

[LongTimeListener]

Coverage of the vegetarian and vegan movement will never recover.

 

[Matt Stephens]

I know I'm a CSU grad, but I can shine more light on this when I'm not on my phone.

 

[Stitch]

From the article in the Daily Camera, the main beef from those with advisory roles is the program just hasn't adapted to the digital age.

While I didn't learn too much from the print aspect of my undergraduate studies, I did have to take a couple of digital media classes. In the intro class, we had to work in small teams to make a short film. We had to learn the nuts and bolts of video and audio editing, proper shooting techniques and establishing a workflow.

That class was a prerequisite to the broadcast journalism classes where we had to produce packages for the campus newscast.

Unless CU required journalism majors to learn to write, paginate, produce audio, video and photo packages, and learn Web tools, it wasn't doing the job in educating students.

 

[Double Down]

Also, the philosophy department is no longer adaquately preparing kids for the workforce. SHUT IT DOWN!

 

[jlee]

I got very little audio/photo/video training out of my undergrad years as a strictly j-school kid. Granted, that was by choice and the program has served me well in the long run, but I would have been better off getting a double major or minor in journalism.

 

[flexmaster33]

I got very little audio/photo/video training out of my undergrad years as a strictly j-school kid. Granted, that was by choice and the program has served me well in the long run, but I would have been better off getting a double major or minor in journalism.

agreed

 

[dirtybird]

When I was in J-School, I constantly heard some statistic that the number of Journalism students was going up every year by a pretty decent rate. If this is a way to limit that, I see there could be an upside.

That said I was very disillusioned with the way my J-School operated. Lots of talking about digital media, audio, web, and video. But when push came to shove there was not NEAR enough emphasis on that or real-world experience.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Rick Reilly's alma mater closes the J-school.

Unbelievable.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Rick Reilly's alma mater closes the J-school.

Unbelievable.

Didn't they vacate his participation?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Rick Reilly's alma mater closes the J-school.

Unbelievable.

Didn't they vacate his participation?

They took him out of the media guide.

 

[Matt Stephens]

Yes, CU fans hate him because he thinks aloud like a good columnist should. Damn you Rick, for not riding you alma mater's balls at all times.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I think he wrote that he was embarrassed to be an alum after the whole female kicker scandal.

 

[micropolitan guy]

That mindset probably wasn't changed by the Dan Hawkins era. In fact, except for AFA college football in Colorado sucks outloud because CSU is absolutely terrible.

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

Been in the works for a while.

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/67503/

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/79378/

 

[Mizzougrad96]

It's still pretty big news. That was a pretty good J-school.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

I'm sure I'll catch flack for this but, with the business being what it is, they should offer a two-year program for journalism at the community college level, like they do with nursing programs. It seems silly to accumulate four years of debt to earn $25,000 if you're lucky, while nurses come out of a two-year program and make twice that if not more.

 

[BYH]

I'm sure I'll catch flack for this but, with the business being what it is, they should offer a two-year program for journalism at the community college level, like they do with nursing programs. It seems silly to accumulate four years of debt to earn $25,000 if you're lucky, while nurses come out of a two-year program and make twice that if not more.

You won't catch flack from me.

Good on CU.

Also, the philosophy department is no longer adaquately preparing kids for the workforce. SHUT IT DOWN!

Big difference though: Nobody goes to college expecting to make a living in philosophy or staking their hopes and dreams on getting a job in philosophy.

 

[Matt Stephens]

Also, the philosophy department is no longer adaquately preparing kids for the workforce. SHUT IT DOWN!

Big difference though: Nobody goes to college expecting to make a living in philosophy or staking their hopes and dreams on getting a job in philosophy.

Other than my sister ... I have no idea what is wrong with her.

 

[YGBFKM]

I'm sure I'll catch flack for this but, with the business being what it is, they should offer a two-year program for journalism at the community college level, like they do with nursing programs. It seems silly to accumulate four years of debt to earn $25,000 if you're lucky, while nurses come out of a two-year program and make twice that if not more.

You won't catch flack from me.

Good on CU.

Also, the philosophy department is no longer adaquately preparing kids for the workforce. SHUT IT DOWN!

Big difference though: Nobody goes to college expecting to make a living in philosophy or staking their hopes and dreams on getting a job in philosophy.

Prove it!