Annual Census of Enrollment Records Fewer Undergrads
The number of students enrolled in university programs in journalism and mass communication dropped sharply in 1992 compared with a year earlier. Graduate enrollment offset slightly the decline in undergraduate enrollments. Journalism and mass communication programs enrolled approximately 8,400 fewer students in the autumn of 1992 compared to the autumn of 1991, offsetting growth in recent years and resulting in almost 3,700 fewer students enrolled than in 1988. The total number of degrees granted in 1991-92 was nearly the same as a year earlier, however, and this number has held steady at 36,000 for the last three years. The decline in the percentage of journalism and mass communication students specializing in news-editorial journalism has been halted. From 1988 to 1992, the percentage of students enrolled in print and broadcast journalism increased from 27.7 to 32.8. The percentage of women studying in and earning degrees from programs in journalism and mass communication remained steady in 1992. The percentage of minority students also remained relatively constant.
The Patterns of Diversity in the Student Body
The “feminization” of mass communication programs has been a popular topic for research in the last decade as we have witnessed increasing numbers of women in the discipline (Beasley & Theus, 1988). Less attention has been paid, however, to racial and ethnic minority enrollment in undergraduate journalism programs and its impact on the communications industry. That impact is likely to be considerable-students who graduate from these programs will be among the agenda setters and image makers of the next generation. Journalism programs are not the only source of qualified entrants to the journalistic workforce. News organizations frequently hire graduates of political science, economics, and other liberal arts majors, as well as (or in preference to) those in journalism or mass communication. In fact, the American Society of Newspaper Editors (“Want to Find,” 1991) advises editors to look beyond journalism programs in recruiting minority applicants. Although journalism educators may not be completely comfortable with such advice, they recognize their majors need a solid background in the liberal arts. While minority representation in journalism programs has been generally addressed in recent studies (Becker,lggO; Martindale, 1990; Paddon & Cobb, 1990; J
Content strategy in LibGuides: An exploratory study
Abstract Since its inception in 2007, Springshare's LibGuides has become a popular content management system (CMS) with academic libraries. The challenges of managing LibGuides content through a cohesive content strategy have not been well documented. The researchers conducted a survey of academic libraries that were using the LibGuides platform in Fall 2019 to determine how institutions are managing content challenges. Of 120 respondents, only 53% of the respondents indicated that their institutions had content guidelines that LibGuides authors were expected to follow. The top three most observed elements of these content guidelines were page design (80%), content reuse policies (77%), naming conventions (73%), and navigation (3%). 15% of respondents' institutions did not review guides once they were published. Of those that reviewed guides post-publication, authors (84%) most frequently reviewed their own guides. These findings imply that LibGuides are largely cared for on an honour system. Guidelines tend towards quantifiable elements and omit more abstract concepts.