Anyone who spends time on a college campus will tell you there’s no other place quite like it. No, not because of all the stereotypes — the Frisbee-tossing on the quad, the roaring football stadiums, the professors draped in tweed.
Academe has its own language, its own conventions. Tenure, for instance, isn’t a naturally occurring phenomenon. A newcomer is likely to have some questions: In a world of presidents, chancellors, and regents, who’s in charge? And what’s all this I hear about adjuncts?
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Anyone who spends time on a college campus will tell you there’s no other place quite like it. No, not because of all the stereotypes — the Frisbee-tossing on the quad, the roaring football stadiums, the professors draped in tweed.
Academe has its own language, its own conventions. Tenure, for instance, isn’t a naturally occurring phenomenon. A newcomer is likely to have some questions: In a world of presidents, chancellors, and regents, who’s in charge? And what’s all this I hear about adjuncts?
To cover this world as a journalist, you could use a guide.
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That’s where The Chronicle comes in. We’ve been covering America’s colleges for more than 50 years, establishing ourselves as the premier experts on the topic. And in 2016 we had an idea. What if we launched a program to share this expertise with student journalists?
We’ve been holding Chronicle Reporting Workshops twice a year ever since. And this fall we held our first national workshop, welcoming 20 student journalists from 17 states to take part in a day and a half of programming at our offices, in Washington, D.C.
You don’t have to attend our workshops, though, to benefit from our expertise. Here are some resources that you can use to familiarize yourself with higher ed, and to report on it:
1. The Words
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Click here for an unofficial glossary of terms and job titles common throughout higher education. Print it out before you call the chancellor.
2. The Numbers
Click here for an informal list of data resources you can use to find information about your college — enrollment, financial health, administrative salaries, and much more.
3. The Latest
The Chronicle is always producing high-level journalism on trends in higher ed. Anyone can subscribe to our daily newsletter, Academe Today, where you’ll find the day’s most pressing news and opinion. If you’re a student journalist and you need to see our premium content, contact andy.thomason@chronicle.com with your name, your college, and the publication you work for.
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We welcome applications from student journalists to attend our Reporting Workshops. The next one will be held on October 17-18, 2019, and it will be open to student journalists nationwide. Apply here by July 19.