By Mindy McAdams

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Teaching Online Journalism

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Notes from the classroom and observations about today’s practice of journalism online

My university in the Times

The Foundation for the Gator Nation (thanks, Sue!) –

If there is any goal that the University of Florida has pursued as fervently as a national football championship for the Gators, it is a place among the nation’s highest-ranked public universities …

To upgrade the university, Dr. Machen is seeking a $1,000 tuition surcharge that would be used mostly to hire more professors and lower the student-faculty ratio, not coincidentally one of the factors in the much-watched college rankings published annually by U.S. News & World Report. This year, that list ranked Florida 13th among public universities in the United States.

Source: Public Universities Chase Excellence, at a Price, by Tamar Lewin, The New York Times, Dec. 20, 2006

I know, I’m off-topic again. But I just had to let you all know that we are more (much more) than a football school!

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2 responses to “My university in the Times”

  1. Craig writes:

    Go re-invent journalism.

    Go Gators!

    I couldn’t resist. :)

  2. Mindy McAdams writes:

    Ha ha! Thanks, Craig.

    I have not seen on of those UF “Go …” commercials lately.

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