A “discontinuance panel” is recommending that the University of Colorado shut down its traditional journalism school, eliminating the administration and relocating tenured faculty members to different departments.
The report is murky on what journalism courses CU should offer in the future, suggesting that some or all of the degree programs housed in the journalism school be continued or revised, but “under different administrative auspices.”
A second, and separate, CU committee is working this semester to consider a new program for “information and communication technology.”
If CU leaders decide to create a new unit, then “journalism” should be included in the title, the report suggests.
If a new unit is not created, the discontinuance policy suggests that the undergraduate degree in journalism be transferred to the College of Arts and Sciences.
Reforms to journalism education at CU still require approval from top campus leaders and the CU Board of Regents.
Brittany Anas, The Daily Camera
