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This is the home for a new effort to bring investigative reporting training to college and university students. Our goal is to help student reporters and editors serve as better watchdogs on campus.
You’ll find resources for student journalists, updates on upcoming training and links highlighting some of the great watchdog work being done on campuses around the country.
The stories below were written by student journalists who participated in the Campus Coverage Project workshop.
By Jayme Fraser
This article examines plans by the architects and administration at the University of Montana to promote a campus building project that depends on federal funding. The $15 million project requires a $5 million earmark, or plus-up, to be approved by Congress, bringing the university's total request to $14.25 million for fiscal year 2012. The plan would fulfill a 13-year-old building project to create new journalism and forestry buildings.
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By Nicholas Harrison
With the Sooners’ win in the 2011 Fiesta Bowl, OU football coach Bob Stoops earned more than $4.5 million this year — making him the third-highest paid football coach in the NCAA.
According to his contract, Stoops earned $110,000 in performance bonuses for participating in the 2011 Fiesta Bowl and another $82,500 for...
By Sanette Tanaka
After one year of negotiations between Duke students and administrators, administrators decided to increase the dining plan contract fee from $19.50 to $90 to reduce the $2.2 million deficit in Duke Dining. Although student government representatives claimed that they agreed to a temporary, one-year increase, an incoming administrator announced that the fee would continue for at least 18 months. This piece explores the process of communication within higher education...
By Dan Kane and Eric Ferreri
The reporters took a look at a little known perk for University of North Carolina administrators known as “retreat rights” that paid them as much as a full year’s leave at their administrative salaries while they prepared for courses. In several cases, the administrators left the the University or retired without returning to the classroom, yet they kept the retreat pay. “Over the past five years, taxpayers have paid about $8 million to 117 administrators who either...
By Aaron Hedge
Everyone knows Colorado’s higher education system is facing the most difficult funding challenge in its history. It is frequently ranked last in the nation in public funding. College costs have increased so sharply that leaders of the biggest institutions are discussing partial privatization.
But what state lawmakers and university officials say people don’t know is story of how Colorado found itself in this pickle. As a result, voters remain skeptical about...
By Cimaron Neugebauer
With a dismal fiscal year behind them and also on the horizon, Weber State University officials are considering hiking tuition, laying off employees and decreasing health benefits. Weber State has already cut 90 positions over the past year either by way of layoffs or early retirement packages.
Officers of the undergraduate student government at SIUC created an amendment that passed through their senate that increased their wages significantly: The president's wage increased 122 percent. They receive their money from student fees.
