Event Title
Concurrent Session: "Higher Education Media and the Liberal Arts"
Start Date
13-7-2016 10:00 AM
End Date
13-7-2016 11:30 AM
Description
This panel discussion includes leaders in media covering higher education and will focus on the perspectives on and media coverage of the liberal arts. Key issues to be discussed include: How are the liberal arts understood in various publics? How are messages about the liberal arts conveyed publicly? What are the central issues facing liberal arts institutions in various publics?
Speaker Bio
Scott Jaschik
Mr. Scott Jaschik is editor and one of the three founders of Inside Higher Ed. He leads the editorial operations of Inside Higher Ed, overseeing news content, opinion pieces, career advice, blogs and other features. Jaschik is a leading voice on higher education issues, quoted regularly in publications nationwide, and publishing articles on colleges in publications such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Salon, and elsewhere. He has been a judge or screener for the National Magazine Awards, the Online Journalism Awards, the Folio Editorial Excellence Awards, and the Education Writers Association Awards. Jaschik served as a mentor in the community college fellowship program of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, of Teachers College, Columbia University. He is a member of the board of the Education Writers Association. From 1999-2003, Jaschik was editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education. He graduated from Cornell University.
Beckie Supiano
Ms. Beckie Supiano is a senior reporter for the Chronicle of Higher Education. She writes about college affordability, the job market for new graduates, and professional schools, among other things. Supiano joined The Chronicle in 2008. A native of Ann Arbor, Mich., she holds a bachelor’s degree in comparative religion from Miami University and a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
Lori Sturdevant
Ms. Sturdevant writes editorials and a weekly column about topics she has covered for more than 35 years, state government and politics. She joined the Minneapolis Tribune as a summer replacement reporter in 1975, returned as a reporter in 1976, and was lead Capitol reporter and a newsroom assignment editor before joining the editorial staff in 1992. A native of South Dakota, Sturdevant is a graduate of Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and a member of that institution's Board of Trustees. She has been the author, editor or co-author of ten books, including "A Man's Reach: The Autobiography of Elmer L. Andersen," "Her Honor: Rosalie Wahl and the Minnesota Women's Movement," and "The Pillsburys of Minnesota." Her latest book is "Citizen Swain: Tales of a Minnesota Life," by Tom H. Swain, released in 2015. She is a three-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award. Sturdevant lives in St. Paul with her husband; they have three grown children. Follow her on Twitter at @sturdevant.
Concurrent Session: "Higher Education Media and the Liberal Arts"
This panel discussion includes leaders in media covering higher education and will focus on the perspectives on and media coverage of the liberal arts. Key issues to be discussed include: How are the liberal arts understood in various publics? How are messages about the liberal arts conveyed publicly? What are the central issues facing liberal arts institutions in various publics?
Comments
Moderated by Dr. Richard Ice, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University.