Posted in PR education on Jun 26th, 2007 3 Comments »
Once upon a time, I pondered a career shift that would move me from doing corporate communications to talking about it. On the upside, I relished the thought of stepping away from the rat race (although, as most teachers can attest, the first year in academia was far more demanding than any previous job). On [...]
Posted in Colleges & Universities, Curriculum, Internships on Jun 18th, 2007 Comments Off
Last week’s meeting of OPREG (Ontario Public Relations Educators Group) was a chance for co-ordinators from six of the 12 colleges with PR programs to compare notes. One of the discussions, naturally enough, was the topic that always tops the interest-meter for applicants: internship.
Whether it’s called Field Placement, Work Placement, Field Work, Independent Study or [...]
Posted in Colleges & Universities, PR education on Jun 4th, 2007 10 Comments »
On June 11, coordinators and college professors from Corporate Communications and Public Relations programs across Ontario will be meeting for the first time. It’s a very encouraging development, one that’s long overdue. Many other academics (in disciplines like advertising and journalism) have been getting together for years to discuss issues they have in common. For [...]
Posted in Misc. on Jun 4th, 2007 3 Comments »
At the moment, any comments left on A Class Act that include one or more links are being rejected. I don’t know why, but am looking into it. In the meantime, you might want avoid adding any links (as darned helpful and logical as they are!) until I find a way to make them more [...]
Posted in Books on Jun 1st, 2007 15 Comments »
I followed up on a suggestion from a colleague, Lindy Oughtred, who suggested college professors might gain a stronger insight into students by reading Generation Me by Jean M. Twenge. Now, I’m not normally a fan of books that reduce societies and generations to tight, trite stereotypes — and there’s no shortage of that in [...]