“Colleges are more obsessed with protecting the brand than they’ve ever been,” writes Lindsey Knake, MLIVE (Twitter post, 9/30/15). Just how widespread is the desire to “protect the brand”? Read David Wheeler’s account, published in The Atlantic, about how management changes were made at the college newspaper at Butler University.
NEWS BRIEFS: David Wheeler on College Newspapers & “Protecting the College Brand”
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