September 2007 – Page 6

Two students injured in Delaware State University shooting

Post updated at 7 a.m. CDT.

Breaking news this morning from AP: Two students were shot early this morning at Delaware State University and police are still searching for a gunman. Classes are canceled for the day. Meanwhile, the campus’ website makes no little mention of the incident ~~as this screen capture shows~~. (Screen cap taken at 7:30 a.m. EDT, and the incident occurred around 1 a.m. EDT).

~~I hope Delaware State can switch that website soon.~~

On second viewing, I see that the website does mention the incident in the lower right-hand corner.

I was expecting a more prominent placement on the site.

The state of print and electronic media

A couple of months ago, higher ed blogger Karine Joly asked higher ed marketing types to complete a survey about the state of print and electronic publications in higher education, and was overwhelmed by the results. “[M]y goal,” she writes, “was to gain insights from about 50 people.” Instead, “a total of 218 professionals working in institutions representing more than 3 million students completed it.” Wow. Great response. And although the survey was opt-in and therefore not scientifically valid, “it does provide good insights on current trends.”

And what are the trends? Visit Karine’s post summarizing the survey results to find out. No spoilers here. Karine worked too hard on gathering and compiling this data for some blogslack like me to dive in and cut-and-paste a snippet. So, go there. Read it and reap. And if you’re a member of HigherEdExperts.com, you should also have access to the five-page executive summary.