NAEB Newsletter (Mar 1958)

Not included in the summary of listings are em¬ ployer interviews at the College. In radio-television as well as in other branches of the communications field, the demand for personnel has been considerably greater than the number of available graduates, according to Prof. Joe C. Sutton, chairman of the College’s Placement Council. During 1957, 40 radio-television students were graduated from the College. The Placement Service, Prof. Sutton explained, draws the majority of its job offers from Illinois and neighboring states. ROCKEFELLER FELLOWSHIP OFFERED The World Affairs Center of the United States an¬ nounces the establishment of a fellowship for the study of international organizations for the academic year 1958-59. The fellowship, which has been made possible by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, has been established to enable a college or university teacher to gain first-hand knowledge of international institutions through a year of study and research in New York City. The fellowship will be open to fac¬ ulty members, preferably not over 35 years old, hold¬ ing the Ph. D. degree or its equivalent. Application forms and further information may be obtained by writing to the World Affairs Center for the United States, United Nations Plaza at 47th Street New York 17, N. Y. The deadline for applica¬ tions is March 15, 1958. The Rockefeller grant makes possible one fellow¬ ship each year for three years. The World Affairs Center was founded in 1957 by the Foreign Policy Assn, in cooperation with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, It is an agency dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of citizen engagement in world affairs. RECOMMENDED READING “Magic in Mass Communication,” by John K. Weiss, assistant vice-president and treasurer for the Fund for the Advancement of Education, is one of five articles by prominent educators featured in the Feb. 15 issue of Saturday Review under the heading “New Worlds in Education.” Tracing the humble beginning and steady growth of ETV, the article focuses on the money and man¬ power-saving aspects of its use, as well as on its po¬ tential as an educating device. Weiss calls attention to two inherent threats to the freedom of TV operation — governmental regulation and the staggering construction and operating cost. He terms the concept of “equal time” for political opponents and the requirement for “public interest” programming by commercial stations “two half¬ hearted compromises designed to assuage our guilt” about violating in spirit the Bill of Rights. The key to the reestablishment of freedom of communication is, according to Weiss, in the hands of educational broadcasters because, of their freedom from “spon- sorial pressure.” ^ A free booklet titled Educational Television and the Schools is presently available from the ETRC at Ann Arbor, Mich. The booklet covers such subjects as the kinds of TV systems used in education, the various types of educational programs which can be developed by schools and the kinds of public relations programming used to stimulate a more positive at¬ titude toward schools and education in general. y Religious TV, a Handbook for Rabbis and Relig¬ ious Organizations has been prepared under the co¬ sponsorship of the New York Board of Rabbis and the American Jewish Committee to assist religious groups in putting on TV shows upon request by their local TV stations. Copies of the $1 booklet may be ordered from the New York Board of Rabbis, 10 East 73rd Street, New York 21, N. Y. or from the American Jewish Com¬ mittee, 386 Fourth Ave., New York 16, N. Y. OHIO CONTEST DRAWS 677 PROGRAMS U. S. and Canadian broadcasters have entered 677 programs as contenders for the 1958 “Ohio State Awards,” Dr. I. Keith Tyler, head of Ohio State Uni¬ versity’s Institute for Education by Radio-Television, has announced. The awards are given yearly by the IERT, in connection with its Exhibition of Educational Radio and TV Programs. Major aim of the exhibition, according to Dr. Tyler, is to further the broadcasting of significant ed¬ ucational programs by singling out for special honor the most outstanding entries in the various program classes. Total entries for the upcoming exhibition repre¬ sented a slight increase over last year, although radio programs entered dropped from 415 to 382. TV en¬ tries rose from 253 in 1957 to 295 in 1958. Judging is currently under way at 17 cooperative 4 NEWSLETTER