MA ADMISSIONS: Info session on Tuesday, Jan. 17
From Dean Lemann.
Dear M.S. Students,
I’m writing to remind you that tomorrow evening, at 6 p.m. in the Lecture Hall on the third floor, there is an information session on the Master of Arts in Jouunalism program. I hope you’ll come.
The M.A. program, as most of you probably know by now, is an optional second year that focuses on imparting deep subject-matter expertise to journalists. It is generally considered to be the most ambitious attempt to expand the boundaries of journalism education now going on in the United States. It is in its first year of operation. At tomorrow night’s meeting, various deans, including me, will be there to describe the program in detail, and faculty members and students from all of the program’s four majors—Arts and Culture, Business and Economics, Politics, and Science—will be there too, so it will be easy to get answers to any questions you may have.
The one question we can’t answer yet for sure is the one that I would guess is uppermost in your minds: What kinds of jobs does the M.A. program lead to? That won’t be answerable until the second year of the program has already begun. But, mindful of the uncertainty, we are offering the program once again on extraordinarily generous financial terms: full-need tuition assistance. So in return for being a brave early adopter, you’d get a deal that is not going to last into the years when the program is a proven success.
The application deadline for the program is three weeks away. Please try to take the time to find out more about it tomorrow evening. Thanks, and I look forward to seeing you then.
Best,
Nick Lemann
