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This from 9news.com in Boulder, Colorado:

The University of Colorado announced Wednesday its School of Journalism and Mass Communications will be discontinued.

Here is a press conference video produced by ColoradoDaily.com:

The Denver Post reports:

…shuttering the School of Journalism in its current form — a process called “program discontinuance” — will begin, although the committee could potentially recommend that the school remain as it is, (CU-Boulder Chancellor Phil) DiStefano said. All current students will be allowed to complete their degrees, whatever the changes.

“Discontinuance” is an unfortunate legal term, said journalism-school dean Paul Voakes.

“It implies that we’re shutting down, when the opposite is true. Discontinuance is the necessary legal process that would enable us to create the innovative new programs our students need,” he said.

The Denver Post adds:

The process leading to Wednesday’s announcement began in April when Doug Looney — a CU alumnus, former Sports Illustrated writer and then-chairman of the journalism school’s advisory board — wrote a “white paper” to DiStefano complaining of infighting in the school.

“The SJMC (School of Journalism and Mass Communications) and its dysfunctional faculty are hopeless,” Looney wrote. “Prospects for improvement are nonexistent. It should be closed.”

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