The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
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Examining For-Profit Colleges
This tipsheet contains a guide on how to begin your investigation into the financial records and habits of for-profit colleges.
Tags: For Profit College; College; University; Education
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From community colleges to universities: Investigating higher ed with the help of students
McBride's Powerpoint is chock full of great tips and story ideas on how you can cover your local higher education institution with the help of journalism students.
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The Unsung Documents of College Athletics
Get tips on investigating the cars, the planes, the meals, and the free tickets that come with the territory of college athletics.
Tags: college athletics; sports; NCAA; violations
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Covering Education: When there's not enough time or money.
McBride gives tips on how to cover education and colleges on a tight budget.
Tags: education beat; higher education
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Examining For-Profit Colleges
Get some great data and facts from this tipsheet on for-profit colleges, this is an issue not to be overlooked.
Tags: None
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Higher Ed: Following the money on campus
Utilize the web and these tips provided by reporters all over the country to follow the money on your college campus. Search public records such as the Dept. of Ed's data of student who default on loans and the SEC's data on for-profit colleges.
Tags: for-profit college; higher education; student loan default
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The Unsung Documents of College Athletics
Use these tips from veteran reporter, Riepenhoff, to uncover the payoffs, bribes, and incentives used to get into college athletic games. From new cars, to bookies on the will-call list.
Tags: college athletics; complimentary cars; NCAA
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Clout Goes to College
Cohen gives examples of the FOIA requests and challenges faced during the Chicago Tribune's "Clout Goes To College" series. Included are examples of the FOIA requests sent and data obtained.
Tags: FOIA; data; higher education; lobbyists; Office of Governmental Affairs; college; university; admissions
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Ivory tower inspections: Holding higher education's complex bureaucracies accountable
Gabrielson discusses the challenges of deciphering the world if higher education. He suggests ways of demystifying the institutions if you're covering higher education; who to know to get the information/data you need; reading internal control audits to better understand university finances; and map the university's income sources.
Tags: education; higher education; college; university; administration; students; academic fraud; audit; tuition
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Turning schools data into scoops
Vogell explains the value of school data as a rich source for stories on education. She explains where and how to start with your reporting. She discusses out what to look at when evaluating test scores and student achievement; discipline and school safety; teaching and certification; various other valuable data.
Tags: education; testing; standardized test scores; National Board Certification; NBCL; schools; No Child Left Behind; students; school data; student achievement; grade inflation; college remediation; discipline; school safety