SCILS no more 2009 April 3
While I’m not surprised, I am disappointed that the Rutgers Board of Governors approved the name change of Rutgers University’s School of Communication, Information and Library Studies (SCILS) will be known as School of Communication and Information. The name change will go into place on July 1, 2009. I know that the administration says that the School says they are not diminishing the commitment to the MLIS program, but it seems obvious to me that is not true. Dropping the name out of the School’s name, in and of it self, is diminishing the importance of its largest graduate program — even if funding and support stay steady or increase. Words mean something, and so does the lack of words. A communication school should know that.