Light of Day

Light of Day Project: Tarleton student service fee totals top $3.3 million

2014-08-21T15:43:35-05:00

By Rachel Peoples Texan News Service Originally published Aug. 14, 2014 The average Tarleton student just finished paying around $1,400 in fees for the upcoming semester. Though students are used to shelling out hundreds of dollars each semester to pay for library fees, parking and the like, most probably don’t know where that money goes. Texan News Service decided to trace the trail and we started with the Student Service Fee, which, records show, took in some $3.3 million in 2013. We wanted to know where students’ money goes – not just the organization that spent it, but how and where [...]

Light of Day Project: Tarleton student service fee totals top $3.3 million2014-08-21T15:43:35-05:00

Sunshine Week: FOIFT’s Light of Day Project provides data reporting training

2014-03-18T15:13:43-05:00

College students in the Light of Day reporting project funded by the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas are getting data reporting training this spring through Investigative Reporters and Editors. The first session with IRE trainer Jaimi Dowdell took place Feb. 6 at Texas State University. The second session is this week with Tarleton State students. (Shown in photo, Texas State students of instructor Kym Fox after their training, each displaying one word to describe the experience.)  

Sunshine Week: FOIFT’s Light of Day Project provides data reporting training2014-03-18T15:13:43-05:00
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