I disagree with what you say about college newspapers, however. Perhaps not your conclusion, but your reasoning. I lived and breathed the college newspaper while I was a student (though not in a journalism program). I eventually became its editor and the lessons that I learned about managing people, producing a product, dealing with the consumers, balancing editorial excellence and revenue, were invaluable lessons that prepared me far better for online journalism than any other student or professional experience, even though I hardly thought about the website once. Additionally, because there’s generally not well organized campus media outside of the campus newspapers, these papers have been somewhat insulated from the readership and advertising challenges facing newspapers more generally. Where these newspapers are able to support themselves (or at least provide a reasonably subsidized lab for teaching students invaluable skills) we shouldn’t rush to kill them off, as outdated as they may seem on the surface.

I agree that perhaps online should be taught as well, instead of not at all.