Wednesday, August 18, 1976
University Dally Kansan
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Some job outlooks dim
By BECCI BREINING
For graduates in law, journalism and education, the threat of joblessness is going to increase in the next five years, according to a recent U.S. Department of Labor report.
Several KU professors said recently that an awareness of such job outlooks was
'It's common knowledge around the law school the market is bad.'
becoming increasingly important,
important, college
expenses as a ticket to employment.
Donald Richardson, assistant dean of education, said he made a point of telling students that the university is a place of learning.
"I WOULD be dereelit in my responsibility if I didn't do that," he said. "There are no reservations on my part about telling students the market is crowded. I don't hesitate to suggest alternative job possibilities with a teaching degree."
The short time a professor has to advise a student is a major problem. Richardson
"When students are flooding through here there's no way an advisor can expand upon job outlooks and let a student know fully the situation," he said.
Law students are mature and aware enough to investigate the job outlook for themselves, Sandra Carson Jones, Lawrence second-year law student, said.
"PEOPLE IN LAW needn't be told," she said, around the law school the market is bad.
Jones said that she had been "somewhat aware" of the situation when she entered law school, but that now she was "acutely aware."
John Murphy, associate dean of law, said he would be misleading his students if he were to give the advice.
"I think most of the students here believe that they will eventually have a job," he said. "The legal situation is somewhat exaggerated. One thing about the law is that legal training prepares you for many other things."
JOURNALISM ALSO takes a student to fill several types of jobs, Lee Young, professor of journalism, said, so the tight market isn't alarming to many students.
"I have asked my classes, and sometimes not more than half the students say they will be able to work with me." "Certainly it would be unwise not to mention to the students I advise that there is an overabundance of graduates in journalism, art, and music." "I want to make the job market perfectly clear."
"There are more journalists than can be absorbed, but this won't always necessarily be the case."
Richardson agreed that a fluctuating market made it difficult to advise a student.
"HOW DO you explain this to a student who hinges a really big decision on it? There's always exceptions to the situation, and you can overkill in your precautions," she said. "But the most important variable, but you must temper it with alternatives and options."
Vernon Geissler, director of placement,
a student should not select a major
that does not relate to his field.
"No particular major gets a job for a person," he said. "Getting a job is tough no matter what."
"Outlooks are helpful, but many times they miss."
from now is impossible, Frances Horowitz,
the college of liberal Arts and
Science, and sciences.
ADVISING FOR a market four years
"Suppose we are in a war, or a world-wide depression," she said.
"It's not a matter of responsibility that I might have toward a student, it's whether I have the information to help him consider the alternatives."
Richard Rundquist, director of the counseling center, said he viewed the
'No particular major gets a job for a person.'
center's role as one of providing in-
formation so students could decide for
themselves.
"WE DON'T discourage or encourage; we simply supply information so a clear, realistic decision can be made by the student."
"It would be really frustrating to go through four years with that in mind," Jay Pritchard said.
Two students in education said a fact
about the school district include
promoting students about the
school.
Stanley Reeder, Lawrence senior, said he entered the school of education just two semesters ago. He said he was fully aware of the light market for teachers when he entered.
"REGARDLESS OF the market," Rundquist said, "if a person has the guts and the gumption to go out and get a job he wants, he will."
Tours, sessions help foreign students adjust
If you're new to this part of the country and you're wondering why the guy sitting next to you on a campus bus is talking funny, he hasn't necessarily got a Kansas twang or a speech impediment. He's probably a foreign student.
By PAUL D. ADDISON
A Small World program is operated by members of the community to help women and children unfamiliar with the United States and broaden their knowledge of U.S. life.
Another community program is the Host Family program, which provides foreign students with an opportunity to take part in a learning experience by being in contact with a Lawrence family.
Other programs also exist to help foreign students be acclimated to Kaplan.
For new foreign students, an interesting and exhaustive orientation program is offered. Students will be treated to bus tours of the campus and community, an English proficiency examination and discussion sessions about education, life experience and career goals.
This fall almost five per cent of students enrolling at the University of Kansas, some 1,200 people, are expected to come from another country. Of these about three-quarters will be male students, and more than 80 countries will be represented. Japan, Vanuatu, Japan, Taiwan and Saudi Arabia will make up the majority of this number.
One quarter will study in the Applied English Center, and the remainder will be split almost equally between graduate and undergraduate students.
On campus, foreign students can keep in
touch with their own culture and other cultures through the International Club which organizes dances, banquets, picnics, festivals and sports events.
Affiliated with the International Club are many national organizations including the Iranian Students Association, the Free China Club and the Venezuelan Club.
The Office of the Dean of Foreign Students helps coordinate many of these activities and also publishes a monthly newsletter informing students of upcoming events.
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She said students would be able to see which organizations their money was spent on.
STUDENT SENATE organizations and other University organizations have been asked by the Senate to participate in an event in the Union toward the end of September.
"Organizations will be able to give students first-hand information about their activities." "Tashef said." "Maybe groups have a club and hosting club could give some demonstrations."
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