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Show Survey Shows Utah Lags in Jobs By Randy Sullivan! How many people have heard this from a parent: When are you going to graduate, get a job and start supporting me?" It seems that graduation from college means its time to enter thereal world." time to get a job and start paying major bills. How well you do in securing a good job depends on three things: your incentive, the major you graduated with and in what region of the country you intend to work. The College Placement Council, a national association for career planning, placement and recruitment, evaluates the job listings and placements at 143 colleges and universtities across the country. They compile a listing of job offers and base starting salaries for comparison on a regional basis. Utah falls in the Rocky Mountain Region, along with Arizona. Colorado, Kansas. Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico and South Dakota. While not all major universities in the region are included in the survey. BYU, Utah State and the University were. The survey compared these schools placement programs with those in other regions nation These statistics show that Utah does indeed lag behind the rest of the country in It cannot afford to continue the process of educating students and losing them to other regions. If it does, I may have to send my support checks to my parents from California. Illinois. Florida, etc. . . professional job offers and entry level salaries. This is a trend that needs to be overcome if the state wants to experience more economic growth. Some of the survey results: Sprung Fliirog By Erick Scheen Summer sports and recreation fans should mark Saturday, May 14 on their calendars as the date of the annual Spring Fling. The gala event will be held from 12 to 5 p.m. at Canyon Rim Park. The park is located at approximately 3100 South and 3100 East. Associated Students of Westminster College Vice President Rick Razzeca said that beer is allowed in the park and drinkers are subject to state law (so bring your IDs). Razzeca added that Westminster will supply hamburgers, hot dogs, and beans. Razzeca said that planned activities will include a StudentFaculty softball tournament. and a volleyball tournament. Anyone wishing to bring a team for either tournament should submit' a 10 member team roster for softball or seven member roster for volleyball to the ASWC office . Well (ASWC) have for the tournament winners," said Razzeca. and the winning softball teams name will be placed on a plaque to be hung in the Shaw Center." For more information, contact Rick Razzeca in the ASWC office, orJackie Haus in Campus Life. wide. It is important to note that these figures are for degree candidates without job experience. Also. Utah as an individual state averages about five to ten percent less than the national salary averages shown above. The reported salaries do not include fringe Other results Eire benefits or overtime. available. ts Hill Utah Grads 'akes O By Laurie Staton-Cart- i By Lee Roszczynski Over forty-si- x percent of Utahs graduates with teaching majors expect to leave Utah to find work. This figure was the result of a poll taken recently at Brigham Young Univer- Experience er The Height Of Westminster College of Salt Lake City is currently negotiating to offer an MBA program at Hill Air Force Base near Ogden, Utah. The proposal was submitted in early December of 1987 and the contract, if awarded to Westminster College, will be pending prior approval by the Commission on Colleges of the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, before the tentative June 1988 start date according to MBA Program Director Dr. James Seidelman. The program to be delivered at Hill AFB is described as a program for the working and professional." It is "competency-base- d designed to develop present and future managers who can deal creatively and effectively with organizational problems within and increasingly complex environment. The curriculum supports a general management philosophy which stresses balance in the application of diagnostic, conceptual, human and technical managerial skills that result in effective leader- sity. Perfection Experience what Utah Holiday magazine rightly called "the best hamburgers in Salt Lake City" Your choice of seventeen delicious, flame-broile- Training Table hamburgers. Imagine the possibilities! d ship. The emphasis is on problem identification, goal determination and implementation. Interpersonal and communications skills are the primary catalysts throughout own Westminsters unique learning an intergral part of the environment, All program. learning experiences are scheduled during the evenings or on Saturdays. The program enrollment is kept small, thus providing small learning groups which encourage personal growth and development. A Business Advisory Council consisting of local business leaders provides d executive direction throughout the graduate program. Students in the MBA program are accomplished professionals and managers. The experience each individual brings to the and program enriches the interaction with promotes interdisciplinary dialogue collegues from varied settings and one-on-on- ever-growin- first-han- April 19, 1988 Issue 15 Utah is just not the place for someone looking to find a career in teaching, said one young man. You cant afford to be a teacher in Utah. The starting salary for a teacher is slightly over fifteen thousand peryear. Even for those individuals with a masters degree, the salary begins at an average of little more than eighteen thousand dollars. A beginning salary of fifteen thousand dollars peryear is barely above poverty level and is not attractive enough to young graduates looking for a challenging and monetarily rewarding career. For years, many have stayed in Utah despite the wages because they enjoyed the lifestyle. Now, times are changing and the salaries just cannot support the time and effort a teacher has to contribute to be effective in the teaching profession. Another reason for this startling percentage of outward bound teachers is the size of classes. Presently, the average size of a class is approximately 24 students per teacher. A more realistic number ranges up to 33 students per class. One young woman said, I cant imagine how one couldspend any time at all with any of the students. e The time needed for students with special requirements is just not available. This was not welcome news in an election year when the candidates are looking to cut taxes and yet cope with the g needs of Utahs educational systems. The conclusion of this report is that more money will have to be spent on education if Utah expects to hang on to its graduates. More money will have to be spent to raise starting salaries, provide more teachers and lower teacher-studeratios if d Utah wants to maintain a workforce and to give new students a fighting chance. OPEN FOR LUNCH AND DINNER 7 DAYS A WEEK. TAKEOUT AVAILABLE. DOWNTOWN 809 SLC East 4th South 355-752- 3 AAV wlLalai I A 4828 Highland Drive Creekside the (In Shopping Center) 272-739- i 8 c MinAI vnLL 6957 South State IVIILS 566-191- 1 well-educat- ed nt highly-educate- Forum 5 |