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Show Wednesday, October 26,2005 Page 3 The Signpost Students'salary sights may be set too high Graduates to face decreasing entry-level salaries, wages Regional National WSU :33,933 MBA -,•-., : ^ - ; . - > - ? - ; . v : - v - v ^ - : : 1 ^ ^ i5052,933 >:-f|4b,270 Logistics -•• ;•;-•; r j ^ ! T K "•; S : r V? 1 ^ ^45,006 38,605 43,040 Accounting (MPAcc) . . ,.,%v, ^^39.417 40,614 42,098 Information System & Tech. ^ 32,293^ 38,178 Business Admin./Management \*> ¥ 38,308 35,333 34,511 Marketing : .,., . --•- 135,457 v 38,153 41,306 Accounting (Baccalaureate) ; > \ ; 34,468 42,900 ^ 35,779 Human Resource r 33,468 37,541 40,969 ; 31,000 Economics/Finance 2004 Salary Comparisons . ;-, / •• ' . • and associate degrees, making the competition fiercer and the market more saturated. Many students start college with But wages for those with advanced dreams of taking on the world, seeing no degrees are steadily increasing. According deadline can't be met and no grade out of to the U.S. Census Bureau of Labor reach. Statistics, advanced degrees have seen But are the promises of those high a 2.5 percent increase in the past four entry-level salaries still attainable for years. today's graduating seniors? Can entryPat Wheeler, Weber State University level college graduates still expect to earn Goddard School of Business and a higher sum, based on earning a college Economics Career Services advisor, degree? attributes the declining trend to "Real earnings for workers with only recent corporate scandals such as a bachelor's degree have fallen for four Enron, and economic hits such as straight years ... and shows no signs of those that occurred in the wake of abating," said Michael J. Mandel in a Sept. 11, 2001. "Business Weekly" magazine article titled Events such as these cause employers "College: The Payoff Shrinks." to use more cautious hiring practices. "Since 1994 earnings for Americans Business managers become nervous with a bachelor's degree are up about about the future and begin stockpiling 10 percent," Mandel said in his Sept. earnings. They go into a preventative 12 article in the magazine. "Since 2000, mode until the economy becomes however, the college wage premium more stable and more predictable. has shrunk." "Unless the This means __________mmm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ trend of the past average earnings four years reverses, have risen over "Unless the trend of the the clear benefit of the years, but attending college are slowly on the past four years reverses/ will become decline again. the clear benefit of tarnished," Mandel M a n d e l said in his article. attributes attending college will Wheeler, on this trend to the other hand, moving skilled become tarnished/' has seen opposite jobs overseas results from recent to China and - Michael J. Mandel, WSU graduates. India and the Business Weekly writer The Goddard United States' business school oversupply of -«--_-_---------. here last semester skilled workers had an estimated who graduated from college. More and 98 percent job placement percentage, more people are earning bachelor's she said. By Nicole May correspondent | The Signpost .• • ; ; - . .'• v ^ .»; •; '•>. - , * < ; * •'.«, x Regional = UT,ID,WY,MT,CO ** WSU only school in region offering Logistics A side-by-side comparison of salaries in the nation, region and the entry-level salaries of Weber State University graduates. The figures are derived from careers in the business department. When comparing salary slatistics provided by the Goddard school from July '04, WSU rise by $1,962, while wages for those with an accounting master's degree rose by $1,656 - a 5 ^^^^^^^^_ percent increase. s t u d e n t s WSU graduates are making "Competition on campus is in 2004 from the about t h e Master's of Business difficult You have recruiters Administration same - ii' not were more - than looking a t hundreds of making $8,997 more the national than the national people and only have one average. average. C o m p a r e opening to fill." "1 think our students do well t h o s c competing in the n u m be rs - Chad Wallace, work field because of with 2005 WSU senior in ali the work-related statistics, and several Master's of Business Administration experience they get working and putting areas have themselves through increase d " " " " ^ - - ^ ^ - ^ ^ - starting wages. Accounting majors school," Wheeler said. Counselors at WSU Career Services with bachelor's degrees saw wages often recommend students take internships to get work experience in their related fields. "Competition on campus is difficult," said Chad Wallace, a WSU senior who is currently working on his master's degree in accounting. "You have recruiters looking at hundreds of people and only have one opening to fill." Wallace said he attributes his success in his job search to good contacts and networks made while attending WSU. "I don't foresee a drop in hiring in the future," Wheeler said, "but a rise in the current hiring market. The market is just bursting with recruiting." You can leave a messag for reporter May by calling 626-7655. Weber State University :RSITY CHHRJ (NOW AN "AGGIE'S ONLY" PARTY) JH > 9 > j To: WSU Faculty and Students From: Don Gardner, CIO dgardnerf5fweber.edu Date: October 26,2005 Subject: University Commitment to Online Education Gail Nildason, Director Online Education gniklason^ weber.edu Anyone taking or teaching a fully online or an online enhanced course at Weber State this fall has been painfully aware of problems we have experienced in keeping the system continuously available. Please know that we have identified the source of these problems and take full responsibility for dealing with them in an expeditious manner Please also know that the outages we have experienced have not been the result of any fundamental deficiencies in our learning management system, WebCT Vista Inadequacies in the underlying support systems have been clearly identified as the Toot cause of our inability to accomplish timely recovery from unplanned disasters. Disasters, both natural and man-made, are a fact of life with which anyone running enterprise information technology systems must be able to cope. While continuous effort is made to prevent manmade disasters, the focus must be on our ability to recover as quickly as possible no matter what the origin. Several of the inadequacies identified in the recent outages have already been addressed For example, a new Storage Area Network (SAN) has been implemented that provides greatly expanded space for backups and much faster recovery processes. Database parameters have also been adjusted to further reduce the possibility of data errors. In addition, incompatibilities between server operating systems will be fixed, a new tape backup system is being installed and the hiring process for additional needed personnel for support of our mission critical systems has been initiated. hex I \ w V i-2:00am ! J I L-Y 4 2 W / W S H IT> We do not presume to have all the answers and have invited specialists from other universities and our supporting vendors (Oracle, Sun Microsystems and WebCT) to help us identify and correct other possible deficiencies in our support structure. In an ongoing process involving WSU students, faculty and staff we will look at other universities with similar infrastructures to identify "best practices" that may be applicable to our environment. The goal will be to help us identify areas in which we can improve and ultimately deliver a more reliable experience for students and faculty. We are interested in hearing your concerns and answering your questions; an open session has been scheduled for Wednesday, October 26 at noon in Lampros Hall, room 201, We encourage your attendance at this meeting. If you are unable to attend, please feel free to send us your concerns via email. utfe iuyfo desM or @ the door Thank you for your continued patience. We are committed to resolving these issues and to achieving a high standard of online academic excellence for Weber State University. PH S l - ' . n ,• *i w I ' N i V ! :••».•', 1005 0MVM!'.m O h ; ! "r\ i. i Nicole |