Show I Take Time Tine To Pick Your Lifes Life's Work Students in Utah often make their choices for training with too little consideration for their ability and the opportunities open to them said Dr Allen Director of or the Coordinating Council of Higher Education A MASTER plan report on Enrollment Admissions and urged that students should choose training that is right for them The report indicated in indicated indicated in- in It Is not enough to take a training course first the students students students stu stu- dents should make sure there are jobs that call for that type of training Dr Allen said In some cases there are half as many jobs available as there are students getting training The decisions added Dr Allen students make can affect their whole life therefore it must be bethe the right decision THE E RE REPORT PORT shows t that hat programs and grading standards standards standards stand stand- ards vary at each institution success rates of the student vary from a low to 57 per cent at Snow College to a high of ot 70 per cent at the College of Southern Southern Southern South South- ern Utah Not all students fit the pre- pre professional courses typical of ofa a university The report in indicated indicated indicated in- in that some stud students e n t s would do much better to choose a technical vocational 0 or r semi-professional semi fie field 1 d and investment than ever when they begin their freshman year TO BE sure the students make the right decision they should sl check with their high school counselor study the situation carefully and chances are they will wind up with an education that's best for them added Dr Allen Dr Merle E. E Allen Director of the Coordinating Council of Higher Education for the State of Utah was guest speaker at atthe atthe atthe the Kaysville Rotary Club service service service ice meeting discussing higher education as it relates to manpower manpower manpower man man- power and the community i I DR ALLEN said Higher I education is one of our great investment opportunities The human capital developed in our universities and colle colleges g e s strengthens us individually and collectively He went on to say that the profit margin from this investment is great Indeed On OnI Onan I an average the college graduate graduate graduate grad grad- earns in a year more than the one who is only graduated from high school The community in which he heI I works is stronger Education is a significant base to economic I growth There is a high correlation correlation correlation cor cor- relation between the personal per capita income and the In Investment investment investment in- in vestment in education made by bythe bythe bythe the countries of the world added Dr Allen WE VE HAVE not reached the point of diminishing returns on I our investment in education In fact said Dr Allen it is most probable that the next ten years will offer us far greater great great- er margin of profit profi t from ed educational educational educational ed- ed Investment that ever before Industrial change automation automation automation auto auto- mation the development of new world problems introduce challenges challenges challenges chal chal- lenges that will call for the best we as individuals and in institutions institutions institutions in- in can produce if we weare weare weare are to convert these crises to our advantage Duwain Buchanan a member of Rotary said We Ve were de delighted delighted de- de lighted to have Dr Allen speak to us on this vital issue As a club we are Interested in the future development and plans of higher education in Utah and m more 0 r e specifically in D Davis a vis County he added WE VE ARE ALSO interested said Mr Buchanan in the part we might play to help higher ed education education education ed- ed in Davis County |