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Show cis.navmg the legislai Fewer Jobs: Mote;; College Seniors By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON - With unemployment un-employment about 10 percent, higher education looks a lot more attractive than when it was nearly half that, Davis County high school seniors are proving. LN A REPORT released to the board of education last week, Asst. Supt. Gayle Stevenson noted that trend has increased sharply over five years ago when only a little over half - 53 percent -- said they intended to attend college compared to nearly 64 percent now. Those findings were obtained in a survey of Utah's graduating seniors taken last spring conducted yearly to determine de-termine students' intentions following graduation. Mr. Stevenson said that near 64 percent figure probably represents repre-sents one of the highest college-bound percentages of anywhere in the country. "In some states, 45 percent don't even finish high school," he noted. OF THE state's 19,667 graduating gra-duating seniors, 56 percent had college on their minds although some districts, such as Salt Lake City, listed nearly 70 percent planning to go on to the ivory towers. Of those not going to college, col-lege, 16 percent, or just under one in six in the district plan on working vs. 18 percent statewide state-wide While the desire to attend qollege is high, voca-ional voca-ional education continues to take a back seat-especially in Davis County-where only one '! every 33 listed such inten-tions. inten-tions. . MR. . STEVENSON said me old argument that we're close enough to the two centers cen-ters doesn't bear fruit," he meal College at Provo and Salt A look at what the rest of the ;et----; SeaS'S dents nr 7 n lull"iJlSlu- "her"rp,aLnS m,ss'" - TAK1NG A closer I,, , the majority who sai: be hitting the colk; tbooks, Weber State edged out the link Utah as top destina nering 35 percent, o: than one in three, c T1 ximity to north cot: tr1 dents a prime fact: Ji. Stevenson explained, The bigger Utes while, attracted t 11" fl third-3.3 percent ot l-l I graduating seniors . J. J. 40 percent stateB only one-fifth of tkt seniors listed Wetx J upj Other schools were t v-'- ably down the p: led by Utah State 17.42 percent. Doi percent chose St. C Dixie College, 315 indicated in-dicated prefertt y Ephraim's Snow ait lull cent, or one in Southern Utah StottC ecte Cedar City. tor toe To me ONLY 10 student w , while, orlessthanotir " opted for Price's 0 service Eastern Utah whiles Autho: state schools, abof eight chose Brigfc University in Provo five, or one-fourth L cent of 1,528 colli? ST chose Westminster!- Salt Lake City. How do student-where student-where their alma it-be? it-be? The study shon-sjr lum choices lead it tZx better than one in ing dictates choice t five following cM: ; ; ness to home at n , cent, family mfluers- , , cent and religion . ,,f lated factors, 177 f - MOST SUDE ; j plete the ACT ap . Utah for area : " while we've beenr well," Mr. Steven board, the count) ,;. point below the Because most u r take that test vs re! f in the East, "tow-1 j to the national i continued, noting small" number o'1. seniors take the' y quired by most and Eastern sclu Of M students r hit full-time wor l;: percent-IIOheaJ al-otfice and ; trade or technic"! seven were in nir while 54 were '"' "personnel setvi |