Show What A Year Two-Year College Can Do Job opportunities are better for those with a community college education j says Dr OD Carnahan President Utah Technical College at Salt Lake f Remembering that about 80 percent of jobs require less than a year four-year degree it remains true that most positions do demand at least one to two years of college training Salary ranges over ones one's working life are higher for graduates Community college completers are more marketable because they have learned not only technical and humanities skills but also broad adaptability to a change Job changes are becoming the norm in the closing years of the twentieth century Dr Carnahan expresses concern for those who are Insufficient Insufficient education this year will cost the United States an estimated billion in social costs alone in welfare checks crime remedial education job insufficiency insufficiency insufficiency and lost taxes need more not fewer opportunities s in both public schools and hig higher 6 er L. L education education 1 t 1 1 i t 1 V Y For example in 1984 the State of Utah spent less per public school pupil than IBM averaged per employee 2300 in educating its own work force The president pleads for citizens to support education both public and private elementary and higher Our greatest asset should continue to be a work force of people who can do and who can think That takes effort and material resources Patricia A. A Weir President Encyclopedia Britannica Inc has said Fostering higher order thinking is critical Technology that teaches problem solving and enhances analytical thinking provides the skills needed for optimal employment in th the information age Utah Tech's President comments All our potential students should have access to the best learning tools at this college If Utah is to have economic success it has to have well-educated well young people Unfortunately the converse is an inadequately educated people equals a poor people reflecting a distressed statewide economy for the future Can we risk that LL LL |