| Show P- P f Statistics reveal vr iv 2 v. v Students not interested in in college education This past springs spring's crop of high school are not as interested in a college education as the seniors of ten years ago according to statistics released by the office of the Utah State Board of Educations Education's Division of External Support Services In fact the percentage of college-bound college 1978 high school graduates only reached the 53 percent mark while 71 percent of the 1968 graduates intended to enter a college the next this fall represents an 18 percent decline Other student intentions are also noted in an extensive report titled Intentions of Utah's High School Graduates Spring 1978 which is conducted each year by the State Education Education Education Ed Ed- agency For instance the data indicates that of the 1978 graduates some 65 percent intended on entering some type of post high school education program this fall Besides the 53 percent intending to enter ente college the figure includes eight percent who intend on matriculating in a vocational course about one and one-half one percent who want to become business business' school s students dents and nearly two percent who plan on x entering other specialty training In comparison with this years year's 65 percent post graduate education intent 84 percent of the 1968 class planned on post postgraduate postgraduate postgraduate graduate tra training ning Where are the nearly 20 percent who dropped from the college-bound college ranks since the 1968 survey headed According to the report most of these are going directly into the labor market In 1968 only 12 percent of the senior class's students were intent on entering the labor market directly out of high school Of this past springs spring's s senior class of students 23 percent noted their intent to enter work directly after graduation tion Most of these students entering the work force after high school 43 percent would prefer employment in the skilled trade areas Twenty percent listed clerical professions as a preference The third priority for the students was marketing or business 15 l percent According to Dr Vaughn L. L Hall Associate Superintendent of Public Instruction in charge of Vocational Education there are several conclusions to be drawn from the recently released released released re re- re- re leased da data ta For one thing said Hall the data on n our 1978 graduates substantiates other statistics which indicate that a higher percentage of high school graduates are intending to enter the work market immediately after graduation In addition more students intend to go into some form of vocational-technical vocational preparation either through the on-the-job training or in the vocational school setting No doubt this recent migration of students into skilled trades is influenced by the fact that 80 percent of the job opportunities in Utah during the the next next five years will be in the vocational-technical vocational area area i |
