Most high school grads college bound
Recently released surveys indicate that
nine out of ten graduates from Oregon
colleges and universities are either working
or have continued their education, and that 70
per cent of this past June’s high school
graduates intend to enroll in post-secondary
schools.
Two surveys were released last week to the
State Board of Higher Education by the
state’s Educational Coordinating Council
(ECC). One survey assesed the educational
plans of this past year’s high school seniors;
the other surveyed recent graduates from
post-secondary schools to find out if their
education satisfied their needs. The surveys
were taken to observe the changing
characteristics and needs of students in the
Oregon State System of Higher Education.
The high school survey, titled “Future
Plans of Oregon High School Seniors,” was
conducted in the fall of 1971.
A total of 28,059 questionnaires were used in
the study, approximately 78 per cent of the
total number of high school seniors in Oregon
at the time. The report listed six major find
ings:
—The majority (70per cent) of Oregon high
school seniors who graduated in 1972 plan to
continue their education at the post
secondary level in the fall of 1972.
—The future educational plans of Oregon
high school seniors are closely related to the
educational background of their parents.”
•ecific findings show that 40.1 per cent of
tudents whose parents had a high school
education or less intended to enroll in post
secondary education on a full time basis in the
fall. The figure increased to 58.3 per cent for
offspring of persons with some post secon
dary education, and was highest (66.3 per
cent) for students whose parents are post
secondary school graduates.
—The post-high school plans of members of
certain minority groups in Oregon are
significantly different from the majority of
high school seniors.”
Oriental Americans were the group with the
highest percentage (63.0) intending to con
tinue at the post-secondary level on a full time
basis. The figures for other groups were
blacks (51.7), whites (46.9), American In
dians (40.3), Mexican Americans (37.6) and
others (40.61. Both American Indians and
Mexican Americans indicated they would
pursue military work, or homemaking ac
tivities upon high school graduation, far
above the figures for the other groups.
—The vast majority of Oregon high school
seniors who plan to continue their education
at the post-secondary level intend to enroll in
Oregon institutions.
Slightly more than half of those students
planning to attend post-secondary schools in
Oregon listed one of the state's universities or
colleges as their first preference.
—Roughly an equal number of Oregon high
school seniors plan to enroll in vocational
technical programs as intend to enroll in
academic programs at the post-secondary
level.
The major exceptions to the above were
Oriental Americans and Mexican Americans.
Academic majors were indicated by 63.7 per
cent of the Oriental sample.
Of the Mexican-Americans, 58.2 per cent
listed a vocational-technical program as their
preference with 41.8 per cent planning to
enroll as academic majors.
—The primary reason motivating Oregon
high school seniors to pursue post-high school
education is a desire to learn skills which are
necessary for a job or a career.”
The largest deviations from this pattern
were found in the college preparatory group,
where only 77.7 per cent listed job or career
skills as the reason for wanting to attend
college. In comparison, students in
vocational-technical programs measured 91.2
per cent in that category, while students in
combined or general programs measured 84.4
per cent. The largest alternate reason for
wanting to attend college among the three
groups was “to acquire a better self un
derstanding." Percentages ranged from 6.0
per cent for college preps to 2.1 per cent for
vocational-technical students.
The report on high school graduates con
cluded with an assessment of the implications
of the findings for the state system of higher
education. Among other things, the report
stated “. . . it seems apparent that the
demands for post-high school training in
academic areas will increase significantly in
future years. Further study is clearly needed
to determine the implications of this trend for
the labor market in the state of Oregon.”
Also noted were the preferences of Indians
and Mexicans for vocational-technical
education. "This finding would seem to imply
that special efforts need to be made to explore
the educational needs of these groups to in
sure that their lack of interest in post-high
school training is not a result of racial or
religious discrimination ”
The college graduate report, based on other
survey conducted by ECC, was designed to
discover how well the needs of students in
private and public four-year institutions and
community colleges were fulfilled.
‘‘The extent to which the career
preparation needs of recent post-secondary
graduates have been satisfied varies
depending on the type of program completed,
but very little variation was found to exist
among the three major educational segments
(private and public four-year institutions and
community colleges) in this regard," con
cluded the report.
"The vast majority of graduates from all
programs and institutions whose prime
motivation for attending college was oc
cupational and who pursued full-time em
ployment upon graduation are imployed in
jobs which are either directly or indirectly
related to their educational training,” the
report stated.
Each graduate was asked in the survey to
indicate his three most important reasons for
having attended a post-secondary institution
so the ECC could compare the graduates
expectations prior to graduation with their
actual experiences after graduation.
The comparison made using the ex
pectations of the graduates showed that 70 per
cent of all those surveyed originally attended
post-secondary school in order to obtain skills
necessary for a job or career. About 84 per
cent of those wishing to obtain skills are now
working in jobs either directly or indirectly
related to their post-secondary training.
Survey respondents were given an op
portunity to suggest possible improvements
in the educational system in a section of the
survey designed “to identify potential im
provements in the processes of education, not
criticize any particular aspects of the existing
system,” stated the report.
Air war, military contractors
target of peace group boycott
The automated air war in In
dochina and the corporations
which are important contractors
for it are the targets of a boycott
^^g conducted this summer by
Peace Center and the
Women’s International League
for Peace and Freedom
(WILPF).
The three corporations men
tioned specifically in the boycott
are ITT. Honeywell, and General
Electric, which all manufacture
many items used in the home.
The boyeotters suggest buying
locally-manufactured products
or products from corporations
not involved in the war, instead of
products from these cor
porations.
In connection with the boycott
activities, said Carol Goertzl of
WILPF. the Peace Center and the
WILPF are presenting a slide
show' in the EMU on Thursday.
The slides show the effects of the
automated air war and the
Blitz, University clear up
survey misunderstanding
The Blitz-Weinhard Company
and the University have ironed
out a misunderstanding caused
by the Tavern Preference
Marketing Survey, ASUO
president Bill Wyatt said Sunday.
A local representative from the
company met with ASUO of
ficials last week.
The survey was conducted by
the University's marketing
department to investigate the
feasibility of a student owned and
operated tavern in the EMU.
Although there was no question in
the survey dealing specifically
with the brand of beer students
preferred, students had added
comments saying they preferred
that the EMU tavern not serve
Blitz beer
The report compiled from the
findings of the survey states: “A
maybe minor point, but as
remarkably many students
mentioned it, we would like to
repeat it here: the tavern should
not serve Blitz beer; any other
brand is okay but no Blitz.”
Wyatt said he felt the survey
was "inaccurate in this respect.”
He said that out of 175 responses
to the survey, only 11 students
wrote in that they did not want
Blitz served
Tim Travis, ASUO chief ad
ministrative assistant, said.
“Two of the taverns in Eugene
that sell the most beer to
students, Duffy ’s and Max's, both
have Blitz on tap.” Travis added,
"There are no hard feelings with
Blitz, everything is straightened
out."
ecocide it has caused in In
dochina.
Besides the boycott and the
slide show, said Goertzl, there
will be a table with information
on the air war Thursday on the
EMU terrace. A display showing
the effects of the air war is
currently being shown on the
downtown Mall
Goertzl said that many people
do not realize the many different
products the boycotted cor
porations make. ITT, for
example, she said, makes all the
Canteen products sold in vending
machines. The object of the
boycott, she said, is to make
people aware of the destruction
caused by the air war and to get
them actively involved in op
posing it.
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Motions heard
in charter case
Federal district court judge
Robert Belloni heard
arguments Monday in Port
land on a series of motions in
a lawsuit filed against two
Washington-based travel
firms involved in a charter
airlines bankruptcy case.
The suit was filed against
International Travel, Inc. and
its owners Joel and June
Eisenberg, and American
European Federation
Tickets were sold on British
based Lloyd’s International
Airways charter flights When
Lloyd’s went into receivership
in June many Oregonians as
well as other people
throughout the Northwest
were left with worthless
tickets.
Belloni was to hear a motion
to make all Oregon holders of
tickets parties to the class
action suit. There were three'
other motions one sought to
order forcing the travel firms
to disclose their assets,
another motion wished to
restrain them from trans
ferring any assets, the last
was to start a $1,000 per day
punishment for contempt of
court because the firm
allegedly failed to obey
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