Ed majors study market,
find brighter job outlook
Editor's Note: This article is part
of a series on the job-market
outlook for University grad
uates.
By MARIAN GREEN
Of the Emerald
The teacher demand is rising
after the past decades’ tight
education job market, says
education college dean Robert
Gilberts.
Students should no longer
assume that an oversupply of
teachers exists, Gilberts
says.“The assumption of an
oversupply is going to
precipitate a shortage,’’ he
predicts.
According to National Center
for Education statistics, the
number of students graduating
with education degrees
decreased from an all-time high
of 317,000 in 1972 to 183,000 in
1980 — a 43 percent decrease.
The Centers’ predictions for
1988 estimate the number of
graduated teachers at only
149,000 — just over half the
1972 amount.
The 1988 figures indicate
there will be enough teachers to
meet approximately 80 percent
of demand. These figures
suggest a freshman entering
college in 1981 will have a good
chance of employment after
graduation.
Shortages already exist in
teaching areas such as math,
science, english, vocational
education and special educa
tion, Gilberts says. There also is
a “serious shortage" of
counseling and education psy
chology majors, he says.
The education college offers
degrees in teacher education,
special education, education
psychology and educational
management.
The college provides 65
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percent of the elementary
teachers in Oregon. Combined,
the six state higher education
institutions provide 90 percent
of the elementary and
secondary school teachers in
the state.
"We’re turning out as many
(graduates) as needed,"
Gilberts says of Oregon's
elementary school needs. "The
elementary population will
begin growing by the middle of
the decade, and a lot of
teachers are going to be retir
ing.”
Jobs are available for
graduates who want to stay in
Oregon if they don't mind
teaching in the more rural parts
of the state.
"If one takes all the positions,
there’s an equal balance,"
Gilberts says. "A lot of
graduates leave, and others
come in from other states.”
Graduates who are "place
bound" to the Eugene
Springfield metropolitan area
have difficulty finding jobs,
Gilberts says.
Teaching salaries vary with
school level and type of educa
tion degree. Beginning salaries
start at $11,000 and upper-level
salaries for those with doc
torates start at $21,000, Gilberts
estimates.
Despite the optimistic job
outlook for most teachers, a few
education areas still have too
many teachers
For instance, social science
"always has an oversupply of
teachers," Gilberts says.
“Social science majors often
get teaching credentials as sort
of an insurance policy."
Physical education also
suffers from teacher oversup
ply, he says. Gilberts attributes
this to a “growing interest in
outdoor and physical activity,
but the interest has grown faster
than the marketplace.”
University teaching jobs
usually are available only to
those with doctorates. “That’s
gotten to be an oversupplied
field because of the cutbacks in
funding for higher education,”
Gilberts says.
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SUAB lobbyists plan
state Legislature visit
The Student University
Affairs Board will travel to
Salem to present student
views to the Legislature
Thursday.
Students who want to
suggest topics for the lobbying
effort should leave their
suggestions in the SUAB mail
box, Suite 4, EMU, or visit the
SUAB office, Suite 3, EMU.
Students also can talk to their
SUAB representative, says
SUAB chairer Julie St. Clair.
During Thursday's visit, the
representatives will visit Sen.
Ed Fadeley, D-Eugene; Rep
Margie Hendrickson, D
Eugene; Sen. Fred Heard, D
Klamath Falls and other
legislators.
SUAB’s lobbying effort
won’t conflict with the ASUO
Executive’s effort, St. Clair
says.
"If there are 15 voices that
can speak in addition to the
ASUO Executive, why not go
with that?”
SUAB is a 16-member com
mittee that usually voices
student concerns in the
University Assembly.
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