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Education majors up at University By Jackie Barry (Hthc Emerald College freshman have chang ed their minds about careers in computer programming and education. According to a recent survey sponsored by the American Council on Education and the University of California at Los Angeles, in 1980, college freshmen chose computer pro gramming over education careers. In 1984, that trend changed to education being the favored major. Sources in these University departments and information from the registrar’s office here vary in terms of how they sup port these trends. According to Associate Dean Judith Grosenick of the Division of Teacher Education. "We’re finding greater interest in teacher education than at any time in the last six years. In the area of elementary education, there has been a 47 percent in crease in enrollment over last fall and graduate enrollment is up (>() percent.” Alan hliason. an a(l|tincl associate professor in the com puter and information science department, says fewer freshmen chose CIS as a major during the 1986-87 school year, hut this year’s graduating class contains about the same number of people. The registrar's comparative enrollment statistics on students receiving bachelor's degrees in these departments only back up this trend to a marginal degree In 1982, 408 students received bachelor's degrees in CIS, as compared with 429 in 1983. 481 in 1984 and 445* ill 1985. In the education college. 47ti students received bachelor's degrees in 1982. 487 in 1983. 477 in 1984 and t»29 in 1985 Grosenick believes two fac tors may have caused the in creased interest in teaching as a career: the national attention received by education in the press and the prediction of a teacher shortage, presumably caused bv a current baby “boomiet” coupled with the abundance of retirement-age teachers. Kliason said the difficulty of the CIS curriculum may have deterred some people from enrolling, lie said it has “become a form of engineering. It's coming of age ... being recognized as a science." |ob opportunities upon graduation remain good in both fields, said l-arry Smith, direc tor of the University Career Planning and Placement Service. He said the overall demand for teachers in Oregon has been stable for the last 2 or 3 years, and has improved over the last year. Them's a “balance in terms of supply and demand." While the search tor u teaching job can 1m* very com petitve in some areas, he says, finding one is “u function c»f geographical flexibility." Smith noted Western Oregon is more popular than Eastern Oregon and the 1-5 corridor is more popular than the coastal region. He said of the June 1984 teacher-education graduates, 91 percent are employed full or part-time with 9 percent re maining unemployed Of those who graduated the same year in computer science. Smith says 81 percent have full time jobs. 9 percent part-time jobs, and the other 10 percent are either continuing their education or not seeking employment. Smith noted laith fields are still employing a lot of new peo ple. United States Bureau of l.abor statistics project the need for 5.387.000 teachers and 980.000 computer programmers in 1995, says Smith These figures represent a -4 percent increase in numbers of teachers and a 88 percent increase in numbers of computer program mers employed now. Eugene area offers variety of summer cultural events By Aaron Knox (H Ik. ».mrr.ld The summer calendar of cultural events unofficially opened in Eugene last week with black tie gatherings dominating the schedule, but bandanas and batik will come out in force in mid-July. The Oregon Bach Festival, hold at the Hull Center for the Performing Arts, continues through |uly 12. and features a variety of performances throughout the period, in cluding an a la carte schedule of afternoon concerts and evening performances which feature the baton work of internationally reknowned conductor Helmut Reilling. The opening night perfor mance of "1776" in June featured closing remarks by Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, and the musical is being promoted as Eugene's primary celebration of the bicentennial of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Ed Kagazzino’s production is presented by the Eugene Festival of Music Theater, and the Hult Center is offering packages which combine tickets to the play with Bach Festival tickets, the play will be presented nightly through July 9. The Britt Festival in Medford runs through Sept. 1. and features a diverse mixture of musical theater, dance, classical music. jazz and bluegrass. Dave limbeck. Krnie Watts. Les Brown and Mel Torme are among the enter tainers slated to perform during the jazz festival, which begins July 17. Information on specific performances and tickets can be obtained by calling the Britt Festival at (503) 779-0847. Kugene returns to more eclec tic fare in July, when the Satur day Market begins a summer long series of events. The Oregon Country Fair plants its rustic stakes in Veneta July 10-12. and the long-awaited Grateful Dead/Bob Dylan lour invades Autzen Stadium July 19. In addition to the scheduled entertainment, both the Country Fair and the Deud/Dylan concert will provide camping facilities for out-uf-town attendees and is expected to create atmosphere and diversions all their own. The summer promises to offer something for everyone along the cultural spectrum, with numerous other events filling in the Bach-to-Dead continuum. Details on these and other events will be reported as they become available. "The job opportunities an' simply fantastic." said F.liason of computer related t areers. pinpointing good companies, location, and salaries, as well ns the opportunity to work with state of the art ideas and equip ment and to advance in the field as specific opportunities Hryan Pooling, who will In- a computer science senior next year, chose that major because he was "really interested" in math and computers in high school and it seemed like the logical path to follow. He said the potential for getting a job after graduation also helped him make his choice Pooling got his first job in that field this summer. He is working on a Portland program ming team in a company for which his mother also works Computers are tne way or the future," Dooling said. Interest, ability and the possibility of getting a (tetter job helped JoAnne Kdin Colter make the same choice. A June 1U87 graduate of the OS program, she said she was suited to the mathematical nature of the field and wanted to perform work in which pro blems were solvable. Shi said she also had been a secretary doing programming but getting paid quite a bit less than co workers with bachelor's degrees in computer science Matthew Doty graduated from the teacher-education program after Winter term 1987. 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