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. He said
he entered college with the idea
he wanted to lie a teacher partly
because a good friend suggested
the idea He's already working
as a teacher and said he didn't
doubt he would get a job
because of his sex, his qualifica
tions and his willingness to
relocate.
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