Three years of college
increasingly favored
BOSTON (AP) — An increasing number of college-bound high
school seniors favor speeding up the time it takes to get a ba< helor's
degree, according to two surveys
Seventy-seven percent of 2,000 students in rare (Kill said they would
lie more inclined to choose a school that let them finish in three veers
instead of the traditional four. That was up from 42 percent when the
question was asked in 1983.
And 54 percent of 646 potential applicants to Oberlin College said
they would prefer to get a bachelor's degree within three years
"We knew that there was interest in this, and we knew it was the
sensible thing both educationally and financially, but we were sur
prised at the very significant number of students who had come inde
pendently to the same conclusion." said S. Frederick Starr, president
of the Ohio school and a chief proponent of the idea.
Fifteen presidents and chancellors met last month in Washington
to discuss accelerated degree programs, year-round classes, combined
undergraduate- and graduate-level education, and other ways to expe
dite a college education.
Among the schools and systems pushing or considering acceler
ated bachelor's degrees are Stanford, the state universities of New
York, the Higher Fducation Council of Virginia and the California
state university system.
The nationwide survey of 2,000 randomly selected high school stu
dents by George Dehne <k Associates found a dramatic increase in the
number indicating a desire to attend a college offering a three-year
degree since the last time the question was asked in 1983
"Kids are saying, heck. I just can’t afford the four years and l want
to go to a good school, but if it’s going to save me money then it’s a
tnitter option for me." said company President George Dehne.
The Oberlin study, of people randomly selected from among those
who had expressed interest in the school, was done for the college by
Jack Maguire Associates of Concord. Mass.
Maguire’s study found minorities and students with high grades
even more inclined to favor an accelerated education.
"It’s all about the business of quickly getting on with life’s work."
said pollster Jack Maguire.
The margin of error in the Maguire survey was plus or minus four
percentage points and in the Dehne poll plus or minus five points.
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