Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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Being a student . Yi. 5' in 1975... 'J . iv i i i JOBS 'v Looking for practical solutions in ct real world ONE ARE the bomb scares, the rallies, the profes- sors pleading with their classes to keep KSU open. lt is a new breed of college student--pragmatic, complacent and deeply concerned with career and financial future. For the most part, the KSU student of today was a high school or junior high school student during the late sixties who never faced the draft and was never involved in polit- ical activism. Most still do not exercise the franchise won through the lobbying efforts of their elders. The same economy which in the past welcomed college graduates with open arms plays havoc with them now. The unfavorable odds in the job market have led many students away from rhetoric and idealism and toward practical solu- tions for survival in the real world. There has been a change in attitude, claims Thomas Hairston of the Placement Bureau. Students are most in- clined to work within the establishment than to stand off and take pot-shots at it. ln a hard market, students or graduates are hesitant to question goals or beliefs of poten- tial employers, such as those manufacturing weapons or military equipment. The carrot is no longer outstretched before the college graduate. For some, staying in school is a goal. The demand for training in medicine, law, architecture and other profes- sional fields surpasses by far the capacities of higher educa- tion to handle students in these areas. Story by Keith Sinzinger A major trend away from education and liberal arts finds more students in fine and professional arts. Journalism, art and telecommunications enjoy healthy enrollments, while education, the leading college for four years ago, has fallen to less than 20 per cent of KSU enrollment. Although enrollment in the College of Business Admini- stration has retained a fairly constant percentage over the last five years, more students are pursuing two or more concentrations of interest to increase their job chances. According to Hairston, careers in marketing and sales, although not valued by students as most desirable, are promising because demand is insatiable Employment opportunities in the service industries--food, health, clothing and finance are attracting many students fearful of what a history or English degree would hold for their future. While students of today may appear to be a resurrection of their parents with a change only in clothes, the outlook of many is borrowed straight from the sixties. People want jobs where they can continue to be themselves, says Dr. John Binder of Academic Advising and Orientation. The organization man of the fifties is not the ideal anymore. The popular analogy of college life today to the fifties fails on other points. The best of the sixties has been bor- lSee next page.i With the job market as tough as it has been, Kent students are increasingly concemed with employment and many make use of the KSU Placement Bureau, opposite and above.

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,iiik . J E Students getting close to graduation spend many 1 hours sending resumes, below: reading library sour- ces on possible job areas, below right: and studying extra hard to keep up with the competition, oppo- site in the May 4 Room at the Library. 'fe :F B. Jones If C3 bv Photos 6 ' R3 e-ze h , vale? Nr F R S +1 I -1 gh A