From bogus@does.not.exist.com Thu May 22 15:04:06 2008 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 21:04:06 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: the job market regardless of whether it's weak or strong? I understand that the job market fluctuates, and we aren't fortune tellers. For example, when I was a freshman in college, there was a great demand for special education teachers. Four years later, that demand had evaporated, and students who had decided to major in special education as freshmen found that few jobs were available when they were seniors and on the job market. The reverse can also happen. Regardless, it seems to me that we need to provide students with accurate, complete information--to the best of our ability--rather than omitting information in an effort to recruit students simply to meet our own needs for full classrooms. If the students were our sons or daughters, we would want them to be treated with respect, and I think that includes telling them the whole truth regardless of its effect on us--the faculty--or the size of our programs. Most students want and need a job upon graduation. To my way of thinking, to ignore that fact is unconscionable. It's our responsibility, it seems to me, to truly serve as advocates for our students, and we can do so only by being scrupulously honest with them. Cheryl A. Koski University of Tennessee On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Karen Graber wrote: >I would also include information on the job market. Is this a growing job market? What kind of jobs and salaries are available? What companies hire people with this type of degree? Of course, I wouldn't include that information if it doesn't help sell the degree, i.e., if there aren't a lot of jobs available. From bogus@does.not.exist.com Thu May 22 15:04:06 2008 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 21:04:06 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: what the job market is like. But how many universities or departments do = you know that do that? The department's funding comes in part from how = many students are in their department and they potentially shoot themselves= in the foot if they say this job market is not good. They don't want to = do that. And if your job is to sell the department, your loyalties are to = the employer--not the students. All of which could make for a difficult = ethical dilemma.=20 Karen >>> koski at utkux.utcc.utk.edu - 11/7/00 12:13 PM >>> From bogus@does.not.exist.com Thu May 22 15:04:06 2008 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 21:04:06 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: the job market regardless of whether it's weak or strong? I understand that the job market fluctuates, and we aren't fortune tellers. For example, when I was a freshman in college, there was a great demand for special education teachers. Four years later, that demand had evaporated, and students who had decided to major in special education as freshmen found that few jobs were available when they were seniors and on the job market. The reverse can also happen. Regardless, it seems to me that we need to provide students with accurate, complete information--to the best of our ability--rather than omitting information in an effort to recruit students simply to meet our own needs for full classrooms. If the students were our sons or daughters, we would want them to be treated with respect, and I think that includes telling them the whole truth regardless of its effect on us--the faculty--or the size of our programs. Most students want and need a job upon graduation. To my way of thinking, to ignore that fact is unconscionable. It's our responsibility, it seems to me, to truly serve as advocates for our students, and we can do so only by being scrupulously honest with them. Cheryl A. Koski University of Tennessee On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Karen Graber wrote: >I would also include information on the job market. Is this a growing job market? What kind of jobs and salaries are available? What companies hire people with this type of degree? Of course, I wouldn't include that = information if it doesn't help sell the degree, i.e., if there aren't a = lot of jobs available.=20 --- You are currently subscribed to stcscsig-l as: graber at odpemail.tamu.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')