November 23,1982
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SAT Scores Improved
Are high schools starting to turn out smarter students?
Well that's what the College Board is hoping. The results of this year's verbal and
math SAT scores are up, for the first time in 19 years.
The Scholastic Aptitude Test is administered to a million high school seniors each
year by the College Board. The scoring scale is from 200 to 800 points. The results of
the 1982 test show the mathematics score to be an average of 466 and the verbal score
to be an average of 426.
This is still quite a bit lower than back in 1963, which is when the downward drop
began. In '63, the match score was 502 and the verbal was 478. Since then, scores
have been dropping steadily.
One third of all students in high school across the country took the SAT in '82. Of
those, two thirds will be attending college this fall. Students use their SAT scores in
applying for admission to college.
Male students scored higher than female students, even though more women than
men took the SAT.
Educators hope that the increase in the test scores indicates that high schools are
becoming more aware of the decline in education, and trying to do something about
It. The quality of education is often linked to the SAT trends, and with 19 years of
dropping scores, the possibility that the decline is over is welcome relief.
However, College Board officials caution that the tests may not accurately reflect
the state of American education.
The College Board also administered a questionnaire to those students taking the
exam. With 90 percent of the students responding to the survey, the following results
were announced:
•Scores on the Standard Writen English Test improved for the first time since the
test was introduced in 1975.
•Computer science increased 38 percent in the past year as the student's intended
area of study in college.
• Education and social sciences are declining in popularity as a chosen field of study,
possibly because of the low-paying positions available in that field.
•56 percent of women students taking the test plan to study business in college. This
is up from 33 percent in 1973.
The College Board also released a list of state-by-state scores. The state
breakdown is somewhat difficult to interpret, because the number of students taking
the test in each state differs widely. For example, students in Iowa had the highest
scores on the math test, with an average score of 572, and an equally impressive score
of 516 on the verbal. But only 3 percent of the high school seniors in the state took the
test. Connecticut had the highest percentage of students taking the test (69 percent)
and their average scores of 432 on verbal and 464 on math gave them an overall
ranking of 35th of the 50 states.
The lowest percentage of students taking the test in any state was in South Dakota,
where only 2 percent of seniors took the SAT.
The College Board's report. National College Bound Seniors, 1982 is available
free of charge. Copies may be obtained by writing The College Board, Box AF, 888
Seventh Avenue, New York, 10106.
Ugly Men Fare Better
Campus Digest News Service
Ugly men have belter jobs and better educated wives than good-looking men, a new survey
says.
The survey found that looks have no effect on income, but in other areas, attractiveness in
men hinders gains in status.
The survey was done by University of North Carolina researchers.
The least-attractive men have the most education and their occupational status is higher on
the job classification scale the researchers found. The survey showed that uglier men
performed better at school and had sexual relations at a later age than their better-looking
counterparts.
However, the survey said that “outstandingly” good looking men attain jobs of equal
prestige as those of the least acctractive.
The survey also found that a woman's attractiveness was not related to education,
occupation, or personal income. Nevertheless, there was considerable evidence that feminine
attractiveness affects the adult status through marriage to a high-income husband.
The survey said that the more attractive the woman, the better educated her husband. The
opposite was true for men.
There was no correlation between a woman's looks and her school performance or
adolescent sexual activity, according to the survey.
The study used data from a survey in 1970 of 601 men and 745 women. Thai survey followed
up a study of men and women who were first questioned in 1955, during their sophomore year
in high school. Research assistants then rated the respondent's looks, using high school
pictures. The survey was made public cn Sept. 7 at the 77th annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association.
Harder To Get Loans
With student aid having been cut back in several areas, there’is a lot less money
available this school year. The Guaranteed School Loan program is the largest
federal student aid program. A new loan rule prohibits students from families with
mcomes of $30,000 or more from applying for guaranteed loans, unless there are
unusual circumstances of financial need. Many students have heard of the $30,000
rule and not applied when, actually, they might be eligible.
Unless President Reagan signs the appropriations bill which would provide extra
money for the Pell Grants program, and the Supplemental Educational Opportunity
Program, many students will be unable to receive finanial aid. This will probably
cause a decrease in the number of lower-income students applyingat more expensive
schools and private colleges, and instead increase the number applying at
community colleges and “cheaper” schools.
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Sex In Class On The Rise
Colleges across the country are providing students with a little extra along with
their education - sex.
Although sex was never intended to be a part of the college learning experience,
that's what a growing percentage of men and women are getting after class or in the
instructor's office.
As society relaxes its moral standards about sex, and as the number of women and
older students returning to college has increased, sexual relationships between the
student body and the faculty have become more and more common.
Some estimates show 10 to 20 percent of faculty members of various colleges date
or have dated their students. One poll of students revealed I'S percent of female
students who graduated after 1971 had had sex with their professors.
A survey at some Colorado 'olleges of 111 men and women who had student-
faculty affairs in 1980 indicated that most (84 percent) were between male professors
and female students.
The average number of affairs for male professors was three compared to one for
female professors.
The average grade point of more than 50 students who had been involved with an
instructor was an A minus.
This increased sexual activity on campus is giving rise to concern, to put it mildly.
Student-teacher relationships have always been considered taboo and often promote
suspicion and disapproval from both colleagues and students.
Because the student-teacher relationship is comparable to that of a client-
professional, some speak out against these sexual relations as a breakdown in
professional standards. According to many critics, a certain amount of distance
must be maintained to allow the educational process to succeed.
A professor sexually involved with a student can sometimes find more on' his
hands than raised eyebrows. Frequently, instructors report that bedroom play is
used as blackmail for better grades.
The tables can be turned around, too. Students often suffer sexual harassment
from professors. However, a college or university can usually help out in situations
like that. Many institutions have established investigative procedures to handle
sexual harassment complaints.
College officials may be able to stop unwilling affairs, but they have little power to
put an end to relationships between two consenting adults, especially if the two are
capable of handling the accompanying difficulties caused by the liaison.
37 Named To Who's Who
The 1983 edition ofWHO'SWHOlN
AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND
COLLEGES will carry the names of 37
students from Fayetteville State
University, who have been selected as
being among t-he country's most
outstanding campus leaders.
Campus nominating committees and
editors of the annual director have
included the names of these students
based on their academic achievement,
service to the community, leadership in
extracurricular activities and future
potential. They join an elite group of
students selected from more than 1,300
institutions of higher learning in all 50
states, the District of Columbia and
several foreign nations.
Students named this year from the
Fayetteville are: Berthina Baker, Arlean
Boozer, Roberta Butler, Terrance
Dawson, Karen DeVaughn, Gail
Dimsdale, Howard Fleetwoodf Karen
Hall, Elizabeth Harper, Lafell
Higginbotham. Karen Kowalski, Oirin
Loftin, Jerry Masuda, Cheryl
McCalop, Sandra McGill, Wanda
McGrady, Bonnie Mucklow, Christine
Nordan, Theresa Pugh, Cynthia
Taliferro, Benetta Walker and Beverly
Warren. ;
Other students named were: Teresa
Bass, Newton Grove; Marion Crow,
Spring Lake; Melinda Davidson,
Clinton; Martha Faircloth, Stedman;
Joseph Files, Huntington, NY; Minnie
Futrell, Ahoskie; Napoleon Kornegay,
Grifton; Linda Leach, Lumberton;
Betty McCormick, Red Springs; Gary
Snapp, Raeford; Brita Talley,
Rockville, Maryland; Kenneth Tinsley,
Englewood, New Jersy; Janice Toon,
Morehead City; Dimple White, Linden;
and Leroy Worth, Rockingham.