Ensign John
Mullis is in the Naval Air Corps
stationed at Corpus Christi,
Texas. Not getting enough flying
on government time, he bought
his own plane and enjoys flying it
in his spare time.
71 -- Robert Fondry is in thej
Air Force stationed in Berlin,;
Germany, where his family is!
with him. He will be there until:
August 1975. Greg Edmonds
worked as a consultant for an
engineering testing firm and is
now pursuing his second BS in
civil engineering at the
University of Florida, where he
anticipates graduating in June
1975. He and his wife Vickie live
in Gainesville. Lt. Tony Ditt-
meier is stationed with the
Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune
N.C., and 'expects to be
separated from the service ip,
eight months. Mike Gallagher is
working on Tiis masters in
Government at Villanova
University while acting as
Probation Officer for the city of
Philadelphia. Brent Jaquet will
be out of the Navy in December.
He has been working as a full
time correspondent with a daily
I Can Anyone Identify These Illustrious Looking Gentlemen? |
newspaper in Brockton, Mass,
and plans to go to graduate
school to work towards a
Masters in communication. He
and Ellie and little Kelly live in
Rockland, Mass. John Hudgins
is traffic manager for Hampton
Roads Steamship Agency in
Norfolk, Va. John Warner is a 2-
Lt. in the Air Force and expects
to complete pilot training next
October. He and his wife Mary
live in Valdosta, Georgia.
’72 - Kevin Hauser is a 2-Lt. in
the Marine Corps. He will be at
Quantico, Virginia, for six
months and then out to the Fleet
Marine Force. Vincent
GreenHeld has completed En
vironmental Indoctrination
School in Pensacola, Fla. A 2-
L4:., this is part of his training
leading to his designation as a
Naval Aviator. Congratulations
to Linda and Jimmy Cherry on
the arrival of James Preston HI
(Ki February 27. Jimmy is with
Good Will Publishers in
Gastcxiia.
(cent, on pg. 7)
Census Survey Shows Drop In Number
Of Students Majoring In Education
Despite total increases in
enrollment between 1966 and
1972, the number of persons
majoring in education declined
by 111,000 or 9.9 percent in that
period, the Census Bureau
reported. Based on survey in
formation, the Census Bureau
said, losses of 33 percent were
registered in the same period in
the fields of engineering and the
physical sciences. On the other
hand, the number of social
science majors increased by 49
percent, and the number of
commerce and business majors,
30 percent.
Of the nine million students
enrolled in colleges and
universities in October 1972, the
bureau said, 1.3 million (14
percent) were enrolled in
business or commerce fields, 1.2
million (13 percent) in
education; 1.1 million (12 per
cent) in social sciences; and
700,000 (8 percent) in health or
medical specializations.
Most fields of study are
dominated by one sex or the
other, the Census Bureau
reported. Men represented 57
percent of all college students in
1972 but accounted for 98 percent
Major Field of Study of College Students 14 to 34 Years Old: October 1966 and October 1972
(Numbers in thousands. Civilian noninstitutional popnla^n)
Major
Total
Agriculture or forestry
Business or commerce
Biological and health sciences.
Education
Engineering
Humanities
Mathematics or statistics ...
Physical or earth sciences
Social sciences
Other fields
Not reported.
B Base less than 75,000
October
1966
5,999
73
888
602
1,118
534
620
236
226
642
461
600
October
1972
8,313
97
1,157
952
1,007
357
746
239
157
954
1,740
906
Change 1966 to 1972
Number
2,314
24
269
350
-111
-177
126
3
-69
312
1,279
306
Percent
38.6
(B)
30.3
58.1
-9.9
-33.1
20.3
1.3
-30.5
48.6
277.4
51.0
(rf engineering majors, 90 per
cent of agriculture, students, and
82 percent (rf law students. Other
fields heavily dominated by men
were business and conunerce (76
percent) the physical sciences
(73 percait) and the biological
sciences (64 percent). Women
predominated in education
specializations (73 percent), and
in health fields (58 percent).
The 1972 survey showed there
were some 9(j0,000 students 35
years of age or older, 85 percent
of them in college. These older
students were much more likely
to be attending classes on a part-
time basis. . While those 35 and
older constituted only two
percent of full-time students,
they accounted for about one-
fourth of all part-time students.
The study, Social and
Economic Characteristics of
Students: October 1972, Series
P-20, No. 260, is $1.30 fi-om
Superintendent of Documents,
U.S. Government Printing Of
fice, Washington, D.C. 20402.
Credit: Higher Education and
National Affairs, Vol. XXIII, No.
13, March 29, 1974