NEXT STOP: GRAD SCHOOL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300210053-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 2, 2000
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: September 15, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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June graduates ly 55 per of tht
Elmiral Collegentwill at-
tend graduate school during the next five
years if the current trend toward graduate
study continues.
"Actually, ft re is every reason to predict
that the percentage will increase in the fu-
ture," reports Dr. Maryann Ehrhardt, direc-
tor of institutional research at the college.
Studies recently completed by Dr. Ehr-
during the first five years after graduation.
"At the same time it is significant to
note that many older alumnae are returning to
take graduate courses 20 and 25 years after
completing their bachelor's degree require-
ments," Dr. Ehrhardt said. "In many cases
these are women who have raised their fam-
ilies, and are now planning to seek careers
in teaching or other professional fields which
require advanced study."
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Thirty-two of the 171 members of the
Class of 1966 will be enrolled as full time grad-
uate students at major colleges and univer-
sities throughout the nation this fall, accord-
ing to a preliminary occupational survey com-
piled this summer by Mrs. Clara S. Wing,
director of placement.
For the second consecutive year graduate
work tops the list of career fields selected by
Elmira alumnae in their first year out of col-
lege, continuing the general trend which de-
veloped in 1959 following the major revision
of the college's curriculum in 1957-58.
In addition, comments from the 148 gradu-
ates responding to the survey indicate that
some 20 other members of the class will take
part time graduate work while employed in
other full time positions.
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Commenting on the fact that about one-
third of this year's graduating class will con-
tinue their studies at the graduate level, Dr.
J. Ralph Murray, college president, stated,
"This is particularly significant, in that it
demonstrates conclusively that the high aca-
demic standards of Elmira College and the
quality of its graduates are recognized by the
major graduate schools in accepting such a
large number of our students.
"At the same time, as more and more
Elmira graduates enter the teaching field and
other snecialized professions, it indicates that
our students are bpcominrp, more aware of the
advantages of a strong liberal arts foundation
as the basis for graduate study, with the re-
sult that they will be better prepared to make
meaninec ul contributions to society."
In addition to the 32 students entering grad-
Graduate School
And Teaching
High in Survey
teaching are the
major career areas selected immediately
following the completion of undergraduate
studies, according to a 10-year summary
of first jobs of Elmira College graduates.
More than half of the 1083 alumnae In
the classes of 1956 through 1965 entered
those fields immediately after graduation,
including 202 who attended graduate
school, 148 in secondary teaching, and 228
In elementary teaching.
Other major career areas selected for
first jobs by Elmira College graduates in-
clude secretarial work. 53; scientif9c work,
50; social work, 42; Insurance companies,
35; publishing companies, 25; college ad-
ministration, 23; retailing, 22; government
work, 16; programming and data process-
Ing, 14; and banking, 11.
Elementary and secondary teaching fol-
low closely as career choices, with 28 gradu-
ates teaching this fall at, the elementary leve,
l
and an additional 26 employed as secondary
school teachers. A total of 40 have accepted
various other positions, while 15 fire married
and are not planning to work, and 23 have not
reported on their career plans.
Although many of the graduates have
located in the Northeastern United States,
others have traveled to distant points in the
United States and throughout the world. Four
members of the class have joined the Peace
Corps and are preparing for assignments in
West Africa, Turkey, and the Philippines,
while two will work in VISTA programs in this
country.
Carla Margulis, a language major, is a
graduate student in Italian at the University
of Rome, Italy. Others at distant locations in-
clude Joan Fuetsch, a graduate student in
speech pathology at Stanford University in
California; Margaret Amaden, a social stud-
ies teacher in Corpus Christi, Texas; and
Carol Gost, a medical technology student at
the Kings County Hospital, Seattle, Wash.
At least three of the graduates have en-
tered government service in Washington, D.G.
Nancy Anne Smith is a claims examiner at the
U.B. Treasury Department; Randall Good is a
secretary for the and Patricia Swaab
her.- of the class will be attending ether types an administrate ssistant and press cor-
of business or professional schools. respondent for Sen. Hugh Scott of Penns 1-
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