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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1973)
America losing potential teachers The nation is turning the present flood of college-age persons down the spillway, when it should be using it for generators and reservoirs, according to Terry Herndon, executive secretary of the National Education Association (NEA). Herndon made his remarks in releasing information on teacher education enrollments which accompanied a study done recently by the NEA research services. The study indicates that, for the first time in recent years, the number of college graduates prepared to teach will probably drop this year, starting a trend expected to continue indefinitely "if trends toward improved school staffing continue." The situation, according to the study, has resulted from pj;ii..ity un the difficulty of caning jobs in teaching and vvh.it may be, the end of the historic trend of annual ii-.c v.- h tha proportion of ,! i. ; ; persons enrolled in I i't; '. nhmtion. f p i. :;;mg concern that the d: i.-.'i i . iilrendy beginning to i;.: poiyntial resources ..: .iv ihc present wave of , -. persons, Herndon is a very little ..v:jr:u' that the nation is 'j:Kir any ..ictions necessary to u i I i i ?. it this tide of r .V .::' cheated manpower to in .!(: si: i he nation's annual I ho'ji ::,: tcward desirable goals, 01 to effectively employ it now so that the pool of qualified manpower will be adequate to the demands in the 1980s when the size of the collerje-agcd population will decrease each year." Recent enrollment data for teacher-preparation programs indicate that students have responded to the reality of the current shortage of jobs for beginning teachers, the study said. Evidence from 67 of the 124 largest teacher-preparation institution; suggests that the number of graduates completing preparation to enter teaching in 1973 may be smaller ihan in 1972 by more than 8,500, according to the study. I t says that teacher education graduates made up nearly 3G per cent of the total graduating classes. See Teachers, Page 12. PLAMOR POLKA DANCING every Sunday 6-10 p.m. 4 mi. west of Lincoln on '0' Beer Mixed Drinks Call 435-9411 OiD jjC 3v8 rno Sunrise Communications Benefit Dance L o) Featuring Bluegrass Crusade Kooter Brown Blues Band Colored Water $100 plus donation 50 for ASK members open to University students only Union Ballroom 8-12 P.M. Sal. ( !o--jf ! -. Ak. (pi At'tion. Women" Kcsotuve Outer T j Dailvatl 3 5 7 &9PM 1. f X SHOWS at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30 & 9:30 ft Uailjr at I, 3, 5, 7, & M .Wl. If A 1 " "PAPER MOON' IS IN A CLASS BY 1 S "... easily the best U ) ) "nfo , movie so far this f mm Dcediuomc i yecir NT A; YORK 1 IMF-S ! j & I . j ssssa& ....r. ,.,.,., ,.,. ,.MMWw,JanBaK ff S X r" 7T7 f r 1 DAILY AT 1:30, 3:25, if A 1 ( J 'CICELY! CICELY TYSON, 5:25,7:20,9:15 1 1 ' most eqmMtr of drtretises Harrod ColUg.... where free, U L-JJ I 1 is;i wjrnoi ot inner fire. liberated relations tA 1 ,.y Vt Hceby our nominations I I between coed A J l. "X i t r l I ifudenti are ' ,'L ft - . A jt lor Oscars I ,. . J4i f . . , 1 D 1L 4U -Jud-mO.M I ,j f ncouraged! iTi XiJ l vj l -rfl'"l"'U MA"" JT.Ml.H'l.n,,, I I ' y. At MS, 3:10, 5:10, MS, OS. 1l ffci ikifcnff Jf a HiiMrt n r J ; Itidnii M.iriln Mm 1 I in EMPERIIlEiyT R M v. - , .r i.Anr nrrt ftrrar nilVTAMDIK " INE mV9l KIHI UWI wn1 " i IS NOW ON SCREEN! E COOPER LINCOLN 54th Sl O 434-7421 IMotln.. Today (JMSMmI Tte ' 30 i 4:45. hlA C VST SPECIAL LIMITED ENGAGEMENT! iHHilillilM'ln I Klin I M MOIK.Hs..JIAMl!.l(MI.IN 1 HOIilJiTWIH; I'KOttl I tlON MB J S4W " 111 ANDHKWS "PIJJMMER Iriday, September 14, 1973 daily n(?l)raskn(i fKKJC 7