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Australian teaching jobs beckon UNL grads
With teaching jobs hard to find in
the United States, some UNL Teachers
College students may soon be on their
way to the country down under.
Recruiters from Australia's state of
Victoria were on the UNL campus
Friday and Saturday to interview
students who will be graduating soon
from the Teachers College.
Jack Brilliant, Australian vice
consul and a member of the recruiting
team, said although jobs are hard to
find in the U.S., there is a great
demand for them in Australia.
Brilliant said the Australian
government has been actively
recruiting U.S. teachers in the past
four years, and about 1,000 young
teachers have left this country for
Australia.
Although the teachers go to
Australia with resident visas, he said
many have decided to stay.
One reason for this, he said, is
because of the esteem in which
teachers are held in his country. He
said there may tx? something negative
about being a new teachers college
graduate in the U.S. because of the
lack of jobs avai'.. ble.
But, he said, with Australia's new
push for expanded education and, a
lack of teachers, these young teachers
are held in "very high esteem."
The two-man recruiting team
consists of Brilliant and Jerry Brown
of California State College-Haywood.
Brilliant said Brown selects qualified
individuals and, if they wish to go to
Australia, Brilliant arranges visas and
transportation.
He predicted that about 550-600
new teachers would be going to
Australia in 1974.
He said he felt that students
graduating from Midwest colleges were
better suited to Australian life than
many from urban areas.
"I like Midwest students because
they are very close to reality and have
a lot of common sense," he said.
'They fit into Australian life better
than urban students."
He said young teachers are well
suited for Australia because they feel
at home in a "young country with a
very rapidly expanding economy."
Minorities
backed
financially
by ECON
A minority business investment corporate n orga nized in
early July has received little response from minority
businesses, but its president said he is anxious to get things
rolling.
Russell Dodworth, Hickman, said the corporation, called
ECON, was designed to give the people in Lincoln who have
"special ideas and ambitions, but don't have rich relatives" a
chance in the business world.
ECON serves as a financial back-up for members of
minority groups, including low-income whites, in the Lincoln
area who need a bank loan to start or to salvage a private
business.
An eight-member board includes representatives for
Chicanos, Indians, blacks, young people, rural and low-income
whites and two businessmen who act as professional advisers.
ECON is a part of the Lincoln Action Program and was
started by a $5,000 federal grant. The corporation also has
received donations from the board members. Individuals can
buy corporate memberships, costing from $1 to $50.
Dodworth said one project ECON has handled involved
loaning money to a young Lincoln band to buy instruments.
"We were a little apprehensive because that's not consistent
with the way we'll usually bo doing things," he said.
"We usually don't write out a check for a flat amount."
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