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UNL Business college: second fastest gruwii iy
By Harry Baumert
The country may be in a recession, and we
may pay more for a can of soup this week
than last week, but in UNL's College of
Business Administration (CBA) prosperity is
on the upswing.
Based on credit hour production, CBA is
the second-fastest growing undergraduate
college on the UNL campus. The College of
Home Economics is the fastest growing.
Credit hour production means the number
of hours being taught in a college at a given
time.
Home Economics leads
In a comparison of the growth of UNL's
colleges over the last five years, CBA is
teaching 17.27 per cent more credit hours
this semester than it did in the fall of 1970.
The College of Home Economics leads the list
with a 23.65 per cent increase.
Over all enrollment in economics courses
alone has risen 16 per cent since last year,
according to Professor Wallace Peterson,
chairman of the department. He attributed
the upsurge to the job market and to
students' desire to know something about the
economy.
"People realize the economy is in
trouble," he said. "They're not sure what
the trouble is and they're looking to
economic analysis.
Economist jobs increasing
"I think there's a growing realization
among undergraduates that jobs for
economists are increasing," he said.
Peterson pointed to journalism as one area
where economic expertise is necessary.
Reporters have to understand the economy,
he said, because "a lot of economic jargon is
esoteric", and the media is going to be
dominated by business news.
The Sept. 6, 1974 issue of The Wall Street
Journal indicated a nation-wide trend toward
enrollment increases in economics courses.
The Journal said one likely reason is that
students are looking to the business world for
answers to pressing social problems, and
mentioned that economists are turning from
"macro-economics", or concern with the
general economy, to "micro-economics," a
look at specific problem areas.
Business course electives
A growing number of students from other
majors are taking business courses as
electives, according to Gary Schwendiman,
associate dean of CBA. Other colleges are
also requiring their students to take more
business courses, he said. The reason?
That's where the jobs are.
"More and more graduates of whatever
discipline will be working within an organiza
tion," Schwendiman said. Sometime they
may be offered a managerial position.
Business knowledge would be a big asset, he
economists to help them find some
answers."
Peterson noted that while job opportunities
aren't good in areas like teaching, there are
positions available in government and
business, such as business forecasting and
said.
Ron Smith, dean of CBA, agreed.
"Students now realize, regardless of what
kind of organization they go into, they're
going to need leadership skills in business,"
he said.
Positive attitude
Smith said there is a more positive attitude
toward business now. It was considered
something to stay away from in the late '60s,
he said. People had the image that big
business was responsible for all the corrup
tion in society, but that image is changing, he
said.
The following chart shows the credit hour
production comparison of eight of UNL's
colleges: (CH credit hours)
college CH, fall, 70 CH, fall, 74
Home
Economics
CBA
Agriculture
Arts and
Sciences
Teachers
Engineering
7,495
25,076
12,192
156,439
31,076
12,774
9,816
30,312
13,373
146,886
27,739
10,777
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