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...uproar the decision has prompted should indicate the importance of this career office to the school population. More than 900 students, almost 60 percent of the student body, signed a petition last month asking for the restoration of the office. This reaction is all the more impressive when compared with the protests against tenure decisions in recent years, which mobilized only a small minority of the students...
...survey showed that 82 percent of first-year students have an idea of what they want to do after college...
Business drew the interest of 23 percent, while education had 16 percent, law and government work showed 14 percent each. Communications and medicine each were cited by 12 percent of those surveyed as their chief career interest. Engineering was the goal of 5 percent, while computers, environmental fields and the arts had 3 percent each...
...choosing a career, 79 percent of the students--who could list more than one answer--said their interest in education was in finding "personal fulfillment and enjoyment," while 25 percent said they wanted a good salary and 24 percent sought to help improve the lives of others...
...similar question with multiple answers possible, 53 percent of the students said college was a step to further educational goals, 37 percent wanted a liberal arts education and 21 percent sought from college the skills...