Engineering to offer CC's Ist B. S.
By Neil Myers
Students in Capitol's
Science, Engineering and
Technology Division could
receive a more widely recogniz
ed degree within a year, accor
ding to Dr. William Welsh,
head of that division.
A proposal to change the
Bachelor of Technology (8.T.)
to a Bachelor of Science
in Engineering Technology
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(8.5.E.T.) has been approved
by the engineering faculty and
is being considered by the
Board of Advisors and Univer
sity Park, Welsh said.
Dr. Ruth Leventhal, Provost
and Dean, said the change is in
tended to end problems with
the way the B.T. is perceived
outside of the University.
"I think there are some
places it will help, Welsh said.
He projected that graduates
seeking military or civil service
tion, Richard Carpenter, Public
Policy, Patrice Blue, Science,
Engineering and Technology,
and Christina Veltri, Senator at
Large.
Also elected were Maribeth
Roberts, Senior Senator at
Large, Tim Frantz, Executive
Secretary, and Terry
McKnight, Club Secretary.
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jobs would benefit the most.
Welsh said that no changes
are planned for graduation re
quirements, and the program
will retain its practical orienta
tion. He said the B.S.E.T. is a
more current name for degree
programs with a technology
emphasis.
University Park, by contrast,
grants a "Bachelor of Science
in Engineering" (8.5. E.),
which is more theoretically
oriented, Welsh said.
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college education continues to
be a big help in getting a job,
according to a newly-released
report by the U. S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
As of March 1984, the
unemploymerrt rate among col
lege graduates averaged 2,7 per
cent, compared to 7.2 percent
for high school graduates and
11.6 percent for workers with
an eighth grade education or
less, the report shows.
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The administration is also in
vestigating the possibility of
making the change retroactive
to past graduates, he added.
"Many alumni would very
much like it to be retroactive,"
Welsh explained. He said there
are few if any precedents within
Penn State for such a retroac
tive change.
The change was unopposed
by the Technology Accredita
tion Commission of the Ac-
The unemployment trate for
college grads this year,
moreover, represents a signifi
cant drop from the 3.5 percent
in 1983, and 3.0 percent in
1982, notes BLS spokesperson
Rick Dedent.
College graduates make up a
majority of the workers in most
managferial and professional
fields, as well as the bulk of
workers in technical and sales
occupations.
Among professional occupa
tions -- health and medical ser-
vices, law, teaching, engineer
ing, math, and computer ser
vices -- college graduates com
prise 78 percent of the work
force, the report reveals.
In addition, college
graduates make up 43.5 percent
of all executive, administrative,
and managerial jobs, 36 percent
of sales positions, and 33 per
cent of all technical
occupations.
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degree
creditation Board for Engineer
ing Technology, the body that
has accredited Capitol's
engineering program since
1973, Welsh said.
The new degree will be the
first Bachelor of Science degree
to be offered by the Capitol
Campus, which has granted
non-traditional degrees such as
the Bachelor of Humanities and
Bachelor of Social Science since
its inception in 1966.
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For the third consecutive
year, the number of college
graduates in the labor force
rose by more than a million, the
report also shows, 600,000 of
whom were women.
Women graduates, in fact,
now comprise 38 percent of all
workers with four or more
years of college, compared to
32 percent in 1970. Over the
same period, the report notes,
the number of women
graduates who work rose from
61 percent to 71 percent.
Black female graduates show
an even higher employment
rate, according to the study,
which shows that 88 percent of
all black women grads hold
jobs.
Among white female grads,
77 percent are now employed.
And among male graduates,
both white and black, 95 per
cent are active in the labor
force.