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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
VOLUME 107 • ISSUE 11
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REBECCA DURAZO (left), Alex Beresford (center) and Kelli Forbes (right), members of the Arizona Twirlers, practice on Monday for the next UA football game. Durazo is the captain of the Twirlers.
Job outlook, salaries improve in two areas BY SHANNON HIGGINS
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An annual survey of journalism and mass communication graduates shows a slight improvement in the job market and salaries, suggesting that the worst might have passed for the industries. The University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication conducted the survey which showed higher salaries and a better employment rate for those who earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication. Chris Segrin, the department head of communication for the UA, said he isn’t surprised the market is improving. “It’s hard to think of a company that doesn’t have a need for someone with those skills,” Segrin said. “As companies proliferate, many of them are getting wise to the idea that we need employees that have these vital skills that quite frankly aren’t part of other college training.” The study showed that almost three out of four people
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Strategic plan for university updated
In the first meeting of the fall semester, the Faculty Senate heard updates from President Ann Weaver Hart on the strategic plan and discussed a new online reporting system for faculty annual reviews. Hart presented the strategic plan Monday night and Joaquin Ruiz, dean of the College of Science, presented on the partnership aspect of the plan that still needs work. Hart said she called the plan “Never Settle” based on feedback she received following previous presentations of the strategic plan. Hart emphasized that the UA is a university that is constantly looking forward and never settling. The credo statement reads, “We have never settled. Never will. Because we’re thinkers and doers, always moving forward, upward.” Hart said one of her goals is to obtain 100 percent student engagement through internships, which the strategic plan is expected to generate. An example she provided is current internships mining engineering students are participating in at mining companies. Moving forward, UA officials will present a detailed business plan to the Arizona Board of Regents on Nov. 22. The business plan will include estimations of the plan’s cost along with milestones, according to Hart. “It’s that money part that leaves everybody skeptical,” Hart said, “because if we can’t find revenue sources and make tough decisions internally that promote those goals, we won’t be able to achieve them.” When Ruiz presented, he said in order to ensure the UA is still relevant in five years, it needs to generate larger, more focused proposals for projects to ensure funding. Ruiz formed a group called the innovation of strategy committee consisting of Neil Armstrong, professor of chemistry, Nick Delamere, professor and department head of physiology, Diana Liverman, co-director of
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MICHAEL MCKISSON, professor at the UA School of Journalism, teaches his entrepreneurial journalism class on Sept. 5. An annual survey shows a slight improvement in the job market and salaries for journalism and mass communication graduates.
graduating with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and mass communication had at least one job offer by graduation, compared to the year before. The market hit a low in 2008, and since that year the market has been on a rebound — 73.2 percent of 2012 graduates said they had a least one job offer post graduation. Additionally, 56 percent of the bachelor’s degree
graduates had a full-time job, showing improvement from 53.3 percent the year before. “I would say according to the survey, the job situation is holding steady, which is pretty remarkable when you think about some of the changes in that have been happening, especially in the newspaper industry,” said
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If we can’t find revenue sources and make tough decisions internally that promote those goals we won’t be able to achieve them.
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Instead of making cuts to the amount awarded, the Arizona Board of Regents should expand the requirements students must meet to earn the [AIMS] scholarship.” OPINIONS — 4
UA ranked seventh for best value BY EMILY BREGGER The Daily Wildcat
Students are getting the most out of the money they spend while attending the UA according to a new collegiate ranking system released in August by President Barack Obama. The UA was ranked seventh out of 12 colleges that stood out nationally for the value of students’ education as an investment toward their future. The new collegiate ranking system will be used to determine the distribution of federal education funds in order to prevent a sharp increase of tuition. Graduation rates, tuition costs, salaries, on-campus opportunities and careers after graduation were all included in the evaluation. “We are very excited that we came out on the list,” said Kasey Urquidez, associate vice president for Student Affairs
and dean of admissions. “We try very hard to fund students for the cost of their education. We understand that students work hard for their money both on and off campus, so we try and keep the educational value high and the cost as low as we can.” Money contracted to students through scholarships and grants is included in the financial portion of the ranking criteria. About 75 percent of students have some sort of financial aid at the UA, Urquidez said. The ranking also took into account how many students got a job after graduating. Career Services provided students access to more than 1,200 paid positions both oncampus and locally at the 2013 Wildcat Student Employment Fair, according to Susan Miller-Pinhey, Career Services marketing and special events
manager. The program hosts a yearly career fair that allows students to connect with future employers. “I think people are becoming very practical when it comes to their college educations,” Miller-Pinhey said. “They want to see some results. We have always been one of the lower cost universities as far as quality is concerned and we [Career Services] certainly contribute.” While the university can do more with providing financial aid, the amount that they are providing students now is appropriate due to the current economic state of the country, according to Levi Lappe, an ecology and evolutionary biology sophomore. “So far I’ve been pretty impressed especially with my labs,” Lappe said. “There is a lot of experience available to
How UA stacks up to nation: Average UA student debt: $19,227 Average student debt for students: $26,600 UA out of state tuition: $13,543 Average out of state tuition: $21,706 UA in state tuition: $5,202 Average in state tuition: $8,655 me. I feel that the university is providing me with enough to do what I need to do.” — Follow Emily Bregger @ebregger_news