The title: Professors dispute employment value of college degrees -- the article had a good start, but a sour ending. A professor at U-T stated that U-T was not Austin Community College or Texas State University, and that they should be training the leaders of tomorrow to think.
Texas State Senior, Nate Foss has some ideas as to why Texas State is portrayed this way.
SB : (Nate Foss) "First and foremost I think that Texas State gets a bad rep as not a good educational college and since everybody in Texas has this stigma that if your football team is not D-1 and if you're not in the big twelve, that your college must reflect that on the education scale."
Foss believes Texas State offers more preparation to finding a job later, as opposed to attending a university for its big name.
SB: (Nate Foss) "Beating ACC or UT in a community, you walk through Texas State and you know everybody, you know your professors and if you are going to get a lot more out of the job market from people that you know rather than just some grade or statistic at UT, I think that Texas State people are going to get some great jobs from just the relationships they have with professors and students here."
A requirements for a program that is nationally recognized takes place in a building located right off the Quad.
Stand Up: "The Evans Liberal Arts building is home to the largest Geography program in the country."
This Fall semester alone there are over 613 undergraduate majors for Geography, double that of UT's program of only 310. There are also125 masters students and 70 plus P-h-D students.
Texas State Undergraduate Program Coordinator for Geography, Dr. Richard Earl says the Geography department in the Evans Liberal Arts building does a good job of preparing students.
SB : (Dr. Earl) "Our program was built on good teaching, good advising and good career placement and counseling. Our students have an excellent record of getting good training and a good education in geography and then going out and securing professional employment."
Dr. Earl also says that the department's students have an excellent record of getting good training and then going out and securing professional employment.
SB : (Dr. Earl) "Last year we looked at our alumni survey and at least 90 percent of the graduates get professional related careers within one year of graduation."
The article from the Daily Texan Online has many heated comments posted…there are over 60 and counting.
Stand Up : "Despite what others may say, Texas State has its many achievements. We are the rising star of Texas. For Bobcat Update, I'm Claudia Mickle."