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Many students today display a disturbing willingness to choose academic institutions, fields of study and careers in the basis of __1__ earning potential. In an extensive 1989 survey of college students nationwide, 72 percent of students reported that their primary objective to attending college was to make more money upon graduation. __2__ This state of mind came with the present generation. Studies show that the majority of baby boomers attended college to develop themselves, their critically thinking skills and their personal __3__ philosophies of life.
Nationaly, the number of students going into business-related fields has sharply increased, and this rise has attributed primarily to __4__ the shift in educational and career priorities. At Duke, economy is __5__ now the most popular major, attracting nearly 15 percent of the under-graduates, and history majors comprise only 5 percent of undergraduate __6__population. Thirty years ago the situation was reversed, with economic and business administration majors together consisting 8.7 percent of __7__ undergraduates and almost 12 percent of undergraduates declared __8__ themselves history majors. The number of English majors has also decreased,from 9 percent in 1969 to 5.5 percent today.Degrees in economics are marketed and likely to garner their holders __9__ of high salaries without the added effort of medical or law school. __10__ And given the objectives of current college students, such options are attractive.
