The Michigan Daily -Wednesday. January30. 1985 - Pnnae3 National exam may be asked of teachers WASHINGTON (AP) - Albert Shanker, President of the American Federation of Teachers, called yesterday for the creation of a tough, new national examination that all new teachers ;would have to pass just as doctors and lawyers must pass licensing tests. Shanker told the National Press Club his 600,000-member union would even- ;tually ban teachers from membership 'unless they passed such an exam. He ;challenged the rival National Education Association to join him in supporting it. SHANKER SAID most current teacher licensing exams "would be I considered a joke by any other profession" because they usually are ,minimum competence tests that seek to Mbar only the worst candidates from en- tering the profession. In Florida, he said, prospective math teachers are tested at the sixth-grade math level. Shanker said he would ask education leaders, college presidents and leaders of other professions to join in within six months to create a national board to :decide what teachers need to know and how it could be measured. Shanker has been a strong supporter of requiring entry-level teachers to pass exams in their general competen- ce and knowledge of the subject they aspire to teach. Mary Hatwood Futrell, President of the 1.7 million-member National Education Association, said, "NEA believes it is the basic right of the states to determine who's qualified to teach. Successful class performance should be determined by a number of criteria. The score of a test might be one aspect of a state teacher-evaluation program." The NEA in recent years has softened its once strident oppposition to stan- dardized tests. 1 " T V Not all English majors pursue teaching careers By SONDRA PANICCO With a bachelor's degree in the classics and a master's in English, Law School Prof. James White said he felt lost in a swarm of political science and economics graduates during his first year of law school. But before long, White said he stood out in the crowd because he was better prepared for the rigors of law school courses. "I had been trained to pay attention to language, to read and re-read things over and over again," he said. AT THE MICHIGAN Union yesterday, White advised un- dergraduates considering law school to delve into courses which require analysis of "text, language, and the par- ticulars." "I can't think of a better way to do this than studying English," he told a crowd of about 70 students in the Union's Pendleton Room. White was one of five professionals with an educational background in English who offered job advice yesterday during a panel discussion jointly sponsored by the Depar- tment of English and the Office of Career Planning and Placement. ANOTHER panel member, Debra Crosby, an account executive with Buckheim and Rowland Advertising Corp. in Ann Arbor, said students interested in an advertising career should practice writing ad slogans by re-writing ads in magazines and compiling the slogans into books. These books should be shown to hiring officers of adver- tising firms, she said. "If you've got what it takes, they'll be interested in seeing that." Advertising firms hire graduates from all majors - in- cluding English, Crosby said. But she stressed that students also take courses in marketing, psychology, speech, and journalism. TWO ENGLISH graduates who are now publishing exper- ts told students that a good starting position in the publishing business is that of a sales representative to college campuses. Starting salary is usually $16,000, they said. Launching a publishing career is easier if the graduate already has experience selling advertisements for the student paper or in telemarketing said Jane Bornstein, a former sales representative for Harper and Row Publishing Company. Bornstein is now a private con- sultant. LAURIE HARRIS, a senior editor of the Gale Research Company, recommended that graduates scan Publishers' Weekly and The Literary Market Place for job openings in the publishing field. But Bornstein told the crowd, "I cannot overemphasize the importance of contacts." Doily Photo by BRAD MILLS James White, a University professor of law and English language, speaks on the importance of being an English major in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union. Blanchard outlines state budget recommendations (Continued from Page 1) would do research, but I'm a little con- cerned that some of the smaller colleges and smaller universities will be cut out on that research fund," said Rep. Thomas Mathieu (D-Grand Rapids). "I think you have to consider other colleges," he added. "Central Michigan, Western, Eastern, Grand Valley State college; after all, in their particular areas they're very impor- tant institutions." But Rep. Dominic Jacobetti, (D- Negaunee), whose district represents Northern' Michigan University, one of the schools left out of the special resear- ch wallet, said the fund has not angered school officials. "I TALKED to our president today, and he's very well satisfied with the recommendations the governor made," Jacobetti said. "There's some other monies for specific programs like nursing programs and the Olympic training site we're going to get up at Northern," he said. "They're all going to be added in to the budget recommendations." Jacobetti, chariman of the House Ap- propriations Committee, said however that he would push to shift education money to give increase spending on adult and vocational education programs. UNDER Blanchard's proposed budget, total spending for local school aid and school employees retirement programs would increase by $178.6 million to $2.39 billion. Most of the in- crease in state support for local schools would go into the basic school aid "membership formula," sweetening it to guarantee a combined state-local support of $328 per pupil plus $68.50 per mill of property tax levied. This year, the guarantee is $300 plus $64 per mill. Other elements of Blanchard's education budget include increases of $2 million for teacher professional development and $8.8 million for the physically handicapped and develop- mentally disabled and new grants of $1.5 million for pilot programs in early childhood education and $2.5 million for school safety efforts. In the environmental arena, Blan- chard is proposing an overall increase of 54 percent. Included are $10.4 million to explore alternatives to landfills and close existing landfills which are un- safe, $11.8 million for evaluating and cleaning-up groundwater pollution and $8 million for clean-ups under the Superfund program. In the crime area, Blanchard calls for an additional $1 million to hire 100 state police officers, raising the total to 1,216 by the end of fiscal 1986. Some 25 ad- ditional detectives will be placed on in- vestigations of narcotic trafficking, ar- son and auto theft. United Press International contributed to this report. Blanchard proposes increased financial aid -HAPPENINGS- Highlight Professor Teshome Wagaw, professor of education and of Afro-American and African Studies, will speak about "Famine, International Politics and the Falashas (Ethiopian Jews)". The Center for Afroamerican and African Studies is sponsoring this seminar at noon, in Whitney Auditorium of the School of Education. (Continued from Page 1) recognizing the needs of the students to generate employment earnings within the academic setting," said Grotrian. Currently, work study programs are funded by the federal government. IN 1980, the government allocated $550 million for this program. Since then, appropriations have increased to $555 million in 1985. However, Grotrian says this increase is not big enough to keep up with the in- crease in the number of students requesting work study. "Federal work study is underfun- ded," said Grotrian. "The federal government has been so unresponsive to institutions and students need by in- creasing national funding by only $5 million over the last four years," Grotrian added. HE SAID that it is difficult for schools to maintain the size of the program while the minimum wage in- creases, inflation rises, and the federal government does not increase aid in proportion to the cost of living. "There is no question but our stud- ents are meeting higher costs and the money will go a long way to help meet those costs," Grotrian said. As a consequence to the federal governments failure to increase the amount of dollars for work study, the University has been forced to cut back on the number of students who are eligible for work study in order to allow awarded students satisfactory hours. THE employers of students awarded with work study have also felt the brunt of the federal administration's policy, Grotrian said. Prior to 1982 the government provided 80 cents for every dollar that a student earned and the employer paid the rest. But since then the government has only provided 75 cents. "The proposed increases for work study will offer better support for the current recipients and enable students to finish what they've started," Holmes said. "Inflation has outstripped the program and the University is often fr- ustrated that it is not always able to support the students," Holmes said. "If the funding comes through I will be very happy," he added. MSA to support Daily's Film MED - The Blues Brothers, 7 p.m., Nat. Science. MFT - Mr. Hulot's Holiday, 7p.m.; Mon Oncle, 9p.m., Michigan. Hill St. - The King of Hearts, 7 p.m., Hill St. Performances Ark - Hoot Night, "Lady of the Lake", 8 p.m., 637 S. Main. School of Music - University Philharmonica/Chamber winds, 8 p.m., Hill Aud. Speaker Chemistry Department - D. Jacobsen, "New Developments for Studying Transition Metal Ion Chemistry in the Gas Phase", 4 p.m., 1200 Chemistry Bldg. Anatomy & Cell Biology - P. Jokelainen, "The Asynchronus Differen- tiation of Mitotic Kinetochores", noon, 5732 Med Sci II. School of Education - M. McKinney and S. J. Meisels, "Young Children in Michigan: Problems, Prospects, and Recommendations", 4 p.m., 1322 SEB. Russian & East European Studies - Brown Bag, Diane Koenker, "Problems of Labor History in the Russian Revolution", noon, Lane Hall Commons. Division of Biological Sciences - "Origin of Flowering Plants", 4 p.m., MLB, Lecture Rm. 2. Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering - Richard Boyd, "Operations Planning for Digital Network Synchronization'', 4 p.m., 241 IOE Bldg. Department of Statistics - "Steven Ellis, "The Haicheng Aftershock", 4 p.m., 451 Mason Hall. East Quad Nuclear Education Council - "Nuclear Arms: What We Are Aiming For. Directions for the Next Ten Years", 8 p.m., East Quad Rm. 126. B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation - "The Nicaragua Triangle", 7:30 p.m., 1429 Hill St. Meetings MSA - University COuncil meeting, 1:30 p.m., 3909 Union. Dissertation Support Group - 8:30 a.m., 3100 Union. LSA- 6:10 p.m., 3909 Union. Academic Alcoholics -1:30 p.m., Alano Club. Ann Arbor Support Group for Farm Labor Organizing Committee - 5:30 p.m., 4318 Union. Undergraduate Political Science Club -7 p.m., Anderson Rm., Union. Science Fiction Club -8:15 p.m., League. Latin American Solidarity Committee --8 p.m., Union. Miscellaneous Muslim Student Association - Lecture, noon, Rm. D, League. Computing Center - Lab., "Introduction Ontel TermlThai", 1:30 p.m., "Advanced Ontel Terminal", Full Screen Editing", 3:30 p.m., E. Conference Rm., Rackham. CRLT - Workshop, "Speaking Skills", 3:30 p.m., E. Conference Rm., Rackham. International Center - Brown bag, "The Nitty-Gritty of Travel in Europe", noon, 603 E. Madison. Lutheran Campus Ministry - Choir, 8 p.m., worship, 9:30 p.m., Lord of Light Church. Ann Arbor Libertarian League - Debate, "Does God Exist?", 7 p.m., 2231 A -_ 11 TT11 decision at Board (Continued from Page 1) a special hea editors. week. MSA 1 LEE WINKELMAN, the MSA mem- complette fig ber who proposed the resolution called event at that t the violation "a potential threat to "I had a ci freedom of the press." He said the an order or br University's top officials could not with people" "play with bylaws when they do not suit grossly mism their needs." could it havee MSA offered to act as a liason bet- McDuffie a ween the student-run paper and the show of han( administration. events of the In other action, MSA voted to tem- of the 30 mem porarily suspend Randy McDuffie from his appointed post as chairman of FRE Minority Affairs Committee.a r MSA CHARGED McDuffie with Summary disobeying a direct executive order and Techni mismanaging the budget for the Inter- Ar national Cultures Weekend held last CAPI weekend. Box 827 MSA President Scott Page said Mc- Duffie had been told he could use the personal cars of two MSA members to transport guest speakers to the cam- pus. McDuffie, however, rented a car. . And when Page asked him to return the rental car, McDuffie instead rented a second car. Bill Mellin, MSA's treasurer, said McDuffie also failed to secure funding for the event from other organizaions. THE EVENT could cost the assembly anywhere from $7,300 to $9,300, Mellin said. MSA only had budgeted $1,000 for the event, but Mellin said the rest of the money could probably be recovered through the University's general funds. McDuffie rebuffed the accusations. "I'm only a college student - I'm not perfect. I make mistakes," he said. McDuffie, only given five minutes to defend his case last night, will speak at Meeting wring on the event next leaders will present the ures for the cost of the ime. hoice between disobeying reaking an (oral) contract and that "if I had so nanaged the event, how ever taken place?" sked the assembly for a ids on who attended the weekend's festival, three bers were there. E BOOKLET: of Electronic Surveillance ques Available to the nn Arbor Police." TOL INFORMATION 75, Ann Arbor, M! 48107 GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS AVAILABLE 1985-1986 ENGLISH DEPART - MENT, EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Teach college composition while working towards an M.A. in English. $3800 plus 16 hours free tuition per year. FOR INFORMATION CALL: James Reynolds 487-1363 or Judith Johnson 487-4220 FOR APPLICATION FORMS, WRITE: Director of Graduate Studies English Language and Literature Eastern Michigan University YPSILANTI, MI 48197 AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER 4: i M } 4 i: f 6 F i * if S r f r g~adjateS' stpcontinu eyoU(Whee to th besir etie~e ortin~iiy'd by a 2 ..Nearh'tr ~a~Ed~d tem" cC oe nreases EX on~e f teteed by ingaof4 NE11 protrt S y 01'a 0 eSr aldaes P with more n eSir~~ca nte na coman Apartheid in South Africa An Inside View WEDNESDAY, January 30, 1985 9 p.m. RED CARPET LOUNGE at ALICE LLOYD HALL Film: "Last Grave at Dimbaza"