A. Marriage

     About a fifth of all women surveyed say they do not plan to marry. What do women students on the campus say of their marital plans? The Census Bureau says that of women in their peak childbearing age (18-34), most plan on two children. The figures:

No children—10 percent
One child—13 percent
Two children—47 percent
Three or more—30 percent

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What size family do women on your campus plan and why? How many of the women you survey plan on careers after graduation? How will those who plan careers and marriage blend the two?

B. Online Classes

     What is your school doing about:

     1. Distance education—the opening of classes to students off campus through online classes? If offered, can on-campus students take such classes?
     2. If such courses exist, what do students who take them think of them as compared with the standard classroom setting?

     These are much-debated subjects. Some say the idea of having students take courses at home without personal instruction denies students social interaction with other students and personal direction by a faculty member. In response, some educators say that where classes consist of more than 100 students, it makes little difference. Also, there are considerable cost savings in online teaching when tuition is inexorably rising to meet costs of traditional teaching.

C. Shortchanged

     Many undergraduate courses are taught by graduate students with little or no teaching experience, and many courses consist of lectures in large auditoriums. These are two of the charges leveled against large universities. Consult Web sources for a 350-word story on the alleged shortcomings of undergraduate education and some of the suggested remedies. Do any of these apply to your school? If so, localize your story with ample background.

D. Groups

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