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SIGI helps students puzzled over career plans
By JUSTIN (.111 IS
Cunpit editor
Talk to Siggy. Ask him a
question. He answers back,
cuofukntly. quickly, with a
touch ot class and a grin you can
almost see.
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interest?" Siggv asks patiently.
“What are the most important
rewards and satisfactions vou
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want to find in an occupation?"
Sigg Y asks hard quest ions and
waits till you come up with
answers. He tailors his ques
tions to you—and penetrating
questions they arc. He tailors
his answers as well, responding
to every query in detail.
Siggy. or more properly SIGI,
is a computer based guidance
system for students puzz.ing
over academic majors and fu
ture career plans.
The system is now operating
and permanently installed at the
University's Counseling and
Testing Center, and it is avail
able to students who wish to use
it.
"Do you want to guide others,
tell them what to do. be
responsible for their perform
ance?" With a series of ques
tions the computer system,
marketed by Educational Test
ing Service in Princeton. N.J.,
helps students sort out their
values and begin the hard
process of choosing and plan
ning a career harmonious with
those values.
We use it as a tool." said
Dr Nclle Scholz. a counselor
with the Counseling and Testing
Center. SIGI is one part of a
total program to help students
make those tough decisions and
decide future goals. Scholz
added. The system is "not a
magic answer." she said, add
ing it does not tell a student
what career to choose but helps
him make the decision.
“As a whole I think it's »
the time." Scholz said.
orth
Students who sign up to use
the system arc given an account
number, which the computer
uses to store information about
the student. Scholz stressed all
records kept in connection with
SIGI are strictly confidential.
The student signs up for an
SIGI installed at testing center
& by JOHN KUKLA
Schools establish dual degree
appointment on SIGI. He sits at
a computer console, answering
questions from the computer
and asking questions in return.
The system not only helps a
student clarify values, but it
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SIGI came to the University
earlier on a trial basis and just
went into full operaton this fall.
The system has received over
whelming response at other
colleges and universities around
the country.
A University of California
(Irvine) study found 97 percent
of the students who used SIGI
became "more aware of their
values," while 93 percent found
occupations which fit their val-
"SIG1 made me sort out what
was really important to me.”
one Irvine student said. "It gave
me the confidence to decide on
the career that I have been
thinking about all along.”
The SIGI system was devel
oped by nine Educational Test
ing Service staff members. The
SIGI network is coordinated
from Princeton, and information
used in the programs is updated
constantly by ETS.
SIGI is principally useful to
younger students deciding on a
major but is open to all. Scholz
said. Students interested in
counseling can call the Counsel
ing and Testing Center at
542-3183.
By TOM LEE
Staff writer
The School of Social Work and
the department of political
science have established a dual
degree program to allow stu
dents to pursue degrees in both
pubhc administration and social
work, but social work adminis
trators say at present only three
or four students are "moving
towards" participation in the
program.
"This is going to be a highly
marketable program." said Dr
Dave Levine of social work, one
of the faculty members working
on the program.
“This program should be
especially marketable because
of the (U.S.) government’s
decision to split the Department
of Health, Education and Wel
fare into two separate agen
cies—the Department of Educa
tion and the Department of
Health and Human Services."
Levine said. "With this kind of
training, the student will be
perfectly prepared to work for
the health and human services
department.”
The program allows students
in social work with a special
interest in administration to
apply 21 hours of their program
of student toward a degree in
public administration.
According to Levine, only
three or four other schools in the
nation offer this type of pro
gram. "There will be more
schools involved in this kind of
thing as they see the value of it.
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Dr. Gerald Kimmitt of politi
cal science, another faculty
member working with the pro
gram. agreed with Levine. "This
program certainly has great
potential.” he said.
The dual degree program was
discussed in the school's self-
study repon. recently submitted
to the University self-study
committee and to the Council on
Social Work Education, a na
tionwide accrediting agency for
social work schools.
The school received “full
accreditation" from the Council
on Social Work Education,
according to Dean Charles Ste
wart ot social work.
“This is the accrediting
agency in the country, so we’re
very pleased to have been given
such high marks." Stewart said.
“There is a quality student
body, a high quality faculty,
(and) excellent administrative
supports...” the council said in
its report on the University’s
school.
“It has a number of nationally
recognized, distinguished sen
ior faculty, some exceedingly
productive scholar-researchers,
and many excellent teachers.
Its...graduates perform above
the national medium on the
ACSW examination,” said the
council's report.
Reporter’s subpoenas stayed
ATLANTA (UPI)—Forty-one reporters sought as witnesses in
the bank fraud case of former budget director Bert Lance had
their subpoenas stayed Monday by U.S. Magistrate Allen
Chancey.
The action, made in a private hearing attended only by
attorneys, protects the reporters from having to answer
questions about charges by the defendants that indictments were
held up while federal attorneys fed information to the news
media.
The reporters could be called for testimony on other aspects of
the case, however.
Defense attorneys had subpoenaed reporters from the Atlanta
Journal and Constitution. CBS News, the let Angeles Time,, the
Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal
The defense contends that the government leaked information
concerning the grand jury testimony to reporters covering the
lengthy probe
Tax reform hearing begins
ROME. Ga. (UPI)—Some ISO
people turned out Monday for
the first in a series of statewide
hearings on tax and revenue
reform, and many of the elderly
present made emotional pleas
for tax relief. •
A 20-member task force,
headed by state Sen. Jimmy
Lester. D-Augusta. heard sug
gestions ranging from the re
moval of tax on food and
prescription drugs to the way
the gasoline tax is collected to
the distribution of the S7S
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Georgia counties.
John Hallbrooke, 76.
Adairsville began making his
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room as he moved to the front.
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