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rr TV'* ***;» February 17, 1983/The Maroon Tiger/Page 13 Senior Calendar-2nd Semester Tuesday, April 12 - Last day for remov ing “I" grades for First Semester, 1982-83 Academic Year. Friday, April 15 - Last day for paying graduation fee ($43.00) and all college bills. Graduation fee includes cost for cap and gown, hood, diploma and other expenses related to graduation. Monday, April 25 - Begin picking up requests for “Clearance for Graduation” form. Forms are available for pick-up in the Registrar’s Office. Thursday, April 28 - Senior Day Friday, April 29 - Last day for filing application for graduation for work to be completed in May, 1983. Thursday, May 5 - Friday, May 6 - Final Examinations for Seniors. Monday, May 16 - Friday, May 20 - Pick up cap and gown from the Registrar’s Office. No caps and gowns will be issued on Saturday, May 21. Wednesday, May 20 - Last day for processing request for “Clearance for Graduation" form. Saturday, May 21 - Baccalaureate Exer cises. Sunday, May 22 - Commencement Exercises. NOTE: Near the end of April 1983, the Academic Dean will issue a memorandum to graduating seniors outlining the schedule for baccalaureate and com mencement activities. M.B. A. Salary Survey Average Salaries Function Finance Lending Marketing General Management Planning Personnel Information Systems Other Salary $24,500 22,600 23,400 24,800 26,900 21,700 23,000 24,100 Industry Accounting firms 20,036 Advertising & Public Relations 23,055 Aerospace 23,514 Automotive 26,055 Banking: Commercial 23,000 Chemicals 24,549 Communications: non-utility 25,481 Construction; real estate development 23,552 Consulting firms 33,862 Consumer products 24,138 Electrical/electronic 23,762 Energy 25,232 Financial services: insurance 21,676 Foods & Beverages 24,138 Government & nonprofit 21,075 Instruments 25,369 Machinery & Tools 23,547 Metals & Mining 24,400 Packaging & Glass 24,264 Paper & Forest Products 23,469 Pharmaceuticals 23,758 Publishing & Printing 24,589 Retailing 22,820 Service industries: hospital/health 22,667 Service industries: travel, hotel 22,514 Textiles 23,795 Transportation 23,233 Utilities: telephone, gas, electric 22,864 Self-employed 28,208 What the recent grad can expect Until a few years ago, a master’s degree in business administration provided the ticket to the fast track in business. But as that ticket becomes more common, the advanced degree has become necessary just for a chance to get in line for those high-paying executive jobs. In fact, the 400 business schools in the United States have been turning out prospective executives in droves. In June 1980, 53,070 students received M.B.A. degrees, as compared with 21,599 in 1970 and a mere 4,643 in 1960. Even though these new graduates are jostling one another for jobs, com panies still want the degree and many consider it a requirement for entry- level jobs for future managers. In addition, many companies use ad vanced management techniques and want their middle - and upper - level employees well schooled in those sophisticated methods. The class of 1980 garnered an average starting salary of $24,085, according to the Association of M.B.A. Executives. But salaries vary widely depending on the school you graduate from, the geographic location you choose to work in, and the specialty field you studied. New graduates of top business schools, such as Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, and Wharton, averaged about $30,500 in their first year, while graduates of the University of Tennessee business school averaged $17,000 Regional variations in starting salary ranged from a high in New England - - an average of $28,663 - - to a low in the Southwest - - $20,799. Starting salaries for M.B.A.’s in New York City averaged $25,615. They were slightly lower in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston. In Houston or the Dallas/Fort Worth area, M.B.A.’s began at $21,139 and $21,392, respec tively. In San Francisco, new M.B.A.’s earned an average of $23,508. Among the most common specialties are accounting and taxa tion, computers, economics, finance, management, and marketing. At the low end of the salary scale in 1980 were accountants, who started with an average salary of $20,100. At the high end, the new glamour boys of industry, the management consultants, started at $29,800. Top graduates of a good school with a little business experience can earn as much as $35,000 to $45,000 in their first year as management consultants. The hours are long and the travel frequent, but the industry attracts thousands of business school graduates who want to deal with top- level problems right away. About 600 firms employ about 22,000 indepen dent consultants in the United States. Even though business schools have come under criticism lately for turning out unimaginative, narrow-minded managers interested only in short-term profit-making, the future still looks bright for the M.B.A. All indications are that business still wants executives to have the degree. This is especially true for women, who now make up 25% of all business school graduates in the United States. Editor's Note: The American Almanac of Jobs and Salaries by John W. Wright. Copyright ©1982 by John W. Wright. Reprinted by permission of Avon Books. F reelance Anyone? Additional income ... More money ... Extra cash ... No matter how you say it, everyone is looking for ways to find it. Those with writing, photography, com mercial art, and music talent can make their skills pay off with the new 1983 editions of these market directories: Writer’s Market®, Photographer’s Market®, Artist’s Market®, and Songwriter’s Market® (Writer’s Digest Books). Over the years freelancers have come to regard these directories as indispensable because of their completeness and abundance of current infor mation. Each year obsolete listings (and those that have proven to be unreliable) are pulled out and hundreds of brand new markets and bits of new information are added. These changes are vitally impor tant to any freelancer because effort and money spent contac ting a buyer who is out of business or who has changed his buying needs can mean a direct loss of income. The 1983 Writer’s Market (936 pages; $18.95) has 600 new markets, and more than 85% of the 4,000 listings contain new information. These listings in clude buyers of every type of writing - - books, articles, plays, short stories, novels, greeting cards, scripts, and fillers - - and give detailed information on whom to contact, plus the ad dress, pay rates, and specific editorial needs. In addition to the listings, writers will find 15 “Close-Up” interviews with editors and agents who give an inside look at the writing profes sion, plus helpful articles with information on how much to charge, copyrights, recordkeep ing, query letters, submitting manuscripts, and other topics. The 1983 Photographer’s Market (576 pages; $14.95) lists 3,000 buyers of freelance photos, including magazine and book publishers, stock photo and advertising agencies, record companies, and galleries. There are 350 brand new listings and 75% of all the listings contain new information. Each listing gives the name and address of the buyer, what they pay, photo specifications, and how to sub mit pictures. This new edition also contains tips on how to sell photos; advice on such topics as pricing, taxes, insurance, and recordkeeping; 10 “Close-Up” interviews with successful freelancers, buyers and others; and dozens of examples of photos that have sold to markets listed in the book, with detailson Short Term Positions On-the-job experience is almost a necessity today in order to land a good job, so look to the annual directory which lists 16,000 temporary positions providing a wide range of ex perience: 1983 Internships, edited by Colleen Cannon (Writer’s Digest Books; $10.95, paper). To obtain a copy of 1983 Internships, send $10.95, plus $1.50 postage and handling, to: Writer’s Digest Books, 9933 Alliance Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242. Or call toll-free 1-800-543- 4644 (outside Ohio) for credit card orders. Best Ten Schools In History by Alton Hornsby, Jr. Professor of History, Chairman, Department of History, and Editor, Journal of Negro History, Morehouse College My selections in this survey are based upon the following criteria: 1) Wealth — Ability to finance good programs; 2) Library holdings and research facilities — extent of and adequacy of; 3) Professional reputation of faculty and quantity of black faculty; 4) Record in production of black Ph.D holders. Rankings: 1) Duke University; 2) Yale University; 3) Howard University; 4) Kent State University; 5) University of Chicago; 6) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; 7) Stanford University; 8) University of California, Berkeley; 9) Purdue University; 10) (TIE) Louisiana State Un iversity, Howard University and University of Texas. how they were shot and/or sold, and for what price. The 1983 Artist’s Market (528 pages; $14.95) includes 400 new markets for commercial artwork - - everything from illustrations and graphic design to technical art and product design. Each of the 3,000 listings tells whom to contact, the address, special requirements, and pay rates, and 70% of the listings contain new information. Articles on how to sell artwork, preparing a port folio, and other topics are in cluded along with interviews with successful commercial ar tists and buyers of artwork, plus thirty illustrations of artwork that has sold to listings in the book.