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University reports new demand
Professions replace Arts
Professional courses are replacing Arts as the most important faculty in Universities.
This is stated in the Queensland University Senate report presented to State Parliament yesterday.
The report shows most students now want to be doctors, scientists, engineers, or dentists.
On over-all enrolment figures, the Arts faculty, with 731 enrolments, was the most important in 1950.
But 589 of these were external students, who were already engaged in outside jobs and were studying Arts in their spare time.
Enrolments for day students studying full-time were:- Medicine 558, science 271, engineering 234, dentistry 233, arts 142, and commerce 65.
The Senate says in its report that Universities are concerned about the decline in the number of students taking Arts, “or engaged in the study of what is sometimes referred to as the Humanities.”
Has big part
The report continues that the University is playing an increasing part in Queensland’s