[Publib] More on Survey

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The response which hit me hardest was the 6.2 percent rate of default on  
student loans.  I hadn't anticipated that.  Even taking into  consideration that 
the answer would cover all student loan debt, including that  incurred in 
undergraduate and other graduate study other than for the LIS  degree, the figure 
is high.  In fact, for about the first couple of hundred  responses the figure 
even topped eight percent, which is probably owing to the  fact that people 
with significant debt were more willing to respond immediately  to a poll on 
the subject.
 
The significance of this lies not so much in the proportion, but in terms  of 
what student debt means to librarians, who are among the least well  
compensated of professionals.  
 
I am considering drafting a library student bill of rights which would call  
for disclosure of default rates, graduation rates, post-graduation employment  
statistics and other such information by library schools.  
 
M. McGrorty
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