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Many students today display a disturbing willingness tochoose　academic institutions， fields of study and careers in the basis of__1　earning potential． In an extensive 1989 survey of collegestudents　nationwide， 72 percent of students reported that their primary　objective to attending college was to make more money upongraduation． __2　This state of mind came with the present generation． Studies show　that the majority of baby boomers attended college to develop　themselves， their critically thinking skills and their personal __3　philosophies of life．　Nationaly， the number of students going into business－related fields　has sharply increased， and this rise has attributed primarily to __4　the shift in educational and career priorities． At Duke， economy is __5　now the most popular major， attracting nearly 15 percent of the under　graduates， and history majors comprise only 5 percent of undergraduate __6　population． Thirty years ago the situation was reversed， with economic　and business administration majors together consisting 8．7 percent of __7　undergraduates and almost 12 percent of undergraduates declared __8　themselves history majors． The number of English majors has also decreased，　from 9 percent in 1969 to 5．5 percent today．　Degrees in economics are marketed and likely to garner their holders __9　of high salaries without the added effort of medical or law school． __10　And given the objectives of current college students， such options　are attractive．　Aimlessness has hardly been typical of the postwar Japanwhose　productivity and social harmony are the envy of the UnitedStates　and Europe．But increasingly the Japanese is seeing a decline oftheir __1　traditional work－moral values． Ten years ago young people were　hardworking and saw their jobs as their primary reason forbeing，　but now Japan has large fulfilled its economic needs， and young people __2　dont know where they should go next．　The coming of the age of the postwar baby boom and an entry __3　of women into the male－do