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Many students today display a disturbing willingness to choose academ ic institutions, fields of study and careers in the basis of earning potential. In 【M1】______ an extensive 1989 survey of college students nationwide, 72 percent of students reported that their primary objective to attending college was to make more 【M2】______ money upon graduation. This state of mind came with the present genera tion. Studies show that the majority of baby boomers attended college to develop themselves, their critically thinking skills and their personal phi- 【M3】______ losophies of life. Nationally, the number of students going into business-related fields has sharply increased, and this rise has attributed primarily to the shift in edu- 【M4】______ cational and career priorities. At Duke, economy is now the most popular 【M5】______ major, attracting nearly 15 percent of undergraduates, and history majors 【M6】______ comprise only 5 percent of the undergraduate population. Thirty years ago the situation was reversed, with economic and business administration ma jors together consisting 8.7 percent of undergraduates and almost 12 percent 【M7】______ of undergraduates declared themselves history majors. The number of Eng- 【M8】______ lish majors has also decreased, from 9 percent in 1969 to 5.5 percent today. Degrees in economics are marketed and likely to garner their 【M9】______ holders of high salaries without the added effort of medical or law school. 【M10】______ And given the objectives of current college students, such options are attractive.