We've interviewed experts, futurists and analysts. In a little-noticed twist in this peculiar political season, the two Republican senators who delivered the GOP response to President Clinton s January State of the Union address boasted that Republicans had actually proposed more federal money for education this year than the president himself. Educating the nation's young is great politics, especially in an election year when the country is as fat and happy as Louie Anderson. Teachers, therefore, are in demand. Every permutation of educator is projected to increase in employment in the years to come, by many thousands in each case.
Wages vary greatly, of course, as does work environment.
But when even Republicans are crowing about federal bucks for teachers, it's a growth field no matter how you look at it. Like any savvy public relations guru, Bill Adams practically jumps through the phone when asked his prognosis of PR in the coming years. Indeed, it's difficult to find a business today that doesn't have someone handling its spin. Independent film-production houses need reps to promote their latest masterpiece just as much as Exxon needs to assuage the public when its crude ends up on seals and otters instead of in gas tanks. And there's nothing but growing room.