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Volume 12. Number 13 8

October 14, 1998

Student enrolment up

The total number of students

registered at UCFV is up by 7.4
per cent this fall, according to a
report prepared by the Office of

Analytical and Research Studies.

The report shows 6,405
students were registered as of
September 25, in all programs.
“That represents 441 more
students,” said Erling Close of
OARS. The report provides a
snapshot of the current and past
enrolment status of the various
programs offered at UCFV.

Some areas that saw
substantial increases include
part-time vocational (311);
general/university studies —
year 1 & 2 (280); and degree
level studies — year 3 & 4
(147).

Individual course registrations
were also up over all. The
Chilliwack campus received 341
more course registrations in
academic and career programs over
last fall, while Abbotsford had 667
additional course registrations
compared to 1997. Mission
increased by 124 course
registrations, Hope by 31.

Close was heartened by the
increase, especially for the
academic and career programs,
because “it means more and
more, students are choosing
UCFYV as the place where they
can earn their diplomas and
degrees.”

There has been a steady
increase in the degree program
registrations from 500 to 700 to

850 over the past three years,
Close said. “The same trend
holds true at the first and
second-year level.” He said the
23.7% increase in first and
second year academic programs
at the Chilliwack campus was
particularly encouraging, but the
drop in part-time vocational
registrations was a
disappointment.

One area that reported a
substantial decrease in
enrolment was full-time
vocational, with 105 fewer
students than last year. Close
says the apparent decline is
artificial, and a result of moving
the ECE certificate and diploma
programs from full-time
vocational to career technical
studies as per a Ministry
directive.

Another area that saw a
significant downturn in the

_ number of students enrolled was

the English as a Second
Language program. This was
largely due to the cancellation of
government contracts which
funded some of the courses, said
Marie Moore, ESL department
head.

The report was presented to
the UCFV Board of Governors
October 7. A copy of the full
report will be made available on
the web site at:
ucfv.be.ca/studir. htm.

The 1 Sth fannie United Way campaign at 1 UCF V is
underway. As Carole Higginbottom of CR & D points out,
this year’s goal is $20, 000. See story on page 5.