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The overall context of the restraint policy within the B.C.
Post-Secondary Education System (universities, colleges and institutions) gives
zero growth in support dollars over the next 5 years. Our post-secondary
institutions were all asked to prepare, this summer, a '5-year plan' in which
the parameters were no growth in dollars for the next 5 years. This no growth
dollar policy comes at a time when colleges in B.C. are experiencing growth in
enrollments of anywhere between 5 and 25 percent. (See Box)
The restraint policy in place in B.C. community colleges will
affect women's participation in post-secondary education significantly for the
following reasons:
- While males and females tend to be approximately equal among
full-time students enrolling in non-vocational programs in community colleges
and institutions in B.C., women far outnumber men as part-time students. The
largest single group of students attending B.C. colleges are female,
twenty-five years of age and older, taking courses on a part- time basis.
Hence, any cut-backs which either systematically or unintentionally influence
part-time students will impact females to a far greater extent than males. In
implementing funding restraint, colleges are already reducing part- time
sections of courses to a far greater extent than full-time sections. In
addition, in the foreseeable future in an attempt to live within the imposed
Social Credit Restraint Program, the major budgetary impact will be on 'off
campus' or 'after hours' classes. Particularly hard hit will be older students,
most of whom are enrolled part-time and most of whom are women.
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FRASER VALLEY
COLLEGE - B. C.
Fall Enrollment Statistics
1983 |
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Total |
% Change |
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| University Transfer / Academic |
3129 |
+ 8 |
| Career / Technical |
2519 |
+ 9 |
| Adult Basic Education |
409 |
+ 13 |
| Continuing Education |
4686 |
+ 14 |
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Post-Secondary Enrollment in Non-
Vocational Program 1981/82
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Part-time
Students |
Full-time
Students |
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| Male students |
12,406 |
8,966 |
| Female students |
17,269 |
9,051 |
*Ministry of Education, Province of B.C., Post-Secondary
Enrolment Statistics 1981/82. Non-vocational programs include: University
Transfer, Career/Technical & Adult Basic Ed.
- Fees charged to part-time students on a per course basis are
higher in most colleges than those charged to full-time students for the same
course. A number of colleges are considering implementing a full cost-recovery
fee policy for their part-time courses to allow them to add sections of
academic and career programs without additional funds. This would force fees
for part-time courses to three times and higher for the same full-time program.
The impact for the part-time women students would be significant.
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