S
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S.00-50
As amended by
Motions submitted to the May 2000 meeting of Senate.
Senate 15/5/00
From: ?
George Kirczenow, Professor of Physics.
Subject: ?
SFU library cards for International Baccalaureate and
Advanced Placement Students.
Date: ?
18 April, 2000.
approve the proposal
Motion 1: That Senate ?
1 ?
that SFU
provide free SFU library cards on request to high school
students in the International Baccalaureate 1ro2ram.
for a period of 3 years,
witft additional intormat ion. with. respect to cost and etfectivehèss for recruitment to be
collected during that period before deciding whether to continue beyond 3 years"
Motion 2: That. Senate recommend to the Board of Governors that SFU
(same amendment ?
provide free SFU library cards on request to high school
app 1 i es to Mot ion
students in the Advanced Placement Program.
2)
Rationale: SFU used to issue free library cards to high school students
enrolled in the International Baccalaureate Program. These top-
notch high school students would come and use our library,
they would get to know our university and this would give us
an edge later in recruiting them to come to SFU as
undergraduates. It was a great way to attract outstanding
students to SFU.
But it was discontinued in
1996, primarily to
save money -- the cost to the library of circulating a book is
about $2. I think that this is a very small cost to pay for a
chance to attract excellent students to SFU. We spend a lot of
money on recruitment of students and this has to be a very cost-
effective way to recruit top students who will make a major
difference to the intellectual life of the university.
