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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
S.90-22
As amended by
Senate at its
meeting on
March 5, 1990
TO:
Senate
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FROM:
Liora Salter
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Chair, SCAP
RE:
1990/91 Admission Targets
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DATE: February 16,
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1990
Action taken by the Senate Committee on Enrollment Management and
Planning on February 12, 1990, and by the Senate Committee on Academic
Planning on February 14, 1990, leads to the following motion:
"That Senate approve, and recommend approval to the Board
of Governors, that the targets for admission to Simon Fraser
University in 1990/91 be set as follows:
Fall Semester, 1990
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3100 new students
Spring Semester, 1991
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1100 new students
Summer Semester, 1991 ?
600 new students
Total
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4800 new students
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and, further, that for Fall Semester, 1990, the admission targets
for the major admission groups be as follows:
B.C. Grade XII ?
1400 new students
B.C. College Transfer
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1100 new students
'Other' Admission Groups
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600 new students
Total
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3100 new students"
t i tile. intention of senate to resume its policy
of admitting students according to the evolving historical
proportions for the Fall of 1991"
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PROPOSAL
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1990/91 Undergraduate Admission Targets
The Ministry of Advanced Education,Trainirig and Technology has agreed to fund, as
part of the Provincial Access Program, an undergraduate enrollment increase of 495
full-time equivalents (FTE) at Simon Fraser University for the fiscal year 1990/91. This
includes an excess of 300 FTE generated in 1989/90 due to increasing retention rates
and a larger than expected intake of new students.
As a result, our undergraduate enrollments will have to increase by an estimated 200
net FTE in 1990/91 to meet the access funding targets.
Allowing for the enrollments expected to be generated in Fall by undergraduates
presently enrolled at SFU, it is proposed that the following admission targets be
implemented (Table 1 provides a comparison with previous semesters):
Intake of New
Academic Year 1990/91
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Students
Fall semester, 1990
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3,100
Spring semester, 1991
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1,100
Summer semester. 1991
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600
Total intake
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4,800
B. ADMISSION TARGETS BY BASIS OF ADMISSION FOR FALL, 1990.
Within the admission targets identified above there are, broadly speaking, three groups
of students for which separate targets must be identified. These are B.C. GRXII, B.C.
College Transfer, and "Other'. "Other" includes University Transfer, Degree holders,
Mature, Out-of-Province GRXII or College Transfer, Visiting, Special Entry, Concurrent
Studies, B.C. GRXI, B.C. Technical School, etc.
It is proposed that the intake targets for each group be established as shown below for
FaIl,1990 (The minimum GPA required to meet these targets is also shown):
Estimated
Minimum Grade
Admission Target
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Point Average
B.C. GRXII
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1,400 ?
2.75
B.C. College Transfer
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1,100 ?
2.20
"Other' ?
600 ?
as required
Total
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3,100
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This proposal calls for a marked reduction in the intake of "Other" admission groups in
the Fall semester. This is intentional because the B.C. GRXII and B.C. College
University Transfer enrollments in our catchment area have increased by
approximately 10% in 1989. This, coupled with rising participation rates for University
programs, will result in unprecedented demand for admission to SFU this Fall. The
intent is therefore to increase, on a proportional basis, our intake of B.C.GRXII and B.C.
College in Fall and to try and shift some of the admissions of "Others" to Spring and
Summer instead.
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TABLE
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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INTAKE
OF NEW STUDENTS
DISTRIBUTION
OF
NEW STUDENTS
BY
ADMISSION
CATEGORY
Year
85-3
86-1
86-2
Total
Fall ?
%
Year %
Mm. GPA
B.C.
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GRXII
955
121
48
1,124
34.3%
26.4%
2.50
B.C.
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CoII.Transt.
667
261
143
1,071
23.9%
25.2%
2.00
"Other"
1,163
490
405
2,058
41.8%
48.4%
Total
2,785
872
596
4,253
100.0%
100.0%
Year
86-3
87-1
87-2
Total
Fall ?
%
Year %
Mm.
GPA
B.C. ?
GRXII
1,082
147
51
1,280
36.2%
27.2%
2.50
B.C. ?
ColI.Transf.
770
309
174
1,253
25.8%
26.7%
2.00
"Other"
1,134
605
426
2,165
38.0%
46.1%
Total
2,986
1,061
650
4,697
100.0%
100.0%
Year
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87-3
88-1
88-2
Total
Fall ?
%
Year %
Min. GPA
B.C. ?
GRXII
1,282
142
49
1,473
38.1%
28.7%
2.50
B.C. ?
CoII.Transf.
927
398
312
1,637
27.5%
31.9%
2.00
"Other"
1,156
525
345
2,026
34.4%
39.4%
Total
3,365
1,065
706
5,136
100.0%
100.0%
Year
88 . 3
89-1
89-2
Total
Fall ?
%
Year %
Mm.
GPA
B.C. ?
GRXII
1,219
89
30
1,338
42.5%
28.7%
2.75
B.C. ?
Coll.Transf.
724
357
301
1,382
25.3%
29.6%
2.25
"Other"
923
607
416
1,946
32.2%
41.7%
Total
2,866
1,053
747
4,666
100.0%
100.0%
Year
89-3
90-1
90-2
Total
Fall ?
%
Year %
Min. GPA
B.C. ?
GRXII
1,389
98
24
1,511
37.8%
27.1%
2.63
B.C.
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Coll,Transf.
1,086
471
242
1,799
29.5%
32.2%
2.00
"Other'
1,204
733
334
2,271
32.7%
40.7%
Total
3,679
1,302
600
5,581
100.0%
100.0%
Proposal ?
for ?
1990/91 ?
Admission
Targets
Year
Min.
GPA
90-3
91-1
91-2
Total
Fall ?
%
Year %
(Fall ?
only)
B.C.
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GRXII
1,400
75
25
1,500
45.2%
31.3%
2.75
B.C. ?
Coll.Transt.
1,100
375
175
1,650
35.5%
34.4%
2.20
"Other"
600
650
400
1,650
19.4%
34.4%
Total
3,100
1,100
600
4,800
100.0%
100.0%
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