.Mr

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. Ron Heath ? 

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As you are aware, Senate in 1982 (S.82-75) approved a policy 

for international students which limited admission to undergraduate 

studies at Simon Fraser University. Senate also stipulated that 

in April of each year a quota be established for the following 

academic year. The quota was set at 7% for 1983/84 and 1984/85. 

I would like to inform you that the Senate Committee on 

Academic Planning met on Wednesday, April 3 and decided unanimously 

to continue the 7% quota for the academic year l985/6. I attach, 

as information, SCAP 85-8. The relevant motion recommended to 

Senate is: 

"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the? 

Board of Governors that the admissions quota on 

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international students for undergraduate studies 

at Simon Fraser University remain at 7% for the 

1985/86 academic year." 

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Wattamaniuk ..   

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G. Ivany has asked me to bring this item before SCAP for discussion before 

a recommendation is forwarded to the Ma 

y

meetino of Senate. 

In 1982, Senate passed legislation (see attachment #1) setting a yearly 

quota on international undergraduate student admissions. The legislation also 

stipulated that each year in April a quota target would be brought before 

Senate for approval and to apply for the following acadernic.year. As you 

know, the quota was set at 7% for 1983/84 and remained the same for 1984/85. 

For SCAP 

t

s information, the 7% quota was applied only once... in 1983-3. 

On a yearly basis, the number of new international student admissions as a 

proportion of total admissions has stayed fairly stable at the 5.7% level 

since 1981/82 (see attached Table 1). In terms of the total number of 

students, however, the international student population has decreased to about 

the 8% level in. 1984/85 (see attached Table #2. Note that the % of total is 

higher than the % of new admits because international students have a higher 

retention rate). 

For SCAP's further information, I am attaching, along the same lines, 

Table 3 which contains historical enrollment information on the three programs 

at SFU with the largest concentrations of international students ... Economics, 

Business, and Computing Science. Together, these programs enroll 

approximately 70% of all international student majors at SFU who have 

completed more than 60 credit hours. Note that except for the Computing 

Science Family, the number of international student majors in Economics, 

Business and the University as a whole has decreased markedly since 1983-3. 

Members will recall that the 10% quota on international students admitted to 

Business and the "Computing Science Family" is scheduled for implementation in 

May, 1985. . 

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SENATE 

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From SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC PLANNING 

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INTERNATIONAL 

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STUDENTS 

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17,1982 

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Action taken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning 

at its meeting 

of June 9, 1982 gives rise to the following motions: 

MOTION 1. 

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POLICY 

That Senate approve and recommend approval to the 

Board of Governors, as set forth in S.82-75, that 

Simon Fraser University will admit a limited number 

of international students who must be able to write, 

read, and speak English at a level required for their 

program of studies. This University expects to be 

able to admit international graduate students without 

changes in existing procedures. 

MOTION 2. 

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ADMISSION QUOTAS 

a)

A quota for international undergraduate students based 

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on a selected percentage of new undergraduate students 

in the preceding academic year will be established for 

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each academic year in April of the preceding academic 

year. 

b)

In order to permit appropriate phasing in of this policy, 

and the development of required procedures, the quota 

for the 1983/84 academic year is established at this time 

at 7 per cent of new undergraduate students. The 

Registrar's office will determine the number of new 

international students that should be accepted in order 

to arrive at a final figure of new students registered 

that meets this ..quota. 

c)

This quota will be met by reviewing the applications from 

prospective students in terms of their academic standing. 

Subject to approval of the above policy by Senate and by the 

Board of Governors, the Sate Undergraduate Admissions Board will 

develop the appropriate admission criteria. 

(311A    

NEW ADMISSIONS:ADMISSIONS: 

UNDERGRADUATE 

NEW STUDENT VISA    

ALL NEW 

SEMESTER/YEAR       

ADMISSIONS     

ADMISSIONS 

80-3            

171

2,830 

81-1             

102

1,297 

81-2             

91

687

1980/81 TOTAL         

4,814 

81-3            

120

2,747 

82-1              

81

1,148 

82-2             

60

700

1981/82 TOTAL         

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82-3            

124

2,847 

83-1             

55

1,133 

83-2            

85

691

1982/83 TOTAL                   

4,671 

83-3            

127

2,814 

84-1 

78

1,038 

84-2             

53

629

1983/84 TOTAL                 

4,481 

84-3            

126

21j899 

I,U°rI 

% VISA 

7.56% 

5.68% 

5.65% 

5.76% 

(0281C/2) ? 

ALL SFU 

STUDENTS: UNDERGRADUATE REGISTRATIONS 

ALL STUDENT VISA    

ALL STUDENT 

SEMESTER/YEAR      

REGISTRATIONS    

REGISTRATIONS 

80-3            

804

9,653 

81-1             

818

9,355 

81-2 ? 

:

712

5,453 

1980/81 TOTAL 

SEMESTER REGISTRATIONS    

2,334        

24,461 

81-3            

930

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10,100 

82-1 ? 

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857

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9,704 

82-2            

720

5,964 

1981/82 TOTAL 

SEMESTER REGISTRATIONS    

2,517        

25,768 

82-3            

877

10,733 

83-1             

837

10,397 

83-2            

725

6,241 

1982/83 TOTAL 

SEMESTER REGISTRATIONS    

2,439        

27,371 

83-3            

941

11,183 

84-1             

861

10,547 

84-2            

674

5001

1983/84 TOTAL 

SEMESTER REGISTRATIONS    

2,476        

27,631 

84-3            

801

11,198 

751

(0281C/1) 

% VISA 

9.54% 

9.77% 

8.91% 

8.96% 

SEMESTER 

83-3 

84-1 

84-3 

85-1 

83-3 

84-1 

84-3 

85-1 

83-3 

84-1 

84-3 

85-1 

83-3 

84-1 

84-3 

85-1 

NUMBER OF 

INTERNATIONAL 

STUDENT MAJORS 

17.2 

19.4 

18.5 

17.1 

43.4 

35.9 

32.0 

30.2 

14.2 

15.5 

18.9 

20.7 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

39.1 

35.1 

29.6 

22.4 

24.6 

19.2 

15.2 

13.9 

28.8 

27.9 

25.6 

24.7 

16.3 

13.7 

12.1 

10.5 

PROGRAM 

Economics 

% OF ALL 

INTERNATIONAL 

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% OF ALL 

STUDENT MAJORS 

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MAJORS IN 

AT SFU 

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THE PROGRAM 

Business 

Computing Science 

"Family" 

University 

Includes declared and intended Majors, Honors, Double Majors, Double 

Honors, Joint Majors, Joint Honors who have completed more than 60 

credit hours prior to registration in the semester shown. 

The Computing Science "Family" includes majors in Computing Science, 

Digital Systems Design, Management and Systems Science and 

Mathematics/Computing. 

Notes: 

1.

2.

NUMBER AND % DISTRIBUTION OF UNDERGRADUATE? 

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MAJORS IN? 

ECONOMICS, BUSINESS AND COMPUTING SCIENCE 

(304D/2) 