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Dr. D. R. Birch 

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K. George Pedersen 

A/V.P. Academic 

S.. Enrollment Limit, Professional 

Development Program, Faculty of 

President 

This is to confirm that, as its meeting held 

motion: 

on February 

the Board approved the following 

MOTION: ? 

Effective 

for the 

P

rofessional 

September 

1,

Development 

the Board 

Program 

establish 

in the 

Faculty of Education an enrollment limit of 500 

students per year exclusive of those students 

in programs or modules separately budgeted and 

funded through such sources as Interior Programs. 

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Eric. 

Mr. H. Evans, Registrar 

(Attention: Mr. H. Nagel) 

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Cvelopent Program, Faculty of Education 

If you concur I propose that you present the following notion to the 

Board:. 

the Board establish for the Professional 

Development 

Program in the Faculty of Education an enrolment limit 

of 500 students per year exclusive of those students in program or 

nodules separately budgeted and funded through 

sources as Interior 

Programs. 

Authority. ur 

Section 28 (p) of the Universities Act. 

"the ward has 

pr, with the approval of senate, to determine, from 

time to tima, the number of students that may in the opinion of the 

board, having regard to the resources available, be accxiimodated in 

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the university 

or in any faculty thereof, and to make 

rules and 

regulations as are considered advisable for limiting the admission 

or

aocuitodat1cn 

of students to the n.mt,er so determined".. 

Pbr

years the Professional Development 

Program (one-year 

catton pcgr) has been operating with an enrolment target 

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of zrx1u1ea funded through Interior Programs and such 

p am p znta as t 

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urt Currie 

Native 

Indian Teacher Education Program and 

rth Cnagan Native Indian Teacher Education Program. Three related 

are pxenthd for reducing the enrolment target. 

1. L.ethr    

The

statistics on teacher supply are oonplicated 

Iër that the vince continues to import a good many 

teathes. Nevertheless the situation has changed somewhat in 

ret years and it is quite clear that in certain academic dis- 

ciplines and in the more attractive geographical areas job pros- 

pects are not good for 

teachers. 

2.

Student selection. 

The Faculty of Education at S.F. U. has limited 

anroliiient sin 

the University of Victoria has done 

in recent years and 

the University of B.C. has recently announced 

a

limit as well. The 

teacher stply situation has discouraged 

students from 

applying 

and our Faculty of Education is interested 

in maintaining its position as the most selective. As recently as 

three 

years ago we could aoociiaodate only one out of three 

)1iCants. This year alnost two-thirds were 

Dr. K. George 

3.

N Facult y 

qoál9. 

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Faculty of 

to a greater 

the expansion of the graduate program and 

in responding to the 

practising 

teachers. This shift is appropriate and 

requires diverting 

Faculty resources 

iay from pre-service 

those 

activities desiTied to tçgrade the existing 

teaching 

Lbder 

the iversitieS 

Act of 

the Board determines enrollment 

where tlse are 

the

of the senate". Therefore, if 

the

Mardi 

of

Daniel 

R. Birch 

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