press release

D E C E MB E R

7th, 1977

'.20!:J'.1 PLJRU: L L WAY, NOR I H VANCOUVER. B.C.

CAPILANO COLLEGE REALLY IS 11 A PLACE FOR ALL AGES 11

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The annual statistical reports on college enrolment have been prepared
and submitted to the Mini s try of Education in Victoria.

Although such compilations

don't usual ly make int e resting reading, there are some rather notable f eatures of
the current

college population enroled in

credit courses a t Capilano College.

To begin with, a full third of the enrolme nt (34 %) is made up of people
over the age of 30.

The table gives a detailed breakdown that re veal s a spe cial

interest in those over 40 t o return for more education:

30 -34

35-39

Over 40

1st year Uni versity Transfer Full-Time
1st year University Transfer Part-Time
2nd Year University Transfer Full-Time
2nd Yea r University Tr ansfe r Part-Time

10
137
8
5

7
70
5
11

30
224
10
25

1s t Year Career/Tech n ical
1st Year Career/Technical
2nd Year Caree r/Techn ic a l
2nd Yea r Career/Technical

Full-Time
Part-Time
Full-Time
Part-Ti me

22
90
12
10

13
65
7
6

44
170
10
18

TOTAL "OVER 30 11 ENROLMENT:

1, 009

Ages :

ENROLMENT STATU S:

=

294

+

184

+

531

With the incr easin g numbe rs of women wan ting to enter or re-ente r the
workforce, it is not surprising that of thes e l ,009 students , 781 are women.

A

1 ittl e over half of the se women are registered in the univer s ity transfer programme,
leading to the complet ion of the first two years of a university degree, and the

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other half are enrol ed in ca reer/technical courses that will pre , are them f o r

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direct employment .
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While Capil ano College exis ts to s erve primari ly the residents
of its thr ee participating school district s (West Vancouver, North Vancouver
and Howe Sound ), there are students attending the college from all over the
prov ince.

In return, students whose homes are within this college district

en joy the same unwritten reciprocity i n being a ble to attend courses or
enrol

in prograrmies at oth er B.C . educational ins tit utions--whether that

be other colleges, techn i cal ins titut es or, of course, the universities.
This fre edom of movement between college distri cts is allowed to accommodate
students• circumstances and also to permit enrolment in special programmes
wh ich are sometimes unique to a part icular institution.

For example, at

Capilano College the Media Resour ces Programme and the Outdoor Recreation
Programme accept student s from provi nce-wide school dist ricts for just this
reason.

Capilano 1 s 11 open door 11 policy is therefore not unique, but forms

part of the co-operative e ffort to make education acce ssible to everyone.
It should be noted, however, that priority is given at registration t i me to
residents o f the college district in the other courses and programmes that
the college offers.

The to tal enrolment for the Fall Term at Capilano is 2,983,
repres enting a 6% increase in enrolment over the same period last year.

Contact:

Miss Valerie Giles

986 - 1911

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