College adapts —

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Students seeking job training

By Layne Christensen:
Community Reporter

NOT too many years
ago, high-school gradu-
ates looked to college as
a stepping stone to uni-
versity. Today, that sce-
nario is rev

Capilano College officials

report a growing number of

students who return to college
already armed with university
degrees.

A study indicates that 41%
of new students who enroll in
credit courses at the college
already have some post-sec-
ondary education. Sixteen’ per

- cent have attended university.

“There’s a niche in the
educational spectrum that’s
not being met,” says Bill
Gibson, Capilano College's
vice-president of academic
affairs.

Unemployed and under-

’ skilled, many university gradu-
ates are returning to school.

Capilano College is modifying

_ its curriculum. to meet the

demand, says Gibson. *

“We're trying to combine
generic education and skills °
with specialized education for
job readiness,” he says.

One aspect of education
where colleges are leading the
way isa shift towards applied
degrees, says Gibson.

This fall will see the start of :

a four-year degree program in
tourism management, offered
in partnership with the Open
Learning Agency. :

At the end of the school
year, the college will graduate. ’,
the first class of its commercial:
animation program. |.

Several partnerships. with “:
industry and other educatiénal |
institutions are in the works...

The college is working with
a major financial institution. to
develop a four-year financial,
services degree program. that
would encompass co-op place-'
ments and guaranteed employ-;.
ment for all graduates. ° mo

“Distance. education”. is

another area where the college) ~

is adapting to changes in the.”

marketplace. Coe aw
With the aid of video con-:

ferencing, students at the col-"

lege’s Squamish . campus «will,
cen i = SRM Gi enroll in a-ousiness’ manage: . ;
MENT: AT CAPILANO COLLEGE INVITES YOU Let's Dance end one’ day soon.
. : , | Capilano College students may ».,
share a virtual classroom with °
their counterparts. at the |
University of Hanoi. (The two:
facilities are working together
to develop an English course.) .
“With technology (advanc- —
ing the way. it is) the regional
boundaries rio longer'make as’)...
much sense as they used to,”
says Gibson. .

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