A8 - Sunday, January 29, 1984 - North Shore News

INCREASED TUI-
TION fees and higher
admission standards at
Lower Mainland univer-
sities are going to create

a demand for space. in:
college classrooms that

likely won’t be met.

~

Dr. Paul Gallagher,

principal of Capilano Col-

lege in North Vancouver,
said this week that the
changes in- university admis-
sion policies mean_the college
will be faced with ‘‘more
students applying than we
(the college) will be able to
admit.’’

*“Our own plans call for us
-to admit at least the same
number of students as we had
last year (in university
-transfer programs),’’
Gallagher said. ‘‘If we can
‘swing it, we'll even admit a
few more.*’ ye s

The college‘ is already forc-
ed to turn away hopefuls
each September because of
growing demand for post-
secondary education and the

situation. will only;get. worse.:.

Gallagher - added that’ the
increases in tuition fees and
the raising of:academic- en-
trance standards at the
University of B.C. and
Simon Fraser ‘University are
expected to. result in about

1,000 > fewer admissions this -

September. , -

The; pressure to take up
that slack will fall on the four
Lower Mainland colleges —

Vancouver Community Col-—

lege, Douglas College,
Kwantien College and
Capilano.

‘*We're tooling up for as
many as 300 more applica-
tions (than in the past) and
that could be as many as
$00,’’ Gallagher said.

-The Capilano principal
says that the college is look-
ing at ways to retain the
quality of education while
admitting more students into
two-year university
programs.

At the same time, he said,
the college is committed to
keeping the current mix of
high school graduates,
mature students and others.

The college will also not
change its standards for ad-
mission, he said.

Gallagher said the problem
is a difficult one for the

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DR. PAUL GALLAGHER
-«- too many students
college.

““We'’re facing financial
problems like the universities
are,”” he said. ‘‘We’re trying
to tackle a difficult problem
as best we can.”

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SPONTANEOUS. COM-
BUSTION in a pile of clean-
ing rags is thought to have
been the cause of a fire that
destroyed the basement of a
12th Street house. Monday.

Way back when.
they called him “Mini”.
Long before he met his
Ginny.
Too old ‘for play
He's 40 to-day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
_ CHRIS. MINIONS

LOVE FAMILY & FRIENDS

“We're t not completely cer-
tain yet, but that’s what the
cause appears to have been,’
said a fire prevention officer
with the North -Vancouver
District fire department.

‘Congratulations
Hilda on.reaching
the big
40.

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January 13.
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