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102.
Meantime, plans for expanding student numbers at the
universities and the Folytechnic are proceeding well. At the start of
the present quadrennium in 1974, the population at the two universities
was 7,210. In the current session, some 9,150 will be enrolled.
target for 1980/81 is 10,330.
103.
The
The Polytechnic had a population of 6,515 full-time equivalent students in the academic year 1974/75. There has been some
difficulty in attracting enrolments to part-time day release courses
at the Polytechnic, so that student numbers are slightly behind the
target of 9,850 for the current session. However, it will have no
difficulty in reaching its 1980/81 target of 11,400 full-time
equivalent students, which will bring the total number of students
on the Polytechnic's campus to nearly 30,000. The combination in this
institution of rapidity of growth with maintenance of high standards
It
can rarely, if ever, have been cqualled in academic lisory.
reflects the greatest credit on both the Board under the chairm nship
of Dr. Chung, and the staff under Dr. Lege, and also I
the quality and enthusiasm of the student body,
on
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