The Cord (September 4, 2011)
TH The tie that binds Wilfrid Laurier University since 1926 Volume 52, Issue· 5 ~J N [)AV SEPT£/v\BER 4. 2011 thecord.ca ..., - ~ ~,~~;Jc; · wading in -,o 11!.1~ Arts on the decline •ipc u taxaes " ,!A' ~opj-. 0 5,7 0 vaca •ns JUSTIN SMIRLIES According to Carroll, it is not un CAMPUS NEvV '> to; TOR common for admission numbers to . ~,4,_s7~ · student $?t9r~ fluctuate throughout the years, but Despite Wilfrid Laurier University's the general trend has been growth, ;op_p1ng.g d bt •s• .on~estaur continual growth as an institution, "In other years we've actually ex ~2.50 , . e ',arS [ I «11 Jior the faculty of arts, in a recent evalu perienced an increase in arts. The ••ons - ·~nrr ation of their admissions and en long term trend is increasing en In Depth, page 20 rolment, discovered that there is rolment, but eventually that has to a slight decrease in the number of level ofr.' ...... o- 20,00 first-year arts admissions for the The last large drop in the arts 2011-12 school year. faculty was in 2007 when the num Compared to a figure of 1,708 ber of first-year arts students fell ;::.•text bot first-year arts students in 2010, this 29.1 per cent from a figure oft,835 year's admissions were roughly in 2006 to 1,293. That number has ~ - .3,600 around 1,522. grown every year until the 2011-12 These figures, however, are sub school year. i,( J ~ ject to change and more accurate "Certainly there's an emphasis data will be available in the fall.
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