University enrolment down in N.S.Last Updated: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 | 10:09 AM AT
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Nova Scotia universities are ex
periencing their biggest
decline in enrolment in five years.
+ x( `, A$ h8 g7 ^& ]+ oThe Association of
Atlantic Universities recently released a survey showing the number of full-time students is down 2.2 per cent — or 814 students — over last year.
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The biggest drop is at Cape Breton University. With 217 fewer full-time students, the university has experienced a decline of 7.5 per cent.
; h, Z7 ~1 S. Y4 H% W$ _At both Acadia and Saint Mary's universities, enrolment has fallen 6.1 per cent.
3 I( i$ ~" O: T) JEnrolment is up slightly at several schools, including the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, NSCAD University and St.
Francis Xavier.
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Universities are facing a shrinking pool of young adults at the same time that they are seeing an increase in costs, a situation that has led at least one university, Acadia, to lay off staff recently.
