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University applicants decline Canadian universities project dramatic decrease following demographic changes B Y C HLOE S OBEL Assistant News Editor
executive director of OUAC. Granger declined to speculate. In 2010, the number of “One question will be whether 18-year-olds in Ontario was the demographics and the number Secondary student applications to 180,200. This year, there were of students in the system begins Ontario universities have declined 175,800. This number is expected to increase in the years ahead,” to continue falling through 2020, he said. “Some people think at for the first time since 2004. The Ontario Universities’ with an 8.2 per cent drop over least a couple years from now that will happen.” Application Centre(OUAC)released a decade. its preliminary Undergraduate The decline in 18-year-olds Despite this, the number of Application Statistics on Jan. is not limited to Ontario. All people applying to university has 20, revealing a 0.8 per cent provinces will be affected over the also decreased, he added. drop in overall applications. next several years, with Quebec, “That’s been [decreasing] steadily A press release from the Council Nova Scotia and Prince Edward over the last ten years [and] we of Ontario Universities points out a Island (P.E.I.) seeing the most think that’ll probably continue, but it’s virtually impossible to look 10.5 per cent increase in the number dramatic decrease. of non-high school applicants, and P.E.I. will be the worst affected ahead several years and speculate states that the drop in secondary with a projected fall of 23.8 per on it.” student applications was expected cent. In contrast, Ontario will be Despite an overall decrease in based on demographic changes. second only to British Columbia in secondary student applications, “Primarily, I think it’s a reduction its lack of significant change. Queen’s received 20,757 in the number of students in the Whether applications would applications in January 2013 and system,” said George Granger, continue to fall in the future 21,182 in January 2014 — a two
per cent overall increase. As a first and second program choice, it has fallen by 5.5 and 2.8 per cent, respectively. Amir Eftekarpour, president of the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance and vice-president (external) at University of Western Ontario’s University Students’ Council, sees the demographic change as a good thing. “Historically, at least in Ontario … we’ve [been] negatively incentivized to grow through enrolment growth,” he said. “If the university wants more money, for the past little while the best way to do that was just to get more students,” he said. Instead, he said OUSA advocates a corridor model of funding. See Enrolment on page 5
Inside this issue: News
The University responds to animal rights activists page 2
Feature
A look at the history of the AMS page 3
Arts
Behind the scenes of Modern Fuel’s cloudscape page 13
Postscript
What makes Limestone City Cupcakery so delicious page 19