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What if there was a Univer- sity and nobody came? This question was in the minds of many administrators this year as they braced themselves for yet another year of dropped enrolments. This is true here as elsewhere, as the enrolment has dropped ten percent from last year's almost 1800 full time students. The reasons propounded for this vary from demographic ones, i.e. end of the baby boon, to economic, i.e. lack of funds available for students to pursue their educations. However, one has only to look to the rising enrolments in technical and vocational institutions to see that many prospective univer—‘ sity students are attending these. The university degree is no longer a guarantee for a high status, and salaried position, and because post secondary education is gearing its activities to provide workers and not scholars. the iUniversity may well return to its founding premise - Knowledge for Knowledge Sake.

Richard O'Brien

, . As long as learning is. connected a. with earning, as long as certain jobs can Only be reached through exams, so long mast we take the examination ,wfistem seriously. If another ladder to employmentwas contrived, much so—called education would disappear, and no one would be a penny the stupider. ‘ -

~inspiration: Colin Hamer; grafics: Tom Purdy; quotes lrom the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayysim, translated by E. FitzGerald. and‘E.Ml Forster, New York Times. 24 november 63. V