——=-.—= 250,000 STRONG AND GROWING ===> 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Canadian Association for 
     
     Part-time University Students 
     
     (COPUS) held its Annual Na- 
     
     tional Conference at Carleton 
     
     University, Ottawa, June 24, 25, 
     
     and 26. The following includes: 
     
     - a report on the conference - in- 
     
     sight into the needs and concerns 
     
     of non-traditional students - CO- 
     
     PUS activities on behalf of what 
     
     is now estimated to include over 
     
     40% of the total Canadian Uni- 
     
     versity population. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The opening plenary, ‘Anal- 
     
     ysis of a COPUS Research 
     
     Project’, featured Dr. Paul 
     
     Anisef, Associate Professor of So- 
     
     ciology at York Universtiy, who 
     
     was contracted by COPUS to 
     
     complete a report which describes 
     
     the recent changes in the part- 
     
     time student population since 
     
     1974. The project found that 
     
     part-time studies tend to attract 
     
     mature students, students from 
     
     disadvantaged backgrounds, and 
     
     female students. 
     
    
   
   
    
     However, since there are limi- 
     
     tations on the programs available 
     
     to part-time students, Dr. Anisef 
     
     said that comparisons cannot be 
     
     made. As well, student fees and 
     
     the availability of loans should 
     
     also be considered. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first workshop was enti- 
     
     tled ‘Recruiting and Motivating 
     
     Your Team’, and was presented 
     
     by Janice Sonner of the Vol- 
     
     unteer Leadership Development 
     
     Program. It consisted mainly 
     
     of discussions on the composi- 
     
     tion, goals, and effectivness of the 
     
     board or committee. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The second workshop, titled 
     
     ‘Starting a Part-Time Student 
     
     Organization’, was presented by 
     
     the Executive committee of the 
     
     University of Windsor Part-Time 
     
     Student Organization. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The group, founded in 1978, 
     
    
   
   
    
     has been working towards success 
     
     in forming a part-time student or- 
     
     ganization. They deal with prob- 
     
     lems that face part-time students 
     
     from the point of view of both 
     
     part-time students and that of 
     
     the university community. 
     
    
   
   
    
     They operate on the basis 
     
     that there is one simple require- 
     
     ment for starting an organization 
     
     - that people see a need for it. 
     
     With this in mind, they discussed 
     
     some of the problems which are 
     
     experienced by part-time stu- 
     
     dents, some of which are inade- 
     
     quate library hours and food ser- 
     
     vices, lack of office support ser- 
     
     vices, and lack of office hours dur- 
     
     ing the time when most part-time 
     
     students access the campus. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thus, the widely reflected 
     
     concerns of widely reflected con- 
     
     cerns of part-time students form 
     
     the basis for organization or 
     
     group action. Once membership 
     
     on a committee is established it 
     
    
   
   
    
     is vital to obtain and retain cred- 
     
     ibility. 
     
    
   
   
    
     There were also two other 
     
     workshops, held in concurrance 
     
     with the above mentioned ones; 
     
     ‘Canada Student Loan Program- 
     
     Problems and Solutions’ and 
     
     ‘Women in Part-Time Studies’. 
     
     As well, there were a number of 
     
     other functions, some of which in- 
     
     cluded the COPUS Annual Meet- 
     
     ing, the COPUS Annual Fund- 
     
     Raising Auction, and the COPUS 
     
     Annual Banquet. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The conference was well at- 
     
     tended. All provinces except 
     
     Nova Scotia and Manitoba were 
     
     represented. The tone was 
     
    
   
   
    
     - positive and part-time students 
     
    
   
   
    
     shared a renewed sense of purpose 
     
     and committment. 
     
    
   
   
    
     On behalf of COPUS and 
     
     MAPUS I would like to thank the 
     
     following for financially support- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ing a UPEI representative to the 
     
     conference: 
     
    

    
     Student Services . 
     
    

    
     Student Union 
     
    

    
     Faculty of Arts: 
     
    

    
     Faculty of Science 
     
    

    
     I would also like to take this 
     
     opportunity to thank: 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Registrar’s Office, the 
     
     Extension Department, the En- 
     
     glish Department, the computer 
     
     Science’ Department, and the 
     
     Modern Languages Department. 
     
    

    
     Your efforts have not gon un- 
     
     noticed. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Paula Gauthies 
     
    
   
   
    
     COPUS Provincial Coordina- 
     
     tor 
     
    
   
   
    
     MAPUS President 
     
    
   
   
    
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