TERRY FOX HUMANITARIAN
AWARD PROGRAM

 

The Minister responsible for Fitness
and Amateur Sport, on behalf-of the
Canadian people, has initiated the
Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Program.
Up to 200 scholarships valued at $3,000
each year, and renewable for a maximm
of four years, or until a first degree
is obtained, are now available to sti
dents across Canada. Selection cri-
teria for recipients will be based on
demonstration of the highest ideals
and qualities of citizenship and human-
itarian services while in pursuit of
excellence in their academic, amateur
sport, fitness, health, or community
related endeavors.

Applications and further information
are available in the Financial Aid
Office.

 

 

TEXTBOOK READABILITY

Thinking of changing the textbook as-
signed for your course? Readability
can help you to decide.

Measuring the readability of your
course's textbook can help you deter-
Mine whether the text is appropriate
to the reading abilities of your sti-
dents and whether a textbook by another
author might be more suitable.

Any Douglas College instructor who
wants the readability of his or her
textbook measured can send a copy tc:

Ian McCaughey (Local 243)
Reading/Study Skills
Room 101, McBride

 

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DATA BANKS AVAILABLE TO RESEARCHERS

B.C. Post-Secondary Forecasting Committee
(BCFC) has existed for about ten years.
During that time it has amassed extensive
data dealing with students in Grade XII,
Colleges, Institutes and Universities.
You will be familiar with the Committee's
reports in areas such as these:

a. Enrolment trends at colleges, instit-
utes and universities.

b. Historical overviews of enrolments.

c. Profiles and educational plans of
Grade XII students.

d. Participation rates at colleges, in-
stitutes and universities by age, by
school district, etc.

At a meeting of the Committee on 12 March,
I was asked to let the institutions of
the Province know that these data banks
are available to researchers. Much of
the material would be of interest to per-
sons preparing theses in Education, the
Social Sciences, Administration, etc.

Mrs. Jill Weldon is Executive Director

of BCFC. She would be pleased to discuss
the nature and extent of data available
with any researcher. Her address and
telephone number are: The British Columbia
Post-Secondary Education Enrollment Fore-
casting Committee, The University of
British Columbia, 6328 Memorial Road,
University Campus, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1W5
Tel: 228-4815.

R.R. Jeffels,
Chairman

 

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