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tune time to review the process, and
consider a possible change. To that
end, Senior Management Commit-
tee directed in Spring 1989, that a
committee be struck to examine two
related issues. The first was the
priority system, and the second was
advance registration. A committee
was struck in the Fall 1989 to ex-
amine the priority issue. The matter
of advance registration was dealt
with through a consultant and a
report was submitted to Manage-
ment Committee in 1989. The
Registration Priority Review Com-
mittee is composed of the following
members:

Trish Angus, Chair
Connie Land - Commerce and
Business
Karen Maynes - Comptroller
Bev Miller - Social Services and
Allied Health

Larry Tomboulian - Sciences and
Mathematics

Linda Weafer - Social Sciences

Maria Wilkinson - Student Society

The Committee met on October
16, 1989 and periodically over the
course of the next four months to
discuss and debate various issues.
Information was requested from all
faculty and/or administrators
responsible for students who have
been allowed to pre-register. Each
was notified of the Committee’s
mandate and was asked to provide
a rationale as to why their group of
students should continue to pre-
register under a new priority sys-
tem. The Committee reviewed each
rationale.

REVIEW OF CURRENT
SYSTEMS:

In February, 1989, the Registrar
with the assistance of the Library,
conducted a research of the litera-
ture concerning priorities used for
Registration Systems in North
America. To no one’s surprise, there

was very little information. In addi-
tion, she consulted with her col-
leagues at the four Community
Colleges in the Lower Mainland,
Simon Fraser University, and the
University of British Columbia.

This consultation provided the Com-
mittee with a perspective of systems
that exist in other academic settings.
Four of the six institutions surveyed
use grade point average as one
determining factor in registering stu-
dents. The University of British
Columbia has been using this
method for many years, and the
other three ( Vancouver Community
College -Langara, Capilano and
Simon Fraser) have implemented
this practice over the years.

Students at these institutions un-
derstand and accept the priority sys-
tem. It is perceived to be fair. The
system also has general support
amongst faculty and administration.

PROPOSAL:

The Committee is proposing a
change to the current priority sys-
tem. After careful consideration
and debate, we arrived at a consen-
sus. We, therefore, endorse the fol-
lowing recommendations, beg-
inning for the Fall Semester 1991.

1. All returning students would be
assigned a registration
appointment time according to
their Grade Point Average
accumulated over the previous
semester.

2. New students to the College
would be assigned an
appointment time based on their
date of application to the
College.

3. Students enrolled in or admitted
to closed enrollment programs
would continue to advance
register in any courses
"contained" within their

program.

4. Students who have an absence of
one semester or more would be
required to re-apply to the
College in order to be eligible to
register. The exception would
be students registering from
Spring to Fall, who do not
attend in the Summer Semester.
Students whose absence is two
years or more would receive a
registration appointment time
according to their date of
re-application.

5. In order to enable calculation of a
grade point average over the
previous semester's work,
grades must be submitted
within 72 hours after the last
class or the final exam,
whichever is later.

6. No group of students, except the
hearing and visually impaired,

will be eligible for advance

registration.

A brief outline of the priority
groups is detailed below:
Grip Titi. 3.50 and above
GROH 2 dies 2.67 to 3.49
Grips .25% +6 2.00 to 2.66
Group4. ...2.. All new students
GroupS ..2.:; 1.75 to 1.99
Group 6... s.. 1.51 to 1.74
Group? i... a. Students who have

tay Cae geraee completely with-
wiclolete ame neT ate drawn from all

iv Weed ale See courses in the

A fee se elstaters weeks previous semester

Group8 ...... 0.00 To 1.50

Within each group, except
Group 4, students would be ordered
by GPA and then student number.
Students who do not have any
graded courses, and therefore do
not accumulate a GPA, will be
slotted at the beginning of Group 4
by student number.

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