September. . . . 23rd to 30th 1982 The Other Press page 3 ee a Pte Rte Just as campus adminis tators began to worry about declining enrollment, along came the tail end of the baby boom and the Summer of Unemployment. Recoiling from the worst job market in 45 years, Canadian students have en rolled in courses this fall in record numbers. Statistics Canada predicts that full-time university and college enrollment will reach 693,000 up 19,000 from 1981- 82 Including part-time stu dents, more than one million Canadians now attend post- secondary institutions. The startling story coming out of this fall’s registration is the reversal of the usual enrollment pattern:for the first time in years, university enrollment has increased faster than college enrol ment. Full-time university enrol Iment will be 414,000, up 3.2 per cent from 1981-82, accor ding to Statistics Canada. Full-time college enrollment is expected to reach 279,000, \up almost two per cent. EE EE . This is another view of the exciting new campus we will be able to move into one day, possibly as soon as Novemer Ist for some lucky students. Wow! Isn't it large! Unemployed Baby Boomers Seek Education Zoltan Zsigmond, a Sta tistics Canada researcher, said university enrollment is increasing faster because people with university deg rees are weathering the rec ession much better than people with college diplo mas. Ane both groups are more likely to find a job than less educated people. Overall unemployment for 15 to 24 year-olds jumped from 11.8 per cent in July 1981 to 19.6 per cent a year later. But among people in the same age group with a university degree it only rose from 6.8 to 10 per cent. For 15 to 24 year-olds with a college diploma, unemploy ment rose much more rapidly in the same period, from 5.7 to 13.6 per cent. “‘With more education it is easier to find a job,‘‘ said Zsigmond. ‘‘But this does not mean that all those with a diploma or degree will find an appropriate job according to their education. ‘‘ Zsigmond said the better educated are pushing the less educated out of work in the scramble for a diminish ing number of jobs. Youth unemployment rates. are dramatically higher among less educated groups. In July, a staggering 34 per cent of 15 to 24 year-olds with a grade eight or less education were unemployed. Zsigmond said that during a recession more people upgrade their education to increase their job prospects. ampus Nov. 1 sree Photo by Sean Valentini He said the proportion of people attending Albera uni versities declined during the economic boom there be cause well-paying jobs were available to people holding only bachelor’s degrees. With the collapse of the boon, more Albertans are Staying on at university to get a master’s degree. by Chris Page November 1 is the likeliest date that classes will start at Douglas College’s new cam- pus, Douglas College Presi- dent Bill Day indicated Wed- nesday. Some classes may remain at the old sites until Christ- mas break. The College Management Committee may decide to delay the move until Christ- mas break, however. It will make a final decision Sept. 28. West Graydon, Director of Physical Plant and Site Ser- vices, expects the south building and parts of the north to be ready for Nov. 1. But the north building won’t be completed until late Nov- ember, If the college moves in mid-semester, a few pro- grams will move at a time. The college plans to avoid asking students to be at two campuses at once. ‘I would prefer to move into the new campus as quickly as possible,’’ says Graydon. He acknowledges some obstacles to moving in mid-semester: © The whole moving pro- cess would take three weeks and if programs like perfor- ming arts and dental move in mid-semester, they will pro- bably be disrupted for a week. ¢ The library may close for two weeks. Because of this inconvenience, it may wait until the semester ends. © Moving in mid-semester will also hurt the college’s already flat wallet. The college will have to absorb power, heating, and tele- phone expenses for the new site while maintaining the old ones, says Graydon. Music Needs An Audience . performers are chosen by the principal oboist for the As part of the Douglas College Music Dept. curricu- lum there will be, as in the past, a number ot student and professional recitals this semester. Held in the band room from 12:30 to 1:30 P.M. on most Thursdays, these recitals feature, either as a soloist or with accompani- ment variouse instruments; woodwinds, guitar, piano, flute and voice. The content is generally classical music from the Renaissance to the resent day. There will be foul professional recitals this semester, taking place ona rotating basis with the student recitals. These music department from various areas in the community. On December 2, Doreen Oke, who presently teaches harpsichord at the music department of UBC performs as a soloist. Doreen has previously given recitals, lectures and master classes at various colleges and universities throughout B.C. and Washington state.Her recital is titled Bach and the Preceeding Generation and will include music by J.S. Bach and other composers such as Bohm, Khunev and fischer. Futhermore Ocober 28 features Tony Nichols, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and a member of the Douglas College music department faculty, Henry Wack, accompanying on piano. Further professional recitals take place on Nov. 18- and Dec.2nd. These progra- grams will be announced later. Dates for student recitals are Oct.14 and 21, Nov.4 and Dec. 9. The music dept. extends a warmest greeting to anyone who wishes to attend. : by Glen ay —<