THE McGILL STUDENT BODY: PAST AND FUTURE ENROLMENT

Authors

  • Stanley Brice Frost McGill University
  • Sheila E. Rosenberg

Abstract

In this survey of the statistics of student registrations at McGill from its earliest days, Frost and Rosenberg trace fluctuations in the constituent elements of the student body while wars, depressions, and social and political changes succeeded each other. The student body clearly has changed character along with its constitution in slow response to these events, and has done so in ways not always accountable. In terms of total numbers, however, the future of enrolment in certain faculties is reasonably predictable, given the latest contingency of absolute shrinkage in the supply of people at the appropriate ages. Beyond that, the number of questions that can be asked about the future remains far greater than the number of answers available from the past.

Author Biographies

Stanley Brice Frost, McGill University

Stanley Brice Frost, formerly Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, and Vice-Principal (Administration and Professional Faculties), is presently Director of the History of McGill Project at McGill University

Sheila E. Rosenberg

Sheila E. Rosenberg holds degrees from McGill and Paris, has specialized in anthropology, and served as Research Assistant for the History of McGill Project in 1978-79.

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Published

1980-01-01

How to Cite

Frost, S. B., & Rosenberg, S. E. (1980). THE McGILL STUDENT BODY: PAST AND FUTURE ENROLMENT. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 15(001). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/7309

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 001 (1980)

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