Fewer exclusions from university

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33777, 25 February 1975, Page 16

Fewer exclusions from university

Fewer students had been excluded this year from the University of Canterbury because of unsatisfactory academic progress, the University of Canterbury Council was told yesterday.

The number excluded this year was 227, of which 139 were first-year students, the vice-chancellor of the University of Canterbury (Professor N. C. Phillips) said.

In 1971, 400 students were excluded and the numbers for the following years were 412. 370, and 314. “The significance of this ! drop reflects falling rolls and may reflect better work,” ■Professor Phillips said. The president of the Uni-; , versify of Canterbury Stu-

| dents’ Association, (Mr P. F Dunne) said after the council meeting that there should not be any exclusion policy. “The number of exclusions is still far too high. Because of accommodation problems, inadequate bursaries, and other factors, students dron out of their own accord and the exclusion policy is wasted,” he said. I “The university' council [must examine the whole point of such a policv. espe'cially in view of falling roll inumbers.”