星报通讯社电/数所安省大学发出警告，说由于申请入学的人太多，他们被迫要提高录取新生的分数，否则就需要动用特备经费。 贵湖大学(University of Guelph)、怀雅逊理工大学(Ryerson University)和洛里埃大学(Wilfrid Laurier University)的校长说，他们实在无法接纳今年来报名的这么多学生，因为政府拨款追不上报名人潮。
安省大学议会(Council of Ontario Universities)指出，今年申请入大学的学生比自由党政府拨款28亿元的5年专上教育计划所预测的多14,000名。本周初，议会公开呼吁政府增加经费，声言短缺1亿元，这数字还会不断提高。
政府拨款追不上报名潮
以下是目前各大学的申请入学情况简录：
■入学申请表中，把洛里埃大学列为首选的增加13.2%；校长罗斯赫(Bob Rosehart)说，今年报名的学生比去年多逾一倍。勉强录取会损害教育质素。
他说：“我相信安省的家长不愿意子女被拒，但面对这庞大的申请人数，政府慷慨的拨款仍然是不够的。”
“大概一半大学有能力收较多学生，不过你将会看到他们把录取条件提高。”
■把怀雅逊理工大学列为首选的申请人增加17%。参加麦坚迪省长的贸易考察团，正在印度的怀雅逊理工大学校长莱维(Sheldon Levy)接受电话访问时提出警告说，报名的学生不一定能够被录取，结果会有许多人失望。
他指出，校方不能把用来改善教育质素的经费，收多一些学生，所以需要当局拨出新经费。
他说：“作为公立大学，我们必须对公众负责，不该用纳税人的钱，但不让他们入学。”
■贵湖大学今年收到的入学申请书比去年多4.5%。校长沈迈里(Alastair Summerlee)表示，大概不能尽收，可能要提高录取的分数。
他说：“学生和教职员的比率已经从两、三年前的22: 1升至25: 1，因为入学人数的升势超越政府拨款。”
Universities say funding short as enrolments rise
January 15, 2007
Canadian Press
The Council of Ontario Universities says the number of people applying to universities in the province is exceeding expectations – and that has led to a funding shortfall.
As of Jan. 11, the deadline for submission of university applications, 79,568 secondary school students had applied for first-year admission in the fall.
That’s an increase of 3,908 applicants, or 5.2 per cent, over 2006.
The council says the number of applicants exceeded projections, as it did in 2006 and 2005.
But the council says the higher number of enrolments – 14,000 more than planned for this year – has created a funding shortfall of about $100 million, a figure it expects to grow to at least $300 million annually by 2009-10.
The group says funding these additional students will require new expenditure by the province.
“Different universities are in different positions to respond to these enrolment pressures but all universities want to see these new applicants accommodated, without compromising the commitment to quality,” Dr. Ian Clark, president of the council, said Monday in a release.
“We look forward to working with the government on these funding issues to ensure that the province’s success in improving access to quality post-secondary education can be sustained.”
