Link said that up to 400 students are registering a day. Some register in-person, but the majority of students use the telephone registration process which was introduced three years ago. The vast majority of students find our telephone registration system very convenient because they are able to conduct their business with us from home, without having to travel here and stand in a long line-up in a hot building. We assign students an initial day and time to phone in, and after that they can access their records to make changes, if necessary. Link attributes population growth and the unemployment rates on Vancouver Island as possible reasons for the increased demand for academic programs at Malaspina University-College.
Research shows that as unemployment rates go up, so do applications to post-secondary schools.
Link said, on October 15, Malaspina will start accepting applications from students who wish to start academic studies in January, 1999. Fall semester classes start on September 8.