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Students unaffected by end of SFU/SCES partnership
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Tom Perry, associate dean of arts, 604.291.3913; thomas_perry@sfu.ca
Susan Jamieson-McLarnon, Media & PR, 604.291.5151; jamieson@sfu.ca
Tom Perry, associate dean of arts, 604.291.3913; thomas_perry@sfu.ca
Susan Jamieson-McLarnon, Media & PR, 604.291.5151; jamieson@sfu.ca
September 24, 2004
The partnership between Simon Fraser University and the Secwepemc Cultural Education Society of the Shuswap Nation (SCES) will be dissolved by mutual agreement. SFU regrets the dissolution of this 16-year partnership but was unable, under the Universities Act, to accommodate the level of academic control that SCES was seeking in order for it to continue.
The program offered by this partnership has grown from an initial group of 19 students taking introductory sociology and anthropology courses to over 50 full-time and 300 part-time students taking courses from a variety of programs and levels in the university curriculum. Two hundred and ninety students have received degrees, certificates, and diplomas through the program. A recent independent external assessment of the program concluded that it was academically sound and a great benefit to the community.
“While this partnership is coming to an end, we are actively pursuing alternatives to maintain and grow our academic offerings in the Kamloops region,” says Tom Perry, associate dean of arts at SFU. “Our primary concern at this moment is with the students currently registered in the program. They will continue to receive the educational programs they signed on for.”
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The program offered by this partnership has grown from an initial group of 19 students taking introductory sociology and anthropology courses to over 50 full-time and 300 part-time students taking courses from a variety of programs and levels in the university curriculum. Two hundred and ninety students have received degrees, certificates, and diplomas through the program. A recent independent external assessment of the program concluded that it was academically sound and a great benefit to the community.
“While this partnership is coming to an end, we are actively pursuing alternatives to maintain and grow our academic offerings in the Kamloops region,” says Tom Perry, associate dean of arts at SFU. “Our primary concern at this moment is with the students currently registered in the program. They will continue to receive the educational programs they signed on for.”
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