22 February 1995 Lincoln Enrolments Match Projection

Enrolments at Lincoln University are up 3.6 percent to 3162, at the end of the formal February registration period (pm 21/Feb.).

With the inclusion of the University's July intake numbers and those enrolled in its off­shore degree programme in Malaysia, the total for the year is expected to top 3700.

Converting this "headcount" total into Equivalent Full Time Student terms (the basis for Government funding), the figure is in line with the University's projection of 3471 for 1995.

"Lincoln is pleased to be on target with its overall calculations," says Registrar Allan Sargison, "and we would hope to see confidence in our position reflected in the next round of EFTS funding. As it is, this year we are funded for only 2761 New Zealand EFTS."

Features of the 1995 enrolment figures include –

• An increase in female enrolments, lifting the proportion of women on the roll to over 40 percent.
• A big rise in Ph.D and honours degree enrolments.
• Rises in Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Resource Management and Bachelor of Parks, Recreation and Tourism enrolments.
• Significant interest in the new Postgraduate Diploma in Viticulture and Oenology and Bachelor of Social Science degree.
• Stable situations with Bachelor of Agricultural Science, Bachelor of Horticultural Science, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and undergraduate diploma enrolments.

"Lincoln is pleased with the result of the formal registration process," says Mr Sargison, "but the final result will not be clear until late registrations and all postgraduate registrations have been completed."

Allan Sargison, Registrar, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand.