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Marilyn Rose<\/p><\/div>\n
The numbers demonstrate the growing reputational strength of the University\u2019s master\u2019s and doctoral programs, said Marilyn Rose, dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe competition for graduate students was intense this year,\u201d she said. \u201cFor us to go beyond our enrolment projection is a strong indicator that our graduate experience is in high demand.\u201d<\/p>\n
The marked growth in the number of graduate students enrolled on a full-time basis as a measure of the maturity of graduate education at Brock, she said. Brock offers 33 master\u2019s and six doctoral programs. The newest program, a master\u2019s in Criticial Sociology, was launched in September. The University\u2019s academic plan, Brock 2014, calls for several objectives in the graduate sector, including an increase in the proportion of graduate students to 10 per cent of the full-time equivalent (FTE) student population by 2014.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we grow, we are committed to ensuring students continue to receive the kind of personal learning experience they have come to expect from Brock,\u201d Rose said. \u201cThat means engaging students as partners in our research and scholarship. It also means creating opportunities for our students to apply their knowledge through internships and other experiential learning programs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brock\u2019s growth of its graduate sector, Rose said, will have an impact on Niagara as businesses and industries look to tap into a pool of highly educated people.<\/p>\n
\u201cNiagara is transforming its economy \u2013 graduates from our master\u2019s and doctoral programs will have the knowledge, skills and innovative spirit to lead new economic initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Graduate student enrolment 2009-2010<\/strong> The graduate student population has increased by 125 students to 1,544 for 2009-10 \u2013 exceeding targets set by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[3330],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":904,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions\/904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTotal enrolment: 1,544
\nStudents enrolled full time: 931
\nStudents enrolled part time: 613
\nStudents enrolled in master’s programs: 1,437
\nStudents enrolled in doctoral programs: 107<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"