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Institutional Accountability Plan and Report 2011/12Student Enrolment TrendsIn the 2011/12 instructional year, North Island College served approximately 9,700 students (2,504FTEs), including 116 international students (76 FTEs) and 1,286 students of self-declared Aboriginalancestry (381 FTEs). Overall enrolment remains at historical highs despite a slight softening from notableincreases seen in 2009/10 and 2010/11. Specifically, strong Academic Division and Health and HumanServices enrolments contributed to an 85% utilization in Ministry funded programs, maintaining highsfirst seen in the 2009/10 enrolment year. Economic factors contributed to reduced demand for Tradesand Technical Division programs although apprenticeship FTEs were higher in 2011/12 than 2010/11.Enrolment also declined moderately for Developmental and Access Division programs in 2011/12although FTE targets were at 100% utilization. The College continues to see strong enrolments in bothAdvanced and Provincial level Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses as well as increased enrolment at theintermediate ABE level. Healthy enrolment at the upper ABE levels supports the College’s goal ofpositioning ABE as a pathway to further studies at NIC as well as supporting the institutional goal ofenhancing enrolments in Trades and University Studies. With the implementation of a new regionalservice model and signing of educational agreements with First Nations partners, the College anticipatesstronger enrolments in rural/isolated communities in the next several years.Enrolment at NIC’s four campuses reflects the trends seen for the program areas mentioned above withincreased enrolment at the Comox Valley campus, where academic and health programs form aproportionately larger part of the program mix, and lower enrolment at the Campbell River, PortAlberni and Mount Waddington Regional campuses where trades and developmental programs are morehighly concentrated. Distributed learning enrolments continued to increase at North Island College in2011/12 with expanded distance, on-line and interactive television delivery options providing flexibleaccess for students.22