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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday Angus Book Review Book on universities gives students a look at campuses By REGINALD STUART Canadian universities are con stantly seeking to extract the most education from their budgets Despite be ing better off financially than their counterparts a decade ago so are the students Both can use all the help they can get from any quarter provides both basic information and sound advice for our nearly students in the third edition of Suc ceeding in Canadian Universities Clark Pitman pages 1295 paperback He assumes that the decision to attend universi ty has been made and writes for three groups firsttime continu ing and prospective postgraduate students The author urges all to adopt and practice the habits of mind that universities try to teach Intellec tual skills serve for a lifetime however swiftly specific skills might become obsolete Whatever educators and students do for ex ample we must identify and analyse problems evidence and testimony ponder data and reach a conclusion The best informational chapters in this book discuss admissions at all levels finances and testing The list of universities by province pro vides only skeletal annotation but readers can at least form initial impressions and see where to write Several appendices offer data on such topics as entrance re fees university ter and types and lengths ol programs Having studied taught and ad vised students in five Canadian universities from BC to Nova Scotia for the past 30 years I can commend compress ed advice as thoughtful well founded and valuable Yes plan plan what courses to take plan the budget plan daily and weekly schedules down to hours for sleep Managing time effectively is crucial ACTIVE LEARNER Most important be an active learner Good teaching nurtures but does not guarantee education which comes from personal motivation Students are not to recall that marvellous image empty bottles waiting to be filled up and stoppered Read those calendars and course outlines Talk to professors students deans and other advisors Read as widely as possible and annotate class notes Review the same day After hours we forget per cent what we have read or heard suggests we must inquire and persist Student should be as careful about their education as about their money or chosen careers Indeed the should be downright because so much is at stake Universities have limited salvage capacities but can help serious students prepare for the worlds of work and life rightly denies that a universi ty education is a ticket to idleness Unemployment levels diminish as formal education rises Graduates are twice as likely to find jobs than lesser educated members of socie- ty are The author also wants students to be whole people Universities are not ivory towers Student should pursue recreation leisure interests and volunteer work Here betrays an unintended bias He writes as though most students are ages to 24 fresh from high school in full- time studies despite statistical evidence to the contrary in his own appendices More than onethird of Canadas university students are parttime and have other responsibilities Women who make up more than per cent of todays university students account for much of the past decades increased enrol ment Many of them are single parents Increasing numbers of mature people are attending universities OUTSIDE CLASSROOMS Furthermore innovative in structional technology suggests that many future students will work outside classrooms Athabasca Universitys programs British Columbias Open Universi ty Open College and Knowledge Network and traditional distance education courses across the coun try already serve thousands who may never walk a traditional cam pus Few of these students will savor all universities can offer Although often directs readers with references he could have provided a brief list of works on higher education in Canada Such controversial ap praisals as The Great Brain Rob bery are also useful Books by 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