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1. The Eyeopener Online
www.theeyeopener.com/article/3 - [Cached]Published on: 11/8/2006 Last Visited: 11/8/2006
Carol Cassidy, dean of the faculty of arts at Ryerson, says ending the three-year diploma, which usually has 50 to 100 students enrolled in it, makes sense because most students were using the first year of the degree to upgrade their marks.
"We only had two or three students graduating with the diploma last year. Most students take one year and then move into another program."
Cassidy said it wasn't fair to ask students whose grades were not good enough for full degrees coming out of high school to complete the diploma to upgrade.
"Are you going to tell someone to do a three-year diploma to upgrade their marks? No."
She also said that the value of diplomas has decreased over time and that retiring staff made it difficult to justify continuing the program.
Cassidy stressed that options for students seeking to upgrade their grades at Ryerson would still exist. Continuing education courses and other programs are offered across the university, and not just through the faculty of arts.
