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designation. Mohawk College, which had located a satellite campus in Brantford in the 1970s, also began to move students from its suburban campus to downtown. Nipissing and Mohawk have 2,800 con- current students between them, and enrollment has increased so significantly that these institutions are preparing for a dramatic expansion phase that will com- pletely change downtown. Rather than having a downtown campus, the schools are the new downtown. wlu is completing a campus master plan that will see a future campus serving upwards of 15,000 students in 2.3 million square feet of building space. Meanwhile, Mohawk College plans to relo- cate its 3,000 students downtown. The City, wlu, Nipissing University and Mohawk College have kept the momentum
…enrollment has increased so significantly that these institutions are preparing for a
dramatic expansion phase that will completely change downtown.
going by coordinating curriculum, offering concurrent degrees and sharing facilities Concentrating up to 19,000 students down- town will create synergies between the three institutions and promote a flourish- ing environment for creativity and
innovation. This is important, as the Brantford Census Metropolitan Area (cma) has fewer post-secondary graduates than the provincial average. The post-secondary institutions were
drawn to downtown Brantford because of the offers of land and buildings, but also by the walkable urban environment reminis- cent of older university cities. The result is a campus integrated into the downtown, functioning alongside the traditional roles of administration and retail. The challenge will be to accommodate all the diverse components that will keep downtown socially and economically balanced. wlu has included a community bookstore as part of the proposed Research and Academic Centre, funded in part by the Steadman Foundation. This initiative is an
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