College Look Changing

The face of Confederation College is changing.

Seventy-per-cent of this year's first year students did not attend high school the previous year.

Coordinator of Counselling Services Jim Lees says the economy and changes within the workplace have forced many people back to school.

"We have the forest industry not doing very well and lots of people coming back into the learning environment who are into their 30's, 40's and sometimes in their 50's," says Lees. "The different generations definitely have different expectations about school. They process information differently. They have different work styles and they have very different attitudes toward authority."

Lees notes it's interesting to see the so-called baby boomer generation learning how to use a mouse alongside a generation of students who have never known a world without Internet.