DOUGLA S COLLEGE LIBRARY ARCH. Fie ee = 1 Ne SB July 3, 1984 Mad Hatter | A Douglas College Newsletter. i DOUGLAS COLLEGE PHILOSOPHY AND GOALS APPROVED BY THE DOUGLAS COLLEGE BOARD - JUNE 21, 1984. DOUGLAS COLLEGE PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT Douglas College believes that: Education is significant in improving social and economic status, fostering independence, and increasing potential for achievement in life. It is also a means by which individuals, educational groups, and society as a whole, can be enriched and grow toward optimuin human potential. Lifelong learning opportunities are an important require- ment to enable the individual to function in a constantly changing world. ss Educational opportunities must be accessible to all, including those who might lack ready access to other post- secondary institutions. Educational activities must take into account widely differing abilities, levels of know- ledge and skills, and learning styles. Therefore: (a) The College must organize its affairs so that limitations bearing upon the individual, such as geographical, economic and handicapping conditions which create physical, mental and emotional limitations, can be wholly or partially overcome. (b) Curriculum must be varied, flexible and seg- mented sufficiently to allow the diverse application of similar subject matter. (c) Guidance, counselling and learning support services must be made available to students. Educational opportunities must be comprehensive. There- fore, commitment to any one program or field of learning activity must be limited. In providing learning opportunities, the College is one of a complex of institutions, and must cuordinate its offerings with those of other institutions and agencies. Education should be responsive to changing needs, and, therefore, curriculum should be continually reviewed and, as necessary, revised. Education should be part of a democratic process, and, therefore, representatives of all sectors of the college community - students, faculty and staff, should be involved in the college governance system.