TO:

DOUGLAS COLLEGE BOARD June 23, 1988.

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External Matters - Education (Cont'd.)

Another matter surfaced at the Council of Principals meeting that
gives me considerable concern - the possibility of some
difficulties developing in the area of transfer relationships with
the Universities. The Post-Secondary Coordinating Committee, which
has acted as the clearing house for inter-institutional
arrangements, and problem resolution at the institutional level,
has been eliminated by Ministry decision. The matter is being
addressed as a matter of some urgency, by the Council of Principals
and the Deans of the Institution.

Internal Matters - Education

Our graduation was held on June 9th, with our feature speaker being
Andre Molnar - the well-known residential developer. Mr. Molnar is
on the Advisory Committee that is developing the College's new
Residential Construction Management Program.

On Wednesday, June 22nd, the Annual General Meeting of the Douglas
College Foundation was held. The Foundation's endowment is
approaching $600,000, and experienced a 40% increase during the
last fiscal year. At the meeting, volunteers from the College and
the community were honored with special presentations. I am
pleased to inform the Board of new community members on the
Foundation Board. These include Mr. Jim Glanville, Manager of
Scott Paper, Ms. Shirley Piper, Homemaker; Mr. Baj Puri, Irly
Distributors, Ltd.; Mr. Ted Jang, Alumni President; Ms. Karen
Downey, President, Douglas College Student Society; and Mr. Scott
Nelson, Student Society.

During the past month, the Student Society, the Faculty
Association, and the BCGEU have been briefed on the College's
budget estimates.

Because of the uncertainty of the supplementary funding situation,
the administration has been unable to prepare a final Expenditure
Plan. This is still being worked on. As soon as it is developed,
the three associations will be briefed in detail. I expect that at
the next Board meeting, we will have an Expenditure Plan to
present.

Two meetings have been held with Mr. Duncan MacRae, of the Ministry
of Advanced Education & Job Training, to discuss the implications
of the reorganization of the B.C. Institute of Technology, and
Douglas College's relationship with BCIT. In the near future, the
Ministry will be contacting the College on this matter with formal
proposals.