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DOUGLAS COLLEGE BOARD June 23, 1988.

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External Matters - Education (Cont'd.)

There is increasing interest in the nature of the relationship
between Douglas College and the Maple Ridge School District. In
this connection, I was asked to make a presentation to the Surrey
School District administration on June 9th.

The ACCC Annual Conference, in St. John, New Brunswick, and the
BCAC Conference at Harrison Hot Springs, were held during the first
two weeks of June. Persons attending the ACCC Conference from
Douglas College were: Dr. Pauline Hughes - College Board; Mr. Bill

Day - College Administration; Mr. Gordon Gilgan - International
Education Advisory Committee; Ms. Gladys Loewen - Adult Special
Education (Presenter); Ms. Jean Campbell - Mental Retardation

(Presenter). I will be serving on the ACCC Board of Directors for
a period of two years, representing the B.C. and the Yukon college
administrations - replacing Dr. Paul Gallagher, of Vancouver
Community College. As the Board knows, I am also a member of a
four-person task force to address the matter of Adult Literacy
Programs at Canadian community colleges.

Prior to the B.C.A.C. meeting at Harrison, the regular June meeting
of the B.C. Council of College & Institute Principals occurred.
The dominating issue was the nature and distribution of the
supplementary funding to the Colleges & Institutes - the $8.3
Million “Enrollment Fund." Douglas College has received a formal
allocation of 225 FTE students in Academic and Business Open
Enrollment Programs. Many questions remain unanswered, and the
amount is far short of that required to address the numbers of
students attempting to register at the College. Our return rates,
and new application rates, are far ahead of last year's numbers at
this time, and there is every likelihood of a major enrollment
crisis looming. The Ministry has been kept informed of our
numbers, and all applicants have been warned of the difficulties
they will experience in attempting to register at Douglas College
in open enrollment programs.

In this connection, I must inform the Board that the College has
now entered a period of increasing space difficulties, if our
present conservative assumptions regarding student enrollment hold
true. The situation is likely to be rendered more difficult by the
possible transfer of certain programs to Douglas College, as well
as the implementation of programs in our 5 Year Plan which have
already been approved.