Briefs

 

¢® First nationals set

Thanks largely to our new hardwood gym
floor, Douglas College has won its first
bid to host a Canadian Colleges Athletic
Association championship event. DC will
host the CCAA national badminton
championships in March, 1996.

@® Phone book update

Please change your Douglas College
Telephone Directory to list Jill Plumbley
as English as a Second Language
Coordinator at local 5406. A sheet listing
updates of phone locals is being prepared
by Facilities and will be circulated upon
completion.

?®@ Pinetree meeting set

Get an update on development of the new
campus in Coquitlam by attending the
next Pinetree meeting on February 8 at
noon in the Board Room.

2® BCGEU meeting set

All BCGEU members of Douglas College
are urged to attend a meeting on February
2 at 2:30pm in Room 2201. Subjects to be
discussed include bargaining, union
observers and overtime.

@® Watch your stuff!

With increased traffic on campus, it only
takes seconds for something to disappear.
Remember to keep your belongings secure
and out of sight, and keep a special watch
on office and master keys. Report any
missing items or suspicious behaviour to
Security at 5405 immediately.

?® Teak it or leave it

For sale: teak dining room table and six
chairs, and large teak coffee table. Phone
Jan, 525-8842 (evenings).

@® Sechelt Cabin for rent

For rent: three-bedroom cabin near
Sechelt; comes with canoe, fireplace and
fully equipped kitchen. Near the beach.
$250 week, $50 night. Call Jean Hammer,
939-5777.

@® Denman Island Cottage
For rent: two-bedroom cottage on
Denman Island; comes with bicycles and
all facilities. $300 per week, $60 per
night. Call Jean Cockburn, 925-1549. &

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t give up your dean job. Dean of the Academic Division Gordon
Gilgan was one of several participants asked to brush up during an exercise
at an Academic Division Planning Meeting on January 19.

 

 

New strategies for the enrolment crunch

Today’s extremely competitive labour
market means that post-secondary
education and training is becoming
increasingly important for high school
graduates, but each semester Douglas
College turns away approximately 500
people because seats are full.

What can the College do to ease this
contradiction? The simple answer is to
request more provincial government
funding so the College can provide more
courses.

The College’s plans for the Pinetree Way
campus in Coquitlam continue with the
support of the Ministry of Skills, Training
and Labour, but government funds
available for new post-secondary seats are
limited. Recognizing that reality, the
College and four school districts are
joining forces to maximize use of existing
facilities.

College President Bill Day has been
meeting with the superintendents of the
four school districts within the College
region to document the problem of access
for high school graduates and to discuss
how to ease the situation. In February
there will be meetings involving our deans
and school district superintendents of
instruction.

"We have to acknowledge the realities of
limited tax dollars," said Day. "Adequate
funding is important, but we must work on
every front to improve access to
post-secondary programs."

Specific actions and recommendations
were spelled out late last year in a report
called No Room at the Inn, which
analyzed access to post-secondary
education for secondary school graduates.
The document was drafted in consultation
with the school districts of New
Westminster, Burnaby, Coquitlam, and
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows.

One of the report’s recommendations is to
increase the use of concurrent studies
which allow secondary school students to
earn college credits while they finish high
school. The concept has already been used
successfully in some B.C. institutions,
including the Thomas Haney Centre.

The partners also agreed to increase
co-operation in terms of facility sharing
and collaboration with the Open Learning
Agency. In addition, the report calls for
more co-operation among all B.C.
institutions to increase the transferability
of course credits.

Enrolment continued on page 4