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QUOTE of the MONTH

® An ounce of action is worth a

ton of theory. ”

Friedrich Engels.

 

 

April 6, 1993

The Douglas College Newsletter

 

New fiscal
year signals
lean times

Happy New Year! Well, at least it’s a new
fiscal year, beginning April 1. College
Bursar Peter Greenwood has released
some details of the Expenditure Plan for
the 1993-1994 fiscal year and it is now
obvious that the provincial deficit will be

e here too.

"The public sector in Canada is feeling se-
vere fiscal pressure, and Douglas College
feels it too," says Greenwood. "Finan-
cially, we’re in much better shape than
most institutions, and we’re confident that
we'll be able to provide, overall, the same
level of service to students, albeit with
some shifts and modifications."

The Ministry of Advanced Education is
urging all community colleges to do more
with less. Post-secondary education
received a 3% increase this year, but the
funds are to be used only to provide
more student access, not for inflation or
salary increases.

As Greenwood said in a March 3 memo
on the expenditure plan, "The bulk of the
3% increase will be provided to two insti-
tutions - Kwantlen College for the new
Langley Campus and the new University
f Northern British Columbia in Prince
r

Douglas College will receive funding to
provide an additional 30 FTE (full-time
equivalent) seats at the Thomas Haney

 

 

 

 

Displaying the
form that won him
All-Canadian
honors, the Royals’
Vern Knopp (number
40) goes high fora
rebound against the
Briercrest Clippers in
CCAA semifinal
action on March 19.
The men went on to
take a silver medal,
while the women won
bronze. See story on
page 5.

 

 

 

 

 

Centre, but the bright light at the end of

the tunnel for Douglas College is the Pine-

tree Way Campus in Coquitlam. As of
INside publication time, the Dean in
charge of the new Campus, Jim Doerr,
said he was hoping to receive planning
money from Victoria any day now. This
will allow architects to begin design work.
To fund regular operations, Douglas Col-
lege is getting a base operating grant of
$27,202,791 from Victoria for 1993-94.
Demand for education has never been
greater and the College goals and philoso-
phy include maintaining both access to
post-secondary education and high quality
of programs. So where exactly does the
money go?

First, it’s important to look at where it
comes from. The Ministry grant makes up
76% of the operating revenue, while 14%

comes from tuition, 6% from interna-
tional education fees, 2% from non-credit
tuition, and 2% from miscellaneous and
interest.

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