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Today's presentation will be focusing
on examples of college activity
that are moving us in these
directions.

They will all be examples of

affirmation - not defense. They
are development minded, rather than
security minded. They reflect

increasing confidence and a_e sense
of capacity in ourselves.

These activities are of two general
types.

On the one hand they relate to
internal developmental needs of
our faculty, staff and administration.
Now that we have ensured survival
and a sense of stability, we must
emphasize activities that regenerate
our basic human capital.

Other activities relate to both
survival and developmental needs
of our students and our communities.

A. INSTRUCTIONAL SELF - STUDY

Many of us remember, with some sense
of trauma, the last self-study,
which was carried out during a time
of increasing entropy within the
old Douglas, and left behind it
some sense of confusion and
frustration.

Five years have now passed by, and
it is once more our turn to engage
in a self-study.

I am increasingly enthusiastic about
the values that we will derive from
this edition of the self-study.

Self-studies have shifted considerably
in the last two years. The emphasis
is now not only on assessment of
how we are doing, but a close
examination of the adequacy of our

 

ongoing processes of assessment and
review.

I believe that we would all agree
that Douglas College has been generally
weak in the area of assessment -
with certain admirable exceptions,
such as Nursing, to which we will
be looking for guidance in the future
as we improve ourselves.

The self-study has been : © viewed
seriously by the Board and the
Administration, and is headed up
by an excellent Representative Steering
Committee, chaired by Gerry
DellaMattia. The members are:

Pat Cook College Board

Bill Day College President

Roy Daykin Support. Staff

Peter Benson Faculty

Richard Kitson Mid-Management

Terry Clement Senior Management

Gerry DellaMattia Chairman and
Staff Officer

ae Student

Bert Wales Consultant

In a practical sense, a self-study is always
more difficult to carry out if there
is a basic feeling of concern for
the viability of the institution.
It is always easier to do one when
there is generally a sense of
confidence. We are clearly in the
latter situation at this time. We
are doing well enough, that we can
easily handle the kinds of criticism
and inadequacies that will surface

as a result of our self-study. There
will be no lack of good things to
counter balance the bad things. The
self-study, therefore, will point

the way to personal and institutional
regeneration.

By COOPERATIVE EDUCATION

One of the proven ways for. an
institution to get a better first
hand understanding of the environment