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TO:

DOUGLAS COLLEGE BOARD April 17, 1986

Internal Matters - Education

 

On March 24th, the Minister of Post Secondary Education, the
Honourable Russell Fraser, together with the Deputy Minister and
Assistant Deputy Minister and staff visited Douglas College -
the first of a formal series of visits to other tertiary
institutions under the Minister's jurisdiction.

On March 24th and April 9th, the Education Policy and Planning
Committee met with the Management Committee of Douglas College,
to carry out an intensive review of the proposed changes to Ministry
Goals and Objectives for the colleges and institutes system. The
results of these two very productive meetings are to be dealt
with by the Board tonight.

During the month, the Douglas College Foundation Board met, and
has recommended a policy statement regarding the role and
relationship of the Foundation to the College, which the Board
will be reviewing later this evening. On April Ist, Mr. Austin
Pelton, Minister of the Environment, and MLA for Dewdney, visited
the College and met Mr. Gerry Trerise, the Chairman of the Maple
Ridge School Board, Betty Levens, Mr. Ed Swaren, Acting
Superintendent of Schools for Maple Ridge, Mr. Jim Doerr, Dr.
Val Schaefer, and Dr. Adrianne Peacock. Mr. Pelton is supportive
of the efforts at Douglas College to maintain adequate levels
of service in Maple Ridge, and expressed considerable interest
in the environmental studies activities in which the College has
been engaged, due to the initiative of our Biology faculty.

Much activity during the month has involved dealing with the
implications of the budgetry allocations provided to Douglas College
from the Provincial Government, and in communications with
Government - as an institution, and via the B.C. Council of College
and Institutes Principals.

On April llth, there was a meeting of the Chief Executive Officers
and Board Chairmen of Colleges and Institutes with the Minister
of Education in this connection.

Today, I met with Dr. Fisher of the Ministry, together with his
staff, in association with executive members of the BCAC, in order
to pursue budgetary concerns.

Internal Matters - Personnel

The primary focus of concern over the past month has been continued
discussion with the DKFA regarding contract faculty.