AD HATTER

 

douglas college
© Inter Office Memo Date: _January 15, 1987.

 

To: DOUGLAS COLLEGE BOARD

 

From: W. L. DAY

Re: _PRESIDENT'S REPORT

A. External Matters - Municipal

 

The Business Council of B.C. Committee on  Business/Education
Relationships is continuing its work, in exploring productive ways
in which business and education can co-operate in supporting the
local economy.

The most recent meeting of this Committee occurred on January 6th.
An action program is scheduled for Spring. I will provide more
information as plans are clarified.

On January 8, I attended a special celebration sponsored by the Chinese
Consul in Vancouver, to both bring in the Chinese New Year, and to
recognize the strong educational relationships that are developing

© with China. Douglas College, Vancouver Community College, U.B.C.,
and SFU were the institutions invited.

B. External Matters - Education

 

Again - during the first week of January, the Council of Principals
Executive met with officials of the Ministry on their regular
bi-monthly information session. The Ministry of Advanced Education
& Job Training has now tabled a formal reorganization, which calls
for altered relationships and roles of certain key officials with
whom the College does business. An organization chart of the new
Ministry will be published in the MAD HATTER. The Hon. Stanley Hagen
attended the meeting, in order to bring greetings and to gain a closer
knowledge of the individuals involved.

On January 8, the Provincial Advisory Committee on Post-Secondary
Educational Use of Computers had its first meeting. As the Board
knows, I have been asked to Chair this group. The Committee wil]
be advising the Ministry on the resolution of certain major issues,
involving capitalization and policy regarding computer use in colleges
and institutes. A Douglas College committee of faculty, students
and administrators has been struck to review the baseline policy
document on the subject, and to develop a commentary from Douglas
College to the Ministry on the same topic. I intend to use their

© critique as a reference document for the Management Committee and
the College Education Committee. The Board may hear more later on
this topic, depending on the substance of their deliberations.