KWANTLEN COLLEGE STUDENT ASSOCIATION

p.o. box 9030, surrey. b.c. v3t 5hé
(604) 584-9744

 

  
  
   
 

Douglas & Kwantien
Faculty Association |

c/o Kwantien College. P.O. Box 9030, Surrey, B.C. V3T 5H8 Telephone: 588-1888 (Surrey) or 521-9355 (New Westminster)

  

DOUGLAS COLLEGE April 22, 1986.
STUDENT SOCIETY

P.O. Box 2503, New Westminster,
British Columbia, Canada, V3L 5B2

- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -

 

Douglas and Kwantlen Colleges should receive the same per capita funding as
the other Lower Mainland colleges, say 86% of the respondents to a survey

conducted for the student and faculty associations at Douglas and Kwantlen
Colleges. The survey, carried out by CQ Research of Vancouver, polled two
hundred adults from the Kwantlen and Douglas regions and asked about their

attitudes towards the two colleges.

According to the President of the Douglas & Kwantlen Faculty Association,
Geoff Dean, Kwantlen College receives only 43% of the funding that residents
of the region pay in taxes to support the colleges; Douglas College receives
only 63%. "We've learned from this survey that almost everybody thinks the
local college is important," said Dean. “They don't like to see it being

shortchanged in this way."

James Massender, president of the Kwantlen College Student Association, said

he was surprised that 75% of the respondents thought that college board members
should be elected locally or appointed from local school boards. “Currently,
all college board members are appointed by the provincial government," said
Massender. “We've always argued that college board members need to be
accountable to their community, if the college is to meet the needs of people
in the community. I'm very pleased to learn that such a large majority of

people agree with us on this point.”