allow for more efficient use of the facility,
so we’ll be able to enhance services
there.”

“With more programs such as
Coaching and Physical Education moving
out to Coquitlam, and with the completion
of the new student building in New
Westminster, the space pressures at the
Royal Avenue site should be eased
slightly,” he adds. “In general, I want to
fine tune facilities services so that we can
respond quickly to emerging demands.”

John McKendry, Vice President,
Instruction

In planning for the next year, John
McKendry says a key strategy will be to
ensure the College remains responsive to
the needs of learners. ““We have to
respond to enrolment patterns, respond to
proven demand, respond to economic
factors and to changes in public
expectations.” In times of budget restraint
and reductions, this means reducing the
course offerings where demand is low,
and increasing seats available in programs
and courses which are turning away
potential students.

“While enrolment management is
important, the task ahead is really to
reposition the College,” McKendry says.
“To meet the changing needs in higher
education, all of our programs must
remain relevant and flexible.”

A Strategic Development Fund has
also been established to allow the College
to respond to these changing needs
through areas such as prior learning
assessment, distributed learning,
outcomes-based learning and improved
computer applications. New instructional
initiatives include a planned Centre for
Police Studies and a Centre for
Environmental Studies, which will
incorporate the Institute of Urban
Ecology, a habitat restoration program
and new associate arts and science degree
offerings.

Other instructional changes to take
place this year include: a review of the
Health Information Services Program,
which will not take new students for the
next academic year; fewer sections of
Psychiatric Nursing; and the
amalgamation of the Home Support
Worker program with the Resident Care
Attendant program. §f

 

Hungarian hello

 

Two delegations from Hungary visited the College last month. One group was here as
part of a CIDA project funded through ACCC; the other group is seeking a continuing
education partnership in General Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing. Some of the

Hungarian educators took a moment to enjoy the New Westminster view with Vice
President John McKendry and Deans Joy Holmwood, Lorna McCallum, Jim Sator
and Terry Farrell.