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TO: DOUGLAS COLLEGE BOARD March -205-1986.—!

The Council of Principals is preparing a document, addressing the
need of the college and institute system for more adequate levels
of funding, in order to insure that government recognizes that
increases in budget for the college and institute system can hardly
be considered "inflationary", when there have been absolute decreases
in funding for the system as a whole, while student enrollments
have risen significantly. This paper will be developed over the
next short while, and presented to Ministry personnel, and the BCAC
Executive, in the hope that it will be found useful.

On March 3rd, the Chief Executive Officers of the Lower Mainland
colleges met with members of the B.C. Business Council in Vancouver
to discuss the need for better communication and long range planning
in the Post Secondary Education area, relative to the directions
of the B.C. economy.

They proposed the creation of an ongoing "forum", within which CEO's

of colleges and institutes, major employers on the lower mainland, |
could informally discuss issues and opportunities for joint planning. |
This forum will be chaired by Mr. Gerry Franciscovich, of Chevron |
Canada Ltd. I have been asked to act as Vice-Chairman. Its first

meeting will be in early April.

On March 6th, I spent a day at the Open Learning Institute, in con-
Sultation with a team of people working on the creation of the new
Open Learning Authority. The topic for the day was "open education
- the community adult education function of the new system". Dr.
Terry Clement has also been acting as a consultant to the new Open
Learning Authority in the area of systems development.

On March 7th and 8th, the B.C. Council of College & Institutes
Principals sponsored a workshop on College Governance, during which
college board members and chief executive officers could discuss
the nature of the authority and role of college boards. Mr. C.
Murnane, Mr. G. Trerise, Dr. Pauline Hughes, and Dr. John Hopkins
were in attendance.

C. Internal Matters - Education

 

On February 23rd, the Hon. Russell Fraser met with Mr. G. Trerise
and other Chairmen of the College Boards in Richmond. The following
day, he met with Chief Executive Officers of Colleges and Institutes,
and introduced the new Deputy Minister, Dr. John Dewey. The focus
of attention was on the $110 million Excellence Fund, and its
relationship to the colleges and institutes