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Students registering in the program will) sign a contract with their instructor for the amount of work they'1l1] do in the duration of the course.

In the past, if a student could complete his contract without making regular attendance, then they'd still be given credit for the class.

could build a clause into the "Show up or else',"

" We contract saying Clement said.

"We could have the contracts reflect employer/employee relationsip with the ethics of attendance and discipline built in."

But the college doesn't want to turn TRAC into a straight vocational program, because more than just

manual skills are needed in today's

If Douglas does get approval for the program, additional skills that may get taught would include understan- ding computers, job search, plus a core of skills that could be related to almost any vocation.

"Eight years ago, it was social services that were being stressed at our colleges, but now it's things like high technology," Clement said.

"That could easily shift again and we're going to have to take advantage of those shifts to meet the needs of our community," he added.

by Dan Hilbourn

Reprint from THE ROYAL CITY RECORD, Saturday, September 219, 1984

workplace, Clement said.