TO: COLLEGE BOARD | October t7,-1985-—— DOUGLAS COLLEGE

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on educational institutions in this province of federal decisions to spend less money on directly sponsored institutional training, and increase the volumes of dollars spent within industry.

On October 8th, I attended the ACCC sponsored International Technical and Vocational educational conference, in order to chair a workshop on adult education, and also to make informal contact with a number of key figures in this field.

There is no doubt that while the current emphasis in most developing countries continues to lie with "hard" technology training and education, there is a developing interest in the type of training programs in which Douglas College has considerable prominence - those relating to small business, and the health and social services. [It is noteworthy that the institutions that we will be visiting in Japan and Hong Kong shortly, all have a strong interest in English Language Training, and in Social Service and Business programs.

C. Internal Matters - Education

On September 25th, the last meeting of the Douglas College Student Trust occurred, at which time the formal transfer of responsibility from the Student Trust to the College Foundation occurred. Mr. George Mussallem, and Mr. Ray Godin, of the Student Trust Board have consented to act as founding Directors of the new Douglas College Foundation.

Work continues in several major areas of development. Staff work has been completed for the initial meeting of the Douglas College Foundation, and the recruitment of an outstanding array of community directors is continuing. The 5-Year Plan update, and program profile for the Ministry of Education will be presented to Education and Services Committee of the Board at its next meeting. In the meantime, the staff work in these areas will be provided to the Ministry, in order that Ministry staff can continue to lay plans for next year.

The report on College Governance that was completed and presented in July, has undergone a thorough review, and 1 am now in the process of publishing my proposed actions, based on the recommendations of the Committee. In November, a copy of my proposed actions will be available to the College Board for review and comment.

Work continues on the College Self-Study. During this past month the first meeting of the International Education Centre occurred, with a presentation on programming opportunities on Mainland China. Ms. Therese Shak of CARITAS, Hong Kong, will be making another presentation to this group shortly.