STRATEGIES FOR STRENGTHENING
THE BASE |
Adult
Learners 1. Advance
a provincial Adult Learning Campaign to recognize the
critical need to promote and raise the profile of adult
learning. |
Aboriginal
Education 2.a)
Provide funding budgeted at $250,000 to assess the facility
requirements at College of the North Atlantic in Happy
Valley-Goose Bay to accommodate the growth in Aboriginal
enrolment.
2.b) Persist in securing
access to the Post-Secondary Student Support Program and
other federal Aboriginal programs for members of the
Federation of Newfoundland Indians and the Labrador M�tis
Nation. |
Women�s
Participation 3.a)
Call on our institutions to
ensure recruitment
strategies support the participation of women in
engineering, applied science, technology and skilled
trades;
identify more
scholarship opportunities for women in engineering,
applied science, technology and skilled trades programs;
improve women�s
representation in decision-making positions.
3.b) Work with the federal
government, business and industry to enhance apprenticeship
employment opportunities for women. |
Rural
Participation and Distance Delivery
4. Provide funding to College of
the North Atlantic and Memorial University to expand
distance education programming to rural communities and to
enhance delivery of workplace-based training for small and
medium sized enterprises, budgeted at:
$0.5 M for fiscal year
2005/06
$0.5 M for fiscal year 2006/07
$0.5 M for fiscal year 2007/08
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Adult
Academic Upgrading
5. Develop the ABE Level I program for delivery through a
combination of part-time instruction in a class setting and
web-based internet delivery.
6. Require College of the
North Atlantic to allocate 5% of its provincial operating
grant to transitional and academic upgrading so that these
programs are more readily available at the College�s
campuses.
7. Pilot a 15-week structured
educational program for GED certification at College of the
North Atlantic with the intent of expanding it to all
campuses, as demand warrants. |
Apprenticeship Training
8.a) Review the policy that
requires one apprentice to work with one journeyperson.
8.b) Work with the federal
government, business and industry to identify the best
strategies for increasing apprentices� employment
opportunities, including piloting a wage-subsidy program
with priority given to females, to support Small and Medium
Enterprises in their hiring of apprentices.
8.c) Introduce a policy for
Government to increase its hiring of apprentices. |
STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING
SYSTEM CAPACITY |
Memorial
University 9.a)
Request that the Board of Regents review the administrative
and governance structure for Sir Wilfred Grenfell College to
more appropriately reflect its maturing role within the
University.
9.b) Enhance Sir Wilfred
Grenfell�s ability to offer new programming by increasing
Memorial's budget as follows:
$1.0 Million for
fiscal year 2005/06
$1.0 Million for
fiscal year 2006/07
$1.0 Million for
fiscal year 2007/08.
9.c) Request that a review of
the position of the Marine Institute within the context of
our public post-secondary strategic plan be undertaken in
consultation with Memorial University and College of the
North Atlantic. The focus is to build on the international
reputation of the Institute as a centre of excellence in
marine and ocean technology and training. |
College of
the North Atlantic
10. Implement a transition plan to align College of the
North Atlantic with the Province�s social and economic
agenda, linking the College�s geographic resources and
infrastructure to socioeconomic initiatives. This will
include linkages to the Province�s Innovation Strategy and
Comprehensive Regional Diversification Strategy. |
Education
and Training for Health Professionals
11.a) Request Memorial
University to assess the feasibility of establishing a
Faculty of Health Sciences to include the Faculty of
Medicine and the Schools of Social Work, Pharmacy and
Nursing, with appropriate stakeholders. The appropriate
placement of associated funding will be part of the
discussions between Memorial University and the Departments
of Health and Community Services and Education.
11.b) Direct the Departments
of Education and Health and Community Services, in
conjunction with the Schools of Nursing and appropriate
stakeholders, to discuss implementing a consolidated model
that provides for the administration of nursing education,
including continuing education and other programs such as
the Practical Nursing program and the Nurse Practitioner
program within Memorial University. The appropriate
placement of associated funding will be part of the
discussions between the Schools of Nursing and the
Departments of Health and Community Services and Education,
and Memorial University.
11.c) Direct the Departments
of Education and Health and Community Services, in
conjunction with the appropriate stakeholders, to provide
for the delivery of paramedicine training at College of the
North Atlantic. |
Distance
Education 12.
Establish a committee consisting of the major players in
distance delivery to identify opportunities for:
stronger
partnerships,
more sharing of
expertise and resources, and
a more integrated
educational system.
Specific areas to be
addressed include connectivity, software and license
purchasing, curriculum development and equipment use. |
Rural and
Economic Development
13. Require our post-secondary
institutions to work with industry to explore the creation
of facilities based on the Genesis Centre concept in regions
throughout the Province, with immediate attention to Corner
Brook. |
STRATEGIES FOR HELPING
STUDENTS |
Student
Services 14.a)
Establish a system-wide public Post-Secondary Student
Services Advisory Committee to enhance cooperation and
improve services for students.
14.b) Improve the timely
transmission of student data from one institution to another
and to the Department of Education to enhance student
services.
15. Increase collaboration in
student recruitment and advising activities between Memorial
University and College of the North Atlantic.
16. Enhance current levels of
career employment services for post-secondary students
through increased co-operation between Memorial University
and College of the North Atlantic. |
Disability
Services 17.
Establish a collaborative service and support model which
partners public post-secondary institutions with other
agencies involved in supporting students with disabilities. |
Student
Housing 18. Request
that our institutions explore opportunities for
collaboration to enhance access to student housing,
including possibilities for common residences. |
Library
Services 19.
Establish a Working Group of the Department of Education,
Memorial University, College of the North Atlantic and the
Public Libraries Information and Resource Board to identify
opportunities to enhance use of the Queen Elizabeth II
Library at Memorial by other communities and library
structures within the Province. |
STRATEGIES FOR MAINTAINING STABLE FUNDING |
Government�s
Investment 20. Provide
Memorial University and College of the North Atlantic with
sufficient funds to maintain a tuition freeze for a three-year
period. In lieu of tuition increases, Government will provide
increased funds to the institutions, budgeted as follows:
$4.3 Million for fiscal
year 2005/06
$8.9 Million for fiscal
year 2006/07
$12.4 Million for fiscal
year 2007/08.
21. Provide Memorial University
with sufficient revenue to address operating needs through an
increase in its grant-in-aid, budgeted as follows:
$3.3 Million for fiscal
year 2005/06
$7.2 Million for fiscal
year 2006/07
$7.2 Million for fiscal
year 2007/08.
22.a) Provide College of the
North Atlantic with sufficient revenue to address operating
needs through an increase in its grant-in-aid, budgeted as
follows:
$1.6 Million for fiscal
year 2005/06
$2.1 Million for fiscal
year 2006/07
$2.8 Million for fiscal
year 2007/08.
22.b) Provide funding to College
of the North Atlantic to upgrade equipment, budgeted as follows:
$1.0 Million for fiscal
year 2005/06
$1.0 Million for fiscal
year 2006/07
$1.0 Million for fiscal
year 2007/08.
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Infrastructure
Requirements 23.a)
Support an infrastructure fundraising campaign for Memorial
University and College of the North Atlantic by matching dollar
for dollar private-sector contributions, budgeted as follows:
$3.0 Million for fiscal
year 2005/06
$3.0 Million for fiscal
year 2006/07
$3.0 Million for fiscal
year 2007/08.
23.b) Ensure the physical space
available for College of the North Atlantic's Labrador West
campus is suited to the programming needs of the community and
its employers.
23.c) Encourage federal
investment in post-secondary infrastructure renewal to support
our economic growth, particularly in knowledge-based industries. |
Research
Capacity 24.a) Support
the Industrial Research and Innovation Fund by providing
matching and start-up funds that will attract further federal
investments in research at Memorial University and College of
the North Atlantic, budgeted as follows:
$5.0 Million for fiscal
year 2005/06
$7.5 Million for fiscal
year 2006/07
$10.0 Million for fiscal
year 2007/08.
These funds will help position
the University and College to play a key role in supporting the
Province�s Innovations Strategy.
24.b) Pursue additional federal
contributions so that the indirect costs associated with
research supported by federal granting councils can be
adequately funded. |
Student
Financial Assistance
25.a) Increase provincial loan limits from $110 to $140 per
week, consistent with the federal government increase of 27%.
25.b) Ensure Debt Reduction
Grants are applied against the new weekly provincial loan limit
of $140.
25.c) Reduce expected parental
contributions to enhance access to the loan program for more
low- to middle-income families.
25.d) Improve debt management
measures by providing a 5% increase in the income threshold to
quality for interest relief. These changes to the Student Loan
Program are budgeted as follows:
$0.5 Million for fiscal
year 2005/06
$1.0 Million for fiscal
year 2006/07
$1.7 Million for fiscal
year 2007/08.
25.e) Negotiate an agreement with
the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation to pilot a
program to provide enhanced financial support for dependent
students from low-income families. |
STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING GOVERNANCE |
Strategic
Planning 26. Amend the
Acts governing Memorial University and College of the
North Atlantic to require each institution to demonstrate
greater connectedness with each other, stronger accountability
to the public and their contribution to the social and economic
development of the Province. This will include
three joint appointments
to the University and College Boards,
a reconfigured Council
on Higher Education recognized in legislation,
a process of monitoring
and reporting to the Council by the
jointly-appointed members
27. Expect Memorial and College
of the North Atlantic to employ a system-wide approach to new
program planning in areas of potential overlap or where
cooperative and collaborative efforts may enhance design or
delivery.
28. Enter into three-year
outcomes-based performance contracts with Memorial and the
College that will include
financial performance
measurement,
efficiencies for shared
service delivery,
performance reporting on
programs, research and administration,
an enhanced credit
transfer system,
enhanced delivery of
academic upgrading and other strategies to improve
access for under-represented groups,
links to economic
development from applied research and innovation,
links to regional diversification strategies of the
Province.
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