lege. - passed a motion several AB - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 14, 1997 Students, instructors unhappy Gov’t backs course cuts plan THE EDUCATION ministry won’t be doing anything to prevent planned course cuts at Northwest Community College. In a release issued late last week, the ministry concluded the college can still serve the com- munity well despite plans to eliminate some second year university credit courses. “My review revealed that NWCC has been providing more university transfer courses than similar sized colleges,’’ said education minister Paul Ramsey. ‘‘Through better utilization of ex- isting capacity, (the college) will be able to en- roll the same number of students or mare this coming year.”’ Ramsey's ministry was asked to take a look at the college’s plans after protests by students and instructors, The academic workers union (AWU), which represents instructors, had asked for a one-year moratorium on the cuts, and an extemal review of the college. ‘We haven't gotten cither one of those,’’ said a bitter John Hart, who recently was elected president of the AWU. The ministry sent a couple of its officials to New head named JOHN HART, a history and political science teacher at Northwest Community Col- lege, has replaced Rocque Berthiaume as head of the college’s Academic Warkers Union. The union represents much of the in- structional staff at the col- Hart’s election two weeks ago comes at a period of turmoil at the college. It began when the col- lege's governing board months ago to eliminate 25 per cent of its university credit courses, Several of Hart's courses are on the chopping block, including one which had an enrollment of 17 students. Three resign THREE SENIOR NORTHWEST Community College of ficials, including the head of its Terrace campus, have quit. Denis Haughey resigned his post as head of the Terrace campus barely one academic year after coming here from | the University of Alberta last fall. He’s headed back there, - saying he’s doing so for personal reasons. No replacement has been named yet. Psychology instructor Andre Klingner, who doubles as head of the college’s academic section, has also resigned. And Jack Perry, the former faculty representative on the board of governors, and a career and college prep teacher, is doing the same, Their departures come at a time when the college is cut- ting academic courses to ease a big budget deficit and debt. College president Michael Hill declined to comment on the resignations, saying he never discusses personnel mat- lers. He did admit the cuts have hurt moral at the college. “Change is always hard on individuals and organiza- tions,’’ said Hill. ‘‘But I hope we’re getting into a healing mode. This plan is a viable one and I hope we can get on with doing our jobs.” John Hart Terrace to examine what was going ox. The team was to determine if the courses the college would be offering this fall were adequate 1o meet demand. The cuts were looked. at in light of other educational opportunities, such as the University of Northem B.C. and the Open Learning Agency. The ministry concluded that the courses the college is cutting can be offered through the Open’ Leariiing Agency. Ramsey challenged - NWCC to work closely with the Open Learning Agency to make those courses accessible to stu- dents. “That's not the solution,’’ responded Hart. “Correspondence (instruction) is not satisfac- tory. Students don’t complete it and they don’t do well in it. Why not just have Open Learning do the whole thing? Other small colleges have a second year and we don’t, The community should not accept it’’ “We're very disappointed in the ministry,’’ continued Hart. ‘‘I thought they would help us. They’ve copped out.”’ College president Michael Hill disagreed, saying it offers a greater number of courses than other small colleges, even after the reductions. He's also looking forward to working with the Open Leaming Agency. The agency might, for instance, handle the Iccture portion of science courses with the college providing lab space. Hill also wants to increase the number of stu- dents who take courses al the college. But student leader Rob Kaiser. wonders if the college has much of a future. “I might as well say the college is pretty much done for,’? He's contacting the Canadian’ Federation of Students for support. “If they want to fight that’s what they’re going to get. We'll make a nuisance out of ourselves.’’ Students have been angry about not having a roll in the decision to make the cuts. The education minister acknowledged those complaints. In a letter to board chair Kathy Bedard, Ramsey said he was concerned that stu- dent positions on the Board of Govemors have not been consistently, occupied. 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