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OperatingGeorgian College expensive business college enters 10th year with $105000 deficit EXAMINER STORIES By SHEILA MeGOVERN Staff Reporter Georgian College is entering its 10th year of operation How successful the first nine years have been is difficult to deter mine Financially the first years of the college have not always run smoothly The 107175 fiscal year March to March ended with $351000 operating deficit program of restraint and staff reductions during 197576 brought that deficit down by $240000 The remaining deficit $105000 should be retired over two years said Robert traw ford college president However problems in financ ing cannot be directly at IN NOVEMBER 1073 Premier William Davis received the first fellowship of Georgian ollcgc during tributed the college Since inventing the communi ty college system 10 years ago the mininstry of colleges and universities has changed its method of funding four times One particular change the introduction and then with drawal of slip year financ ing resulted in sizeable financial loss to Georgian In 1973 slip year financing was introduced Under the system college would receive its grants based on the previous years enrolment and opera tioii The system was introduced to help institutions facing dropp ing enrolment Mr Crawford said An institution with decreased enrolment would receive enough money to carry it through the first year of the official opening of the central seivices building at the college George Mc Vague left first chairman of smaller operation It would also provide time for reorgan ization LARGEST INCREASE But during this period Georgian encountered its largest enrolment increase and introduced major program marine technologhy at its Owen Sound Campus The next year when the col lege should have received money for the increases the government changed its me thod of funding again As result for one year the college did not get money for all its students and programs During the same period the government changed its re quirements for financing adult training programs Inex perience of the government and college with the new system the college board of govcrr nors and Robert rawford collcgc president took part resulted in further losses Bill Caldwell of Barrie vice chairman of the board of gover nors of Georgian said new board of governors took over supervision of the college at the same time it faced financial woes The board introduced policy of restraint which included much leaner administration an increased number of stu dents per course and dropping 25 per cent of the continuing cdu ation programs The college used to offer wider variety of continuing education programs he said and admission fees were lower The new board increased ad mission fees for the extension courses and now only runs pro grams which pay for them selves iii thc ceremony Mr Davis was the chief architch of the communitycollcgcprogram Increasing enrolment pushed Georgian into medium class Ten years ago in flurry of publicity and controversy the provincial government created 22 colleges of applied arts and technology The colleges were to be medium institutions bet ween high schools aiid univch sities providing career orieiited programs of in struction The students costs would be bonsiderably less than university and colleges would guarantee jobs Georgian College was one of but for the 22 colleges built PROVIDING facilities such as libraries and specialized laboratories added to the various reasons was not opened until 1967 one year later than most colleges It was supposed to be one of the smallest campuses In On tario but constantly increasing enrolment has moved it into the mediumsincollegcclass Other colleges in this group include Sir Sandford Itlnllflf in Peterborough Loyalist in lcllcvillc Confederation in Thunder Bay Taiiibrian iii Sud bury and Niagara in Welland and St Iatharines The largest community college is Algonquin in Ottawa costs of constructing far cilitics What was included in the budding was left to thc the smallest is Lanibton iii Sar nia Each collcgc is responsible five community colleges fcntcniiial Iliinibcr Seneca Sheridan and George Brown In f01 Stlthltl itltil lllt addition there are colleges lll province Several of thc the neighboring cities of colleges are multincampus Hamilton tMoliawkl and operations with branches in the major centres of their regions In area the northern colleges and Georgian ollcge have the largest regions although the populations are smaller than those encountered by urban schools lVIetropolitan Toronto because of its population has board of governors to decide Georgian opted to build theatre whilc other colleges Oshawa tlurhaiii All colleges must have ap plied arts business and technology divisions but the courses offered may vary The courses offered by tfic colleges are supposed to reflect the iiccds of industry and business in the area 335 built sport facilities swimming pools and Community colleges not as open about their affairs as boards Much has been said about education in recent years but most discussion has been about school boards and elementary and secondary schools Universities and community colleges have not received as much attention School boards are public iii stitutions Iheir meetings are held in public and financial statements and efficiency ratings are available to anyone who asks Unlike school boards colleges and universities are not funded through direct tax tation community college receives 90 per cent of its in come from government and in turn the taxpayer But the colleges are not as open about their affairs as school boards Georgian Colleges board of governors meets monthly but the meetings arc not open to the public dont like to use the word closed said Robert Crawford college president The college he said is not an entirely public institution with 10 per cent of its income coming from non government sources Bill Caldwell of Barrie v1cc chairman of the board of gover nors said because the govern nois come from Wide geographic area it is not possible to bring the group together for committcc meetings lhereforc he said un seemly matters which are normally discussed in com mittee meetings must be dealt with by the board diiirg regular meetings WORK AS OMMIIICII We are frequently working as committee of the whole Mr Caldwell said school board is govvrncd by group of elected trustees while community college is supervised by board ap pointed governors Soine governors are ap pointed by the counties iii volved but the majority are ap pointed by the ministry of colleges and universities in the guiseof the council of regents Georgian College is super vised by board of 12 gover nors Four are appointed from the counties of Siincoe Iqu ferin Grey and Bruce the remainder by the council of regents Once appointed governor serves for four years up to maximum of seven years There is no payment for ser vice Mr Caldwell said the board of governors is made up of representatives of all parts of Georgians region Although eight members are appointed by the council of regents he said the college recommends names for con sideration When vacancy occurs the board approaches the municipality which does not have representation and asks that three names be submitted The chamber of commerce federal and provincial mem bers of parliament and in dustrial councils are asked to submit names person an also submit names directly to the tbiincil of regents he said During 197576 in an effort to reduce the deificit hiring was curtailed and vacancies created were not filled The allied health division was re vamped and six supervisors eliminated Another ltl employees in support staff and field supervisors were eli minated There were cutbacks in office supplies and cleaning and security services saving an estimated $50000 NO NEW PROGRAMS No new postsecondary pro grams were introduced and three adult training programs were added During 197475 the college faced possible deficit of $800000 but the board of gover nors trimmed the fat down said Mr Caldwell Weve put our house in financial order weve had to effect nearly $1 million in economics But he added dont think it has hurt this college one bit We are doing exactly what we ought to bedoing The 197576 operating budget of the college is set at 0155000 Ien per cent or $925000 of the revenue will come from tui tioii fees and miscellaneous sources Ninety per cent or $9230000 will be contributed by the pro vincial 175 per cent and federal governments Most of the money 745 per cent or $7565475 will be spent on academic items in cluding salaries for 210 full time teachers leaclicr salaries have risen 18 per cent in recent years and now take up 466 per cent of the budget The average teacher salary at the college is $17250 according to Ralph lloward deanofadministration IIIIIlII Mr Howard said it is difficult with community colleges where many of the courses because of safety regulations lafmratory facilities and the necessary close liaison between teacher and student reduces class size to as low as six students Mr rawford also pointed out that this method would not take into account that major portion of administration time is spent preparing and ad ministering courses for 1100 parttime and extension students or the equivalent of 11115 fulltime students in adult training programs Mr Iloward said there are also courses where students are teachers Mr Howard said additional work of preparing supervising and appraising programs us ually result in teachers working in excess of 40 hours week for which they get an extra montli holiday Mind you dont think it is an unattractive profession Mr Iloward said adding there is considerable flexibility in the offliours The second largest item in the near $102 million budget is plant at 1176 per cent or $1194220 This category in cludes all buildings and equip ment Adiminstratioii takes up 642 find Wim ihut would in on and off campus for intervals per cent or $65195 of the dicatc how hard teacher of up to six months and some budget Administrative sat works Subjects are more difficult to aries have increased over the pupilteacher ratio such as uscd in elementary and secon dary schools cannot be applied tothccolfcgchc said To determine the pupil teacher ratio of school board the total number of teachers administrators and support staff are divided into the numbcroffullrtiiiicstudents Applying this method to Georgian results iii ratio of about three toonc But Mr Howard said this method is invalid when dealing teach requiring more time on the part of the teacher NOOIYTLINICS There are no course outlines provided for college programs so teachers must also spend tiiiicpreparingcourses lhc colleges contract with the Ontario Public Service IIniployccs Union to which the tcaclicrs bclong allows for maximum of 10 hours contact with students for academic teachers and 21 hours for skill past few years Mr Trawford said but the size of the ad ministrative staff has decreased keeping administra tion costs fairly constant Student services take up $462053 or 455 per cent of the budget and educational rc sources consume tfic remaining 277 per cent or $281 2011 In summing the expenA ditures Mr Howard concluded 60 per cent of our budget is people alurdav Sept 19763 The Barrie Examiner Breaking the budget down in to its simplest terms it costs Gmrgiaii College an average of $3240 to educate one student for one year stlidcnt in basic post secondary program pays $285 year for the education This docs not include books sup plies and special fees There is not as much statistical information avai lable regarding community col lcgcs as there is for other government agencies It is difficult to find any figures such as per pupil cost for each of the 22 colleges which would indicate how well Georgian compares to the rest Mr Trawford could supply figures showing how Georgian spends its money in comparison tothcotlier colleges In 11174 75 Georgian spent 746 per cent of its budget on academic items above the pro vincial average of 67 per cent In all other areas educa tional resources student ser vices administration and plant Georgian was between one and three percentage points below the provincial avcragC lhcsc figures indicatc the collcgc is putting its iiioncy where the action is Mr rawlordsaid Responding to needs of community as important as money minister community colleges finan cial record does not necessarily reflect the quality of the iiistitir tions operation says llarr lariott minister of colleges and unchrsit ics Just looking at whether col lcgc runs deficit or reserve surplus on the balance sheet doesnt really tell you whether one college is doing better job than the next one Mr Iarrott said community colleges cfti ciency and effectiveness can not just be measured in saving dollars but must also include its response to needs in the community hcsaid Georgian ollcgc is trying to meet thcneedsof lhccommuni ty says Robert Crawford col legc president The college operates tlircc campuses in Barrie Owen Sound and Orillia and offers parttime and continuing education programs in 47 towns WIIIIN GEORGIAN ollcgc opened its doors nine years ago it was store front andvillagcr Gcorgians arca llllll lfl cludcs Siiiicoc Huttcrm Grit and ltriicc tOllllllt lllt tllllltl lllllllltlllttlll of Muskoka and the district of Parry Sound OllLOOOSIjtttlllfllllt Mr trawfiird said llt has been told by the lllflltll of regents that Gcorgian is the on lycollcgcwitliinoiitrcacli plo LlllllllblitilitdflflIlltiltltltli In addition to thc tOltItlltllllt titration program tii ford said lllt collcgcs is con tinual ltltllllll1ltItltllllt program RIC Hi tIIIIIIC gari tlic collcgc time to study tllt tutuic direction of the pro gram ollc ts have been ordered to icdncc the number of diploma nursing graduates by 20 per cciit this year and traufoid said tfic department is now looking into setting up part tiiiic rcfrcshcr programs for pcoplc already working in flitjiliiftssltill tliic arca lIll college believes it must work hard to iiiiproyc is its technology department said flill aldwcll of larric vice chairman of the board of govcr iiors fully usctlicsc facilities The council of regents cn sures that there is no 1111 necessary duplication of courses in the 22 colleges and each community college must find the courscs flint would best find students employment in tliciiarca Georgian introduced marine technology in Owcn Sound and finds the course is very popular Mr aldwcll said the college is looking for input from industries in the area which could advise what types of pro grams could be offered here ONVINII SCHOOLS Administrationhas inst iilll All colleges must have 541111 011 college would plctcd rcvicu and ic tcciinology dcpartmcnts he lbw ff H1 mill organization of tlic llllllll said but Georgian like many 10 ttmittst WW scicnccs dcpartiiicnt which otlici collcgcs isnt getting 511th lttfmtl ill ftfllltltitl handles the diploma lltllHIllf cnouglistudciitsiiitlicscficlds itlVlv program lf trawfoid igicoil that llicrc heavy competition The rciicw icdiiccd tlic class sic and use of la PWHIUHIS itittttltfl flit 33 number of 11tlltll tllll litifdttllllS is problem and community programs he said costs of tlic pioiiaiii but alwo operation at the Wellington Street IIaa loday the col lcgc has three main cam lllOlt students will bciiccdcd to gt puscs in Barrie rillia and lwctl Sound The Harrie campus is the largest and Five cases on the docket for Supreme Court session Ontario Supreme Court opens Tuesday in llarric with only five criminal ases on the docket The session is sclie duled to last three weeks with Mr JusticeGrant presiding The cases are Karl lliilip New Horizons secure Ilackstcttcr attempted murder Douglas loiiipkiiis first degree murder IIddy Mauricc paict rapc and gross indecency Italc ltobcrt licathcr fivc counts of writing threatening letters and Paul wont be cancelled From The Ottawa Bureau of The Barrie Examiner The New Horizons program is said Friday oniinciiting on rumors that the program which provides me of he most sccuw grants to senior citizen groups federal government has Bin do has been tttllttllttlll dc faint Lam executive assistant said New IItllllOllS is one of the Health Minister Marc Lalondc 2105 PWmil ttlil IHU rains MtlltiUL WW lfglfl Ilall Iicaturcd crafts includc ltt knitting baking croclicting llictwoiiiuidcrtrials willbc jouuuw nuwrmm and tfic first ones held in Barrie mug under the new criminal code yummyFENDER sections on murder liirst ALLISTUN Rmkuhi degree murder includes plan sing lquh Fund ncd and deliberate murder in for wk in 1ka eluding contracted murder killing policc officers or prison guards and murder while coni iiiittiiig hijacking kidnapping and rapeor indecent assault Sciitcncc for first degree murder is mandatory 25 year prison term before parole clcgibility Second degrcc iiiurdcr earns mandatory 10 year term However the judge can on the advice of the jury increase the term to 25 years Ski Patrol in need of volunteers to help staff Barrie area resorts All you have to do is feel that early morning chill in the air to know the days of summer are coming to an end The Central Zone of the Canadian Ski atrol System operating out of Toronto and servicing ski areas in Barrie and Collingwood is aware of this and is preparing for the skiing season by asking for rolunteers to properly staff the resorts Although qualifications are fairly rigid and include set of examinations that include ski safety skiing and first aid the Patrol Welcomes all applicants on their re zistration nights Registration for the Barrie and follingwood area will take place Sept 12 at tfic Tollingwood livvn flail at 130 pm Registration for the coming ski season will also be field at Earl llaig Secondary School 100 Princess Avenue Willowdale this luesday and Wednesday Irospectivc iiiembeis of the latrol can obtain additional iii 1ormation from Miss Shirley Millard onc Officesecretary at 4070200 luring reg or office hours and thc collcgc has liccii suc still has room to accoinottaic more students newlnnl ding has just been built in LOCAL GENERAL tend as it will be an important ARTS AND RIIS OOKSIOW ccssiiii in obtaining the only lcns grinding and dispensing optician piograiii in Ontario The program starts this month in Barrie flr taldwill said he believes music is one area Illt college slititlltitxplorc With such fine music pro grams bcing offered in local high schools be said would llkt to see us become the laiiglcvoodof Ontario li aldncll said Georgian could fitconic thc summer music school for Ontario toth iiicii sticsscd the tar portaiicc of Olllllltftlli bias in tlic collcgc sstcm and for the administration of the college to rcniaiii lllllll local jurisdii llOtl lhc llllllll1 of colleges and niiivcisitics piovidcs guidaiicc Mr aldcll said Ilttt there is no rule says lll servants down therc can do better job than local pcoplc licrc W1 Owen Sound but Oiillia is bccoinmgcrowded nicct ng ookstown and District lad Lions will hold an arts crafts bazaar on Sunday from miles west of Alliston on Sun day at pin and 7110 pm RIIIOIRNIC WAIIMINSIIIR Iligh Labor Day softball tournament on Monday at the Warniinstcr ball diamond SQlARI IllANtING SIROUI new square dancing group will hold its first lance luesday at pm in StroudInnisfil recreation cen tre AIlIJC IIIIIING lhe Tonsumers Association of anadas Barrie chapter will hold public panel discussion on cable television Sept It 730 pm at the Blue Flame Room onsumers Gas to Ferris Lane Among topics of discussion will be local cable TV scivice lAll MEETING The first fall meeting of the Order of St John will he luesday at pm at the Royal Victoria Hospital There will be discussion of Facts Pro gram by Lawlor Brown Mrs Chris Sclandcrs and Don anip bell Seeretar Gordon Watt would like all embers to at and Consolation to pm in ookstown Masonic for homes ORIIIIA face of new proposal for pro pert taatioii Willis Blair chairman of the commis tax burdens will be recognized teams will participate in fax ltfOllll the incrcascd Ontario sion said by the commission Owners of homes for tfic agcd were offered some consolation on lliursday in the He said the commission pipc bably will suggest that homes for the aged be lttXttl 8S residences with recommen tation about where the money is to come from Ihc harmful effect of proper ty taxation was pointed out to the commission by David Iolii son director of Grove Park Home in llarric and Philip Thcvalicr administrator of the lrilliuiii fioiiic for the aged iii Oriflia Mr thcvalicr said pri vatclyopcratcd homes for the aged do not benefit from as much provincial funding as niunicipally operated homes do Thus the added cost might put honics out of business he said They are cxcmpt from lilxtl tioii at present Without private homes for tfic aged the public would havov to pay for 11101 lllllllltlptlllyf operated homes Ir thcvalioi said