as a separate and distinctive educational institution rather than as only one of
several comparable units of a large public school system. Also college students have
reached an age when they are becoming active participants in the adult life of the
community. The College also offers opportunities for continuing education for
adults who have established positions in the community.

A college will have its most productive development when it is seen as an educa-
tional institution in its own right that offers programs of value in and of themselves
rather than as either Grades XIII and XIV or the first two years of university.
Moreover, there is need for effective relationships with the secondary schools, the
universities and with the businesses and industries in the local area.

Selkirk College will offer general education for all its students, and in addition two
year programmes of university intruction and in other fields that have a close
relationship to the economic and cultural needs of the community. A district or
regional college differs from secondary schools and from other post-secondary edu-
cational institutions by the nature of its premises and facilities, its staff, its students,
its curriculum and its instructional methods.

Based on a statement by The Academic Board for Higher Education in British Co-
lumbia — January, 1965.

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