College Council Highlights - October 12, 2017
Humber College Council (HCC) held its second meeting of the 2017-18 academic year on Thursday, October 12th at the Lakeshore Campus. To ensure the Humber community is informed of upcoming events, new initiatives and important issues, College Council reports the highlights of its monthly meetings. For more information or to provide feedback on the highlights, please contact denise.rooney@humber.ca or bhupinder.singhmalhotra@humber.ca.
Bargaining Update
Gina Antonacci [Associate Vice-President, Academic] and Lori Diduch [Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness] presented a bargaining update.
Christa Hinds [Manager, HR Client Services and Academic Relations] and Gina Antonacci have been working closely with the Union over the last few weeks in regards to contingency and work stoppage planning. In the event of a work stoppage, all post-secondary courses and continuing education activity will be stopped. It is likely that a few select offsite activities will continue such as athletic events. There are concerns that some students are not aware of the potential work stoppage so there will be ambassadors at the North and Lakeshore campuses on October 16th to provide strike information to students. Student questions can be referred to the Dean of Students via email.
It was also noted that the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and technologies will continue to be provided during a work stoppage. A hotline will be set up with those who feel uncomfortable crossing the picket line. All public transportation will not use the bus loop, but rather stop on Humber College Blvd.
Office 365
Steve Camacho [Director, Technology Services, ITS] presented on the implementation of Office 365.
Office 365 is a suite of cloud-based software services from Microsoft. It is not software that you install but rather is a service we subscribe to that works with existing software. Office 365 is complementary to the Office Suite of products such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Other products include e-mail, calendaring, OneDrive and Office Online. Office 365 is hosted by Microsoft in Canada.
There are numerous organizational benefits, including: the capacity to grow without additional licensing costs, monthly updates and releases, increased storage, infrastructure managed by Microsoft, and improved disaster recovery.
Over 600 employees have migrated to Office 365 with plans to finish migration for all staff by early 2018.
Enrolment Report and Enrollment Planning
Gina Antonacci, Barb Riach [Registrar, Office of the Registrar] and Kelly O’Neill [Dean, Program Planning, Development and Renewal] provided an enrolment report and noted the SEM process informs the five year enrolment plan.
Enrolment Update:
Barb Riach noted that the spring/summer semester had an audited enrolment of 4,961, which exceeded the target of 4,589. The projected audit for fall 2017 is expected to be 26,290, which will exceed the budget target of 25,971. An audit will run November 1st and will help inform the budget model. It is expected that Humber will meet the budget target established in annual enrolment planning for winter 2018. Over the next week, the Registrar’s Office will begin to receive applications for fall 2018.
Highlights:
- Large growth in certificate programs and technical programs. Many of those students will continue at Humber after completing a certificate
- Growth in fully online programs
- Increase in online courses—these are often the first sections that fill
- Over 400 students were awarded block-transfer and advanced standing into a diploma program based on their previous education
- 1,400 students received recognition for 2,785 courses completed at other domestic and international postsecondary institutions.
There was a significant increase across the board in international students. It was noted international students are condensing studies to meet work permit and residency requirements and are often completing in 75% of normal completion time.
Program Planning, Development & Renewal would like HCC members to have more participation in the program planning process and can send feedback/suggestions to pprd@humber.ca.
The next meeting of College Council will be held Thursday, December 7th at the North Campus. For meeting highlights, supporting materials, or opportunities to provide feedback please visit the College Council website at: humber.ca/wearehumber/staff/committees/college-council