Higher education in British Columbia
In the report, "Campus 2020: Thinking Ahead", the creation of a Higher Education Price Index is recommended to reflect education costs so that each institution can set its own tuition levels independently, but subject to the limits imposed by the provincial government. Regarding the issue of funding higher education in British Columbia, "research-based allocation" of resources will increase the efficiency of these funds. In relation to the system, more funding is necessary to focus on the specific targets of post-secondary achievement by progressively introducing outcome and performance measurements and accountability into the budgeting process.
Andrew Wilkinson
""Opportunity is key to what we do. It's what my family found when we got off that ship and landed in British"
"Columbia and found this place to be a receptive place where you could get ahead. British Columbia has an"
"excellent record of access to higher education, but we can still do better. You've all heard the"
"stories of very very capable kids coming out of grade 12 who don't have these sky high"
"grades in the mid 90s to get into education, to get into engineering, to get into commerce"
"programs. We have to address this folks. We've got to make sure that if these capable kids"
"are coming through our school system that we have the spaces available in our colleges and"
"universities for them to get into the programs they want to be in, so they can get ahead and"
"have the same success that we've enjoyed right here in British Columbia.""