BNCC/DE P.15e
2004/2005
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES
TERTIARY LEVEL INSTITUTIONS UNIT
Recommendations to improve the efficiency of the franchise programmes
to Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC), St. Lucia and
Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC), St. Kitts/Nevis
BACKGROUND
Since 1988 and 1998 respectively, SALCC and CFBC have been delivering The
University of the West Indies (UWI) Level I Social Sciences, Arts (Humanities) and Pure
& Applied Sciences (Science and Technology) programmes. The Colleges have
delivered Social Sciences courses from the St. Augustine Campus, and Humanities &
Education and Pure & Applied Sciences courses from the Cave Hill Campus.
The following developments at UWI have posed challenges for the arrangement:
1.
The introduction of compulsory Foundation Courses which are different for the
two UWI campuses in some cases;
2.
the use of the Banner Student Information systems;
3.
the introduction of web-based course delivery which requires the use by students
of campus specific passwords; and
4.
the introduction of UWI cross-faculty options.
The numbers of students registered at the Colleges are small and the Colleges have
found it necessary to:
1.
Combine the entire group and prepare the students for a single foundation
course from one or other campus;
2.
seek to have the Cave Hill registered Humanities and Pure and Applied Sciences
students take the St. Augustine Social Sciences courses (which are the only
ones offered in the Institution) to meet the requirements for the Cave Hill crossfaculty options;
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3.
seek to have special arrangements for students registered at one campus to
access web-based courses from another campus.
The Dean of Humanities and Education, Social Sciences and Pure & Applied
Sciences/Science & Agriculture as well as the (Senior)/Assistant Registrars Admissions
and Examinations have been consulted and agreed inter alia that the matter could be
resolved by wider circulation of student registration information.
RECOMMENDATION
It is being recommended that the Board for Non-Campus Countries and Distance
Education and Board for Undergraduate Studies recognize the challenges posed and
agree that:
A.
B.
The Colleges should be asked to submit:
(i)
duplicate registration, and change of registration forms to both the Cave
Hill and St. Augustine Registries (Admissions Sections) for all their
students;
(ii)
lists of all cross-registered students (with an indication of primary campus
and cross-campus courses) to: (1) the Registries (Admissions and
Examinations sections), (2) the Deans of the relevant faculties at both
campuses, (3) Resident Tutors/Heads University Centres, and (4) the TLI
Unit.
(i)
The UWI campus of secondary registration should send to the primary
campus the grades of cross-registered students in order to complete the
students’ academic records.
(ii)
Cross-registered students should be issued their regular ID and password
as well as a special password on registration to enable them to access
web-based course materials from both campuses.
(iii)
TLI registered students should be issued temporary passwords from both
campuses to enable early access to web-based course materials at both
campuses.
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SIGNATURES
CAVE HILL CAMPUS
ST. AUGUSTINE CAMPUS
Dean/Humanities & Education
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Dean/Social Sciences
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Dean/Pure & Applied Sciences/
Science & Agriculture
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Campus Registrar
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