ee ev eee thls ARP Segrtee de Ota dhayenes ee beha 2 - Wednesday, March 26, 1985 - North Shore News Gallagher accepts new college budget THE PRESIDENT of Capilano College said he is not surprised at the budget handed down by the provincial government Thursday, which sees funding for post-secondary institu- tions remain about the same as 1984-85 levels. Paul Gallagher told the North Shore News the 1985-86 budget limits to col- leges and universities — $286 million for the three univer- sities and $252 million for the province’s colleges and. . institutes — are what most administrators expected. DR. PAUL GALLAGHER ... budget is okay But he was cautiously op- timistic when asked to comment on the ‘special allocation”’ funding, includ- ed in the institution's budgets. Colleges and in- stitutes are slated to receive $12.7 million, while $14.9 million has been earmarked for universities in order to phase out low priority pro- grams, “It's really a matter of seeing how they decide to allocate the funds. We now receive funding through a formula. | take it the fund will be designated to allow colleges to adjust to their certain needs. They could add or drop programs as they perceive necessary,’’ said Gallagher. ‘‘The col- leges have indicated to the Ministry what their plans are and what the necessary costs will be to move to those plans.”’ Gallagher declined to comment further until he has seen the details of the pro- vincial budget. . Despite the - president’ s cautious optimism, the Capilano College Faculty Association has launched a campaign to maintain the college’s current budget. Campaign spokesman Robert Cook said further cuts would damage the col- lege’s ability to provide ser- vices ‘‘essential to meeting the demands of the Techno- logical Age."’ The campaign wil! consist of written