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1. To examine and make recommendations on the governance of the Open Campus and the extent to which it is currently appropriate for discharging its mandate to strengthen the capacity and leadership of The UWI to provide on-line \[online\], distance and outreach education.
2. To examine the current funding model of the Open Campus and make recommendations for its sustainability.
3. To examine the need for on-line \[online\], distance and outreach education in the Caribbean initially and make recommendations on the institutional structures and strategies most likely to fulfil those needs and the role of The UWI.
4. To re-evaluate the role and functioning of the Open Campus vis-à-vis the three other campuses and in such Caribbean territories that develop Colleges of The UWI (Report of the Open Campus Governance Task Force, 2016, p. 4).
Whilst acknowledging the contributions that the Open Campus had made since its establishment in 2008, the Task Force Report noted three major concerns, namely:
1. The need to improve the sustainability of the financing of the Open Campus, including regular contributions from UWI’s contributing governments which are appropriately structured and sized.
2. The need to assure UWI-14 governments of the adequacy of UWI’s overall presence in the countries they represent.
3. The need to ensure that all of The UWI’s campuses feel a sense of ownership and involvement in on-line \[online\] programme development and continuing and professional education (Report of the Open Campus Governance Task Force, 2016, p. 3).
The Task Force undertook an exhaustive process that included meetings and interviews with 63 individuals and groups including: