17+% Tuition Hike at U of M
The University of Manitoba has imposed one of the highest tuition increases in Canadian History and the highest tuition increase in Canada this year. Sorry, it is not a tuition increase, it is an “ancillary fees” increase…… Good old Enron-style accounting!http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_umanitoba-20050518…
Fighting the 17+percent Tuition Hike!
FROM UMSU: Hey Everyone,As many of you have no doubt heard, the University of Manitoba Board of Governors is meeting today at 4:00 pm, 160 Continuing Education. The budget for the upcoming year is coming forward, and contains four new student fees. For a full time student, these…
Nomination Watch
Nomination Watch is a great site for following the nominations in preparation for next month’s election:http://nominationwatch.blogspot.com/…
CFS – Trying to Claim Credit they DO NOT Deserve!
The Canadian Federation of Students are falling all over themselves to make it appear they are behind the recent Ontario Budget (which is the best Ontario Budget of my lifetime BTW) and the increases to Post-Secondary Education. They sent the following News Release: Attention Education and News Editors:…
Fight the Tuition Hike!
BTW, Dana Gregoire writes another good column on the issue today: http://thepaulinian.blogspot.com/2005/05/clarification-fee-increase-meeting.html…
Actually it is a 17% Tuition Hike!
FROM UMSU: Hello!This Tuesday (May 17) the University of Manitoba’s Board of Governors will vote whether or not to create fees that could cost students up to $465 a year – the equivalent of a 17% increase in tuition. The university administration claims that these fees are needed…
12.5% Tuition Hike at U of M
I am sorry, of course it is not a tuition hike! It is an ancillary fees hike but the fees will be going into general revenues much like tuition hikes.Can we say shell game?This hike has been reported on by Dana Gregoire of The Paulinian It works out…
She is now at Mohawk College
I have not been blogging because I am still awaiting my new laptop … but I had time today to cover this:…
She's Back
I opened the McMaster University Student newspaper and saw the following ad. It was the Everywhere Girl (also known as the fake University of Manitoba Student)…
In Hamilton and keeping busy!
I have now moved into my new apartment in Hamilton. I started classes today at McMaster. I do not think I am going to like McMaster during this summer. More on that another time… but it got me thinking of the irony involved. I loved U of M…