the “ rich-
professors increased. The number of .. graduates during the ' ,. 1960-61 to 1969-70 ased 206.8% for lor degrees, 282.5% for 5 degrees and 319 3% octor-ate degrees. was during late and early 70 's’ that St. . '5 University and ,- of Wales College consolidated into UPEI; lished along with ‘ :I d » current ecmcmic has resulted in a .- requirement for d personnel. The t is glutted with rsity graduates. At are time the period -- 1970 through to irst quarter of 1974 ,. ked by a sharp shift . anoe capital away education and into highly profitable rs, especially the ce sectors. a result the ridiand governments are on a
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w ulation modified by tying participation rates. The MPHEC has allocated ssistance approved'by ‘- 7 Brunswick and Prince «ward Island to their spective institutions. w Brunswick and Prince ward Island institutions '11, in their fiscal year, ceive grant increases raging 8.6% and 8.8% spectively. s not allocated the proved operating assist— ce among Nova Scotia stitutions pending ther discussions with e Govenment of Nova tia. Since the Commissions's Commendations provided I, 1y for an increase in e government assistance rtion of institutional dgets for existing levels f activity, the Govern— nts" responses to the 0‘ ‘ 'ssion have been with I - expectation that ‘ stitutions will find it oessary to increase ‘ 'tion fees by a percent- 8 approximate to the ' crease in the cost of 'Ving. ' The Commission is pleased ith the responses of the vernments of New Brunswick -' d Prince Eduard Island. _ Commission is concerned th the implications of the approved increase for Va Scotia institutions and will be discussing ese concerns With the
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pay. , campaign to reduce .c numbers of students and reduce the amount of money spent in education, not because the Canadian people are mm well educated and their needs are net, but because it is in the interests of the rich to do so.
The effects of this campaign. are being felt by students right across the country:
- In Nova Scotia a 5.5% increase in the operating grant will make substan- tial tuition fee increases inevitable according to Henry Hicks, president of Dalhousie.
— In Quebec, 100,000 CECEP
students are persistently
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and courageously waging a militant struggle against the loans and bursaries system. This struggle has included demonstrations, walkout-s, occupations and other actions against the government and CECEP administrators.
— In Chtario, the government has announced tuition fees for university and college students would rise by $35 and $20 respectively. In
1977 university fees rose $100- - Students at three
community colleges in Mani- toba will be hit by tuition fee increases of 28% next year.
- The Alberta government has announced that it plans to implement a
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policy of fee increases every two years and that students can expect a
sharp increase in 1980. An Alberta government task force recently recommended fee increases ranging from 40% to 119% for students at colleges and technical and vocational schools.
The students should not pay for the economic crisis, either through increased tuition fees or through a decrease in the quality of education.
It is. the rich whose in- terests are served by the educatimal system. It is the rich who are reaping huge benefits from the economic crisis. It is the rich who should pay!
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12th, after
three intensive years of studying the theory of _ relativity, Wayn ~ ’ left his lab, lit up a Colts, paused, reflected, and decided to become a phys ed major.
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