4
      UPEI
      News
     
     
      Value-for-Money
     
     
      Audit
      greeted
     
     
      with
      caution
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Continued
      from
      page
      3
     
    
   
   
    
     
      such
      a
      policy
      is
      difficult
      to
     
     
      develop.
     
    

    
     
      “Whoever
      gets
      put
      at
      the
     
     
      bottom
      of
      the
      list
      would
      be
     
     
      unfortunate,”
      remarked
      one
     
     
      student.
     
    

    
     
      Further
      audit
      recommen-
     
     
      dations
      cali
      for
      UPEI
      to
      under-
     
     
      take
      a
      costing
      study,
      which
     
     
      would
      determine
      how
      much
     
     
      money
      is
      actually
      spent
      on
      each
     
     
      discipline.
      It
      has
      been
      suggested
     
     
      that
      the
      next
      logical
      step
      for
     
     
      such
      a
      study
      is
      the
      implemen-
     
     
      tation
      of
      differential
      fees.
      This
     
     
      policy
      sets
      tuition
      at
      different
     
     
      levels
      depending
      on
      the
      pro-
     
     
      gram
      being
      studied,
      such
      as
     
     
      Arts,
      Science,
      Music,
      and
      oth-
     
     
      ers.
     
    

    
     
      “T
      think
      that’s
      where
      it
     
     
      leads
      to.
      I
      think
      that
      if
      you’re
     
     
      going
      to
      follow
      the
      direction
      of
     
     
      a
      costing
      study,
      you
      are
      head-
     
     
      ing
      to
      differential
      fees.
      ..
      We
     
     
      know
      what
      that
      would
      bring
      -
     
     
      -
      the
      elimination
      ofa
      program,”
     
     
      continued
      Heider.
     
    

    
     
      He
      also
      asserted
      that
      the
     
     
      University
      is
      not
      interested
      in
     
     
      charging
      different
      levels
      of
     
     
      tuition
      to
      students.
      However,
     
     
      he
      noted
      that
      a
      lesser
      form
      of
     
     
      differential
      fees
      are
      already
     
     
      present
      at
      UPEI
      in
      the
      form
      of
     
     
      lab
      fees
      for
      science
      students,
     
     
      and
      extra
      costs
      to
      music
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      who
      take
      individual
      mu-
     
     
      sic
      lessons.
     
    

    
     
      Pauline
      Tran,
      Vice
      Presi-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      as
      belt
      nv
      ee
      emcee
     
     
      weet!
      you
      don't
      aa
     
    
   
   
    
     
      dent
      Internal,
      is
      also
      against
     
     
      the
      introduction
      of
      differential
     
     
      tuition
      fees.
     
    

    
     
      “We’re
      all
      students,”
      she
     
     
      stated.
      “The
      University
      should
     
     
      be
      the
      same
      for
      everyone.”
     
    

    
     
      Objections
      to
      differen-
     
     
      tial
      fees
      were
      raised
      by
      other
     
     
      students
      as
      well.
      According
      to
     
     
      Emily
      Smith,
      fourth
      year
      Eng-
     
     
      lish
      student,
      it
      is
      “an
      un-Cana-
     
     
      dian
      way
      of
      doing
      things.”
     
    

    
     
      Heider
      reiterated
      his
      con-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cern
      on
      the
      decrease
      in
      fund-
      |
     
     
      ing
      to
      UPEI,
      and
      believes
      that
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tuition
      hikes
      cause
      some
      pro-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      spective
      students
      to
      not
      attend
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      university.
      But
      he
      is
      against
      a
     
     
      tuition
      freeze.
     
    

    
     
      “We
      don’t
      want
      political
     
     
      pressure
      on
      the
      decisions
      on
     
     
      tuition.
      We
      know
      we
      have
      to
     
     
      conduct
      consultations
      with
      fac-
     
     
      ulty
      and
      students
      .
      .
      .
      [But]
      it’s
     
     
      the
      Board
      of
      Governors
      that
     
     
      must
      be
      given
      the
      prerogative
     
     
      of
      establishing
      tuition,”
      said
     
     
      Heider.
     
    

    
     
      The
      University
      plans
      to
     
     
      implement
      those
      recommen-
     
     
      dations
      which
      it
      feels
      are
      eco-
     
     
      nomically
      feasible.
      Some
      may
     
     
      require
      more
      administrative
     
     
      personnel
      than
      UPEI
      has,
      in
     
     
      which
      case
      such
      recommen-
     
     
      dations
      may
      not
      be
      imple-
     
     
      mented.
      But
      UPEI
      takes
      the
     
     
      audit
      very
      seriously.
     
    

    
     
      “We'd
      be
      very
      poorly
     
     
      advised
      if
      we
      put
      it
      on
      the
     
     
      shelf,”
      Heider
      added.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ed
      in
      this
     
     
      o
      be
      much
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cleaverer
      than
      other
      meets
      ele
     
    
   
   
    
     
      just
      have
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      be
      mer
      NY
     
    
   
   
    
     
      early."
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -Leo
      Szilard
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Cadre
     
    
   
   
    
     
      *
      26
      January
      1999
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Psychology
      Student
      Helene
     
     
      Deacon
      Makes
      Waves
      with
     
     
      her
      Honours
      Thesis
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Continued
      from
      page
      3
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      her
      thesis,
      Deacon
     
     
      has
      designed
      an
      interesting
      ex-
     
     
      periment
      to
      try
      to
      give
      school-
     
     
      children
      the
      advantages
      of
      bi-
     
     
      lingualism
      without
      necessarily
     
     
      having
      to
      teach
      schoolchildren
     
     
      a
      second
      language.
      She
      has
     
     
      designed
      an
      experiment
     
     
      wherein
      she
      will
      teil
      young
     
    
   
   
    
     
      schoolchildren
      about
      a
      mythi-
     
     
      cal
      land
      where
      two
      languages
     
     
      co-exist,
      and
      about
      the
      changes
     
     
      that
      have
      occurred
      in
      these
     
     
      two
      languages.
      Deacon’s
      the-
     
     
      sis
      is
      that
      the
      schoolchildren
     
     
      will
      pick
      up
      upon
      the
      descrip-
     
     
      tion
      of
      the
      contact
      between
     
     
      the
      two
      languages
      and
      vicari-
     
     
      ously
      absorb
      the
      benefits
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      bilingualism.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dr.
      Boudreau
      suggests
     
     
      that
      Ms.
      Deacon’s
      thesis
      may
     
     
      eventually
      be
      published
      in
      a
     
     
      journal.
      “Héléne
      has
      worked
     
     
      very
      hard
      on
      this
      project,
      and
     
     
      she
      certainly
      has
      a
      well-con-
     
     
      structed
      and
      original
      thesis,”
     
     
      says
      Boudreau.
      “She
      has
      made
     
     
      an
      important
      contribution
      to
     
     
      the
      literature
      [on
      bilingualism].”
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Helene
      Deacon
      is
      only
      one
      of
      eleven
      student
      in
      Canada
      to
      have
      qualified
      forthe
      Rhodes
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Scholarship.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      with
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      or
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      elusive.
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      Sunshine
     
     
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