MPHEC report represents-student 
     
    
   
   
    
      tuition costs 
     
     should be elimi- 
     
     nated, and edu- 
     
     cation should be 
     
     free in this 
     
     country. ” 
     
    
   
   
    
     This statement comes from a 
     
     report to the Maritime Provinces 
     
     Higher Education Commission 
     
     which on October 2, was pre- 
     
     sented by SU President, Gordon 
     
     Cobb. 
     
    

    
     Past SU President; Michele 
     
     Dorsey, Cathy Campbell, Jacinta 
     
     Gallant, and Carolyn Ryan; VP 
     
     Academic, contributed to Cobb’s 
     
     report, which centered around the 
     
     theme of better communication 
     
     between the university and 
     
     government. 
     
    

    
     The MPHEC recommends the 
     
     level of funding that will be given 
     
    
   
   
    
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     to universities by the government. 
     
    

    
     ~ Cobb felt that his oral report 
     
    

    
     went “very well". The major 
     
    

    
     funding issues mentioned in the 
     
    

    
     report were for better athletic 
     
    

    
     facilities, and a greater course 
     
     . selection for students. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In the report, Cobb seems to 
     
     take a negative view of the new 
     
     Atlantic Veterinary College which 
     
     is receiving separate government 
     
     funding. Cobb dismissed this 
     
     observation, stating that he was 
     
     simply “trying to illustrate the 
     
     student perception that the Vet 
     
     College is roaring right ahead, 
     
     with things still needed here". 
     
    

    
     Cobb described in his report the 
     
     UPEI athletic facilities as being 
     
     “a downright embarrassment for 
     
     all who are a part of the university 
     
     community”. Cobb felt that the 
     
     state of UPEl’s athletic facilities 
     
     is one “of the biggest concerns 
     
     on the campus." ' 
     
    

    
     Cobb was attempting, through 
     
    
   
   
    
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     his report, to represent what 
     
     students popularly felt. “But, of 
     
     course, 'my feelings were repre- 
     
     sented as well,"’ he said. 
     
    
   
   
    
     When asked about past univer- 
     
     sity funding by the MPHEC, 
     
     Cobb said that it, “fell short of 
     
     our expectations. We've come 
     
     through a time when we’ve been 
     
     fighting over what the university 
     
     is supposed to be, and trying to 
     
     establish and identity.” Cobb 
     
     feels that as a result of this, there 
     
     is “not good communication 
     
     between UPEl and the govern- 
     
     ment. iWe don’t realize the 
     
     importance of one to the other." 
     
    

    
     In his report, Cobb suggested 
     
     that university education be free 
     
     of cost. When asked about this 
     
     ‘suggestioh, Cobb replied that “I 
     
     think it’s not impossible. At one 
     
     time parents had to fight to send 
     
     their kids to elementary school. 
     
     It was the same for high school." 
     
     He expanded on his views by 
     
    
   
   
    
     saying that there is “so much 
     
     money put in by the government 
     
     to help students pay tuition. The 
     
     government puts more money into 
     
    
   
   
    
     putting money into the hands of 
     
     the students”. Cobb wants to see 
     
     the Government, “placing a 
     
     higher priority on education”. 
     
    

    
     Cobb also mentioned in his 
     
     report the problems faced by 
     
     mature and part~time university 
     
     students to get the courses they 
     
     want, because teaching is directed 
     
     at the main stream of 'students”. 
     
     In order to solve this problem, 
     
     Cobb felt that the university 
     
     “requires more staff  requires 
     
     money basically”. 
     
    

    
     The decision resulting from 
     
     consideration of Cobb’s report is 
     
     expected to come sometime next 
     
     year. 
     
    

    
     Cobb felt that in his report 
     
     he “illustrated problems, and 
     
     offered a few solutions.” 
     
    

    
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