THE UPEI SUN,Thursday,March 8,1979,page 6 
     
    
   
   
    
      N A  ’ | N” ' 0 P ERA TIL-N56  R ANTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     by Valerie Mansour 
     
     Tuition fee increases 
     
    
   
   
    
     V and further cutbad<s in 
     
     services will be waiting 
     
     Nova Scotia students when 
     
     they return to post- 
     
     secondary institutions 
     
     next fall. 
     
    

    
     The Nova Scotia govern- 
     
     nent has announced an 
     
     increase in operating 
     
     grants of 5.5%, substant— 
     
     ially less than the 9.5% 
     
     recmnended by the 
     
     Maritime Provinces Higher 
     
     Education Commission. 
     
    

    
     The MPHEC made their 
     
     recomendation after 
     
    
   
   
    
     considering the institut- 
     
     ions' original request 
     
    
   
   
    
     of 17%. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The decision has 
     
     disturbed nenbers of the 
     
     academic commity and 
     
     has prompted the resig— 
     
     nation of one member of 
     
     the MPHEC, Guy MacIean, 
     
     Dalhousie University 
     
     academic vice-president. 
     
     He said the government has 
     
     once again ignored the 
     
     recomendaticns of the 
     
     commission. "It makes 
     
    
   
   
    
     nedoubtfulastotheuse‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     of the MPHEC if the 
     
    
   
   
    
     government just goes ahead 
     
     and applies to univers- 
     
     ities the guidelines of 
     
     every other department. " 
     
    

    
     The increase means almost 
     
     certain substantial 
     
     increases in fees. And 
     
     there will be more cut- 
     
     backs," Maclean said. 
     
    

    
     B.J. Arsenault, chair- 
     
     person of the Students' 
     
     Union of Nova Scotia 
     
     (SUNS) said he was shod<ed 
     
     at the funding level. "It 
     
     contradicts what the 
     
     provincial government said 
     
     earlier. The Universities 
     
    
   
   
    
     are now under tremendous 
     
     strain. Students are 
     
     discouraged. 'lhey'll be 
     
     paying more for less," 
     
     said Arsenault. 
     
    

    
     ' "The governnent is lead- 
     
     ing universities do’m a 
     
     path of self-destruction. 
     
     Tuition will go up and ‘ 
     
     enrolnent will decrease. 
     
     This will lead to the 
     
     death of our smaller 
     
     institutions." 
     
    

    
     Arsenault feels the ~ 
     
     MPHEC should abandon its 
     
     practise of recomending 
     
     grant levels. "Their 
     
     research is a service to 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    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     "‘5 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Mildness! 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Matinee gives you 
     
     the right degree. 
     
    
   
   
    
     institutions, so perhaps 
     
     that's all they should Cb, 
     
     said Arsenault. 
     
    

    
     SUNS has not yet decided 
     
     Mnat they are going to do ' 
     
     about the government 
     
     .announcerrent but will meet 
     
     .March 3 and 4 to make their 
     
     lplans. 
     
    

    
     i For two years'the NPHEC 
     
     'has called on institutions 
     
     lto increase tuition fees 
     
     :with the cost of living. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' l'Ihe only Nova Scotia ’ 
     
     , ginstituticn to raise their 
     
    
   
   
    
     tuition last year was St. 
     
     T-Francis Xavier in 
     
     iAntigcnish. Rev. Greg 
     
     'MacKinncn, president of the 
     
     ‘university, said his 
     
    

    
      is in a difficult 
     
     'situation. "We have to do 
     
     everything possible to 
     
     'avoid anotlner increase," 
     
    

    
     ‘he said. 
     
    

    
     John Keys'tcn, executive 
     
     "director of the Atlantic 
     
     lAssociaticn of Universities, 
     
     said the situation looks 
     
     bad for the institutions. 
     
     "But the picture isn't 
     
     exactly Clear yet, he said. 
     
     “We still need more 
     
     information. Keystcn said 
     
     the 5.5% is actually a \ 
     
     decrease in the institutions' 
     
     actual spending power. "It's 
     
     not even equal to the 
     
     increase in the cost of 
     
     living." ' 
     
    

    
     ‘ 'lhe MPHEC lnas net and will 
     
     'soon be releasing the 
     
     Specific grants to eadn 
     
     university. Until then it 
     
     is not know how much 
     
    
   
   
    
     . tuition will rise in the 
     
    
   
   
    
     various institutions . V'Ilerry 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' Donahue, the province's 
     
    
   
   
    
     education minister, has 
     
     said he hopes administrat- 
     
     ions will nct increase 
     
     tuition more than the cost 
     
     of living. Sorre admmi' 's— 
     
     tratiors said the increase 
     
     could be in the range of 
     
     $75-$200. ' 
     
     Unlike last year the 
     
     Maritirre Provinces did 7 
     
     not make a joint alnnOmeemen 
     
     ‘Ihe governments of Prince 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Edward Island and New 5 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     Brunswick are expected to 
     
     announce their decision 
     
    
   
   
    
     v within' the nextfew days. 
     
    
   
   
    
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