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 
     
    
   
   
    
     c . 
     
    
   
   
    
     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 
     
    
   
   
    
     Vernment of Nova Scotia. , , , 
     
    
   
   
    
     o 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     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 
     
    
   
   
    
     Great moments in college 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Commission ’0   
     
    
   
   
    
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     THE UPEI SUN,Thursday,March 15,1979,page 7 
     
    
   
   
    
     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 
     
    
   
   
    
     Colts. 
     
    
   
   
    
     , On October 
     
    
   
   
    
     Enjoy them 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     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! 
     
    
   
   
    
     “9-  
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     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. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Colts. A great break. 
     
    
   
   
    
     e Thomson 
     
    
   
   
    
     anytime.