Page 16, The Cadre, Tuesday, February 4, 1975 
     
    
   
   
    
     Student aid policy ’CIiilllgeS'IikerLbuj m1 “at “a. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Student aid officers from 
     
     all ten provinces will be 
     
     meeting in Ottawa next week 
     
     to discuss possible policy 
     
     changes,but no major devel— 
     
     opments can be expected 
     
     before 1976—77 at the ear- 
     
     liest. 
     
    

    
     This is the word from 
     
     Dave McPherson,provincial 
     
     student aid director, who 
     
    
   
   
    
     will be attending next week's 
     
    
   
   
    
     meeting. He'said Friday 
     
     that the meeting is one 
     
    
   
   
    
     of a series of "study sessions' 
     
    
   
   
    
     designed to look at the 
     
     student aid situation and 
     
     devise a new program to 
     
     replace the present setup. 
     
    

    
     The ten provincial stud— 
     
     ent aid officers are 
     
     members of the Federal- 
     
     Provincial Task force on 
     
     Student Assistance,which 
     
     was set up last summer by 
     
     the Council of Education 
     
     Ministers. Its purpose 
     
     is to deal with the federal 
     
     government on student aid 
     
     matters. » 
     
    

    
     McPherson said he hasn't 
     
     seen the agenda for the 
     
     meeting yet,but some of 
     
     the topics to be discussed 
     
    

    
     will probably include aid 
     
     ‘ for part—time students; 
     
     how much debt a student 
     
     should have to assume; 
     
     /’gearing repayment plans 
     
     ‘to the amount a student 
     
     earns rather than to the' 
     
     amount he or she owes; and 
     
     possibly collecting student 
     
     loan payments by payroll 
     
     deductions. However,he said 
     
     these are "just guesses" 
     
     ‘ as to what will be discuss- 
     
     'ged. 
     
     ’ The Prince Edward Island 
     
     government has yet to 
     
     formulate definite policy 
     
     statements on these issues, 
     
     he said. He gave no indica— 
     
     tion of when such policy 
     
     statements might be forth— 
     
     coming. 
     
    

    
     Full time students in 
     
     PEI —- that is,students 
     
     taking three or more full 
     
     credits -— are currently 
     
     eligible for a maximum of 
     
    
   
   
    
     $1400 annually from the 
     
     Canada Student Loans plan, 
     
     and a maximum of $1000 
     
     extra from the provincial 
     
     governemnt in the form of 
     
    

    
     a bursary.A means test is 
     
     used to determine need, and 
     
     the entire $1400 must be 
     
     borrowed before any bursary 
     
     is granted. 
     
    

    
     Students taking fewer 
     
     than three full credits 
     
     are not eligible for assis- 
     
     tance under the present 
     
     plan,but McPherson said 
     
     there are "more and more 
     
     part—time students every 
     
     year" and a program of 
     
     "part—time aid for part— 
     
     time students" might be of 
     
     benefit. However,he gave 
     
     no commitment that any such 
     
     program would be instituted. 
     
    

    
     The biggest problem with 
     
     aid for part—time students 
     
     would be determining who 
     
     really needed it,he said. 
     
     "A lot of part—time students 
     
     are fully employed",he said, 
     
     "and it would be difficult 
     
     to know how much aid they 
     
     really required." 
     
    

    
     Ontario has an experimen— 
     
     tal part—time student aid 
     
     program,said McPherson,but 
     
     even there a sizeable num— 
     
     ber of students don't qua- 
     
     lify. "No matter what type 
     
     of program you institute, 
     
     not everybody's going to 
     
     be happy." 
     
    

    
     As for the total amount 
     
     of student aid to be made 
     
     available to each student 
     
     in the future,McPherson 
     
     said there would be adjust— 
     
     ments made in next years 
     
     program to compensate for 
     
     inflation,but any basic 
     
     change in Canada's student 
     
     aid philosophy will have 
     
     to wait at least two years. 
     
     Student aid research takes 
     
     a lot of time,he said,and 
     
     the provincial officers 
     
     can't meet very frequently 
     
     because of logistical pro— 
     
     blems. 
     
    

    
     McPherson admitted that' 
     
     in a great number of cases, 
     
     "student aid is not enough. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1First year students fresh 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     CADRE SUBSCRIPTION FORM 
     
     NAME 
     
    

    
     amass ’ 
     
     ENCLOSED IS FOR 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     administration, faculty, - and 
     
     stiff Subscribe Now 
     
    
   
   
    
     Only $2.50 Per Year 
     
    
   
   
    
     YRlYRS 
     
     PLEASE MAIL YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS T0: 
     
     CADRE. U.P.E.<I. , CHARLOTTETOWN. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
        
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     . ...WE'LL GIVE You CREDIT FOR 
     
     TRYINe, MITCHELL -- BMT THAT '5 
     
     ALL THE CREDIT we‘re GWE You  i 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' s'ruoENT 
     
     LOANS 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     \r 
     
    
   
   
    
     d, _ 
     
     63:429. _ 
     
     Graphic from the Martlet 
     
    
   
   
    
     It's difficult to live just they had a low-paying job. 
     
     on the $2400 maximum you When aSked about a req- 
     
    
   
   
    
     can get in aid in pEI," uest by the student aid 
     
     PEI uses the "table form. officer at Mount Saint Vi— 
     
    
   
   
    
     ulas" to calculate how much ncent University in Halifax 
     
     a student should be able that women be required to 
     
     to Save over the summer. save less than men because 
     
     they usually get lower— 
     
     paying jobs, McPherson 
     
     said,"I don't agree with 
     
     that.There are federal 
     
     regulations now that ensure 
     
     equal wages for women,and 
     
     Statistics Canada has even 
     
     found that women have a 
     
     Peedener g-xoéee‘fze ,mogeiiben 
     
     men,"Agaifi,fie_saia.afipeal 
     
     prOCedures would protect 
     
     any wOmen who might be 
     
     victimized by unfair wage 
     
     scales. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     out of high school,having 
     
     only 8 weeks in which to 
     
     work,are expected to save 
     
     $250,second year students 
     
     $530,third year students 
     
    

    
     $556 and fOurth year students 
     
     $585. This does not take 
     
    
   
   
    
     ’into account differences, 
     
     in wages earned by differ; 
     
    
   
   
    
     ent students in the same 
     
     year,but McPherson said 
     
     there are appeal procedures 
     
     open to students who have 
     
     been unable to save the 
     
     specified amount because 
     
    
   
   
    
     BY DAVE MCCURDY 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
       
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Faves $81—— LMval