C.E.S.
      and
      UPEI
      Student
     
     
      Union
      call
      for
      tuition
      freeze
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Recommendations
      made
      to
      Inter-Provincial
      Commission
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Canadian
      Federation
      of
      Students
      -
      PEI
     
    
   
   
    
     
      :
      Y
     
     
      and
      the
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      to
      the
      WY
      Tultion
      Fees
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      canadian
      Federation
      of
      Stutogs
      vp,
      |
      LUition
      Fees
      at
      U.P.E.I.,
      1980-94
      Savas
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Maritime
      Provinces
      Higher
      Education
      Com-
     
     
      mission
      (MPHEC)
      called
      for
      tuition
      fees
      at
     
    
   
   
    
     
      U.P.E.I.
      and
      Holland
      College
      to
      be
      frozen
      at
      2600
      5
     
     
      their
      present
      levels
      unless
      significant
      increases
      2500
      -
     
     
      are
      made
      in
      student
      aid.
      The
      submission,
      enti-
      2400
      +
     
     
      tled
      *‘Post-Secondary
      Education
      in
      Prince
      2300
      4
     
     
      Edward
      Island:
      Declining
      Access’’,
      was
      pre-
      200
      -
     
     
      sented
      to
      the
      Finance
      Committee
      of
      the
      com-
      2100-4
     
    
   
   
    
     
      mission
      by
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      President
      Todd
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      King
      on
      October
      15.
      It
      also
      called
      for
      immedi-
      mere
     
     
      :
      :
      :
      3
      1900
      -
     
     
      ate
      increases
      in
      student
      financial
      assistance
      and
     
     
      an
      end
      to
      frozen
      government
      education
      funding.
      bonnet
     
     
      The
      Maritime
      Provinces
      Higher
      Education
      1M
     
     
      Commission
      makes
      recommendations
      to
      the
      1600
      -
      a
     
     
      three
      maritime
      provinces
      on
      the
      funding
      and
      1800
      -
     
     
      structure
      of
      post-secondary
      education.
      The
      1400
      -
     
     
      MPHEC,
      which
      is
      based
      in
      Fredericton,
      recom-
      .
      1300
      -
     
     
      aa
      1200
     
     
      ...the
      average
      unemployment
      1100.
      —Y
     
     
      rate
      for
      full-time
      returning
      1000
      +
      Yy
      7
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Uy
     
     
      YU
     
     
      students
      combined
      in
      the
      Atlantic
      900+
      _
      ;
     
     
      region
      was
      25.4%"
      ~
      LL
     
     
      1900-8181-82
      82-89
      89-84
      84-95
      95-96
      96-97
      87-98
      86-90
      09-90
      90-91
      91-02
      92-98
      99-04
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      mended
      last
      year
      that
      funding
      to
      universities
     
    

    
     
      and
      colleges
      be
      increased
      and
      tuition
      not
      be
      |
      U.P.E.I.
      Tuition
      Fees
      1983/1984
      -
      1992/1993
      (for
      a
      full-time
      student
      taking
      a
     
    

    
     
      increased
      by
      more
      than
      5%.
      In
      UPEI’s
      case
      |
      fy}]
      course
      load
      of
      30
      semester
      hours)
     
    

    
     
      funding
      was
      frozen
      for
      another
      year
      and
      tuition
      f
      ;
     
     
      Academic
      Year
     
    
   
   
    
     
      increased
      by
      9.21%.
      The
      submission
      goes.on
      to
      Tuition
      Fees
      Percentage
      Increase
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ee
      that
      the
      si
      ee
      oe
      1983/1984
      $1200
      7.14%
     
     
      or
      fu
      |-time
      returning
      stu
      ents
      com
      ine:
      Hine
      ie
      1984/1985
      $1270
      5
      83%
     
     
      Atlant
      i
      25.4%
      (PEI
      dered
     
     
      too
      male
      ee
      See
      ee
      Cates
      1985/1986
      $1350
      6.30%
     
     
      separate
      student
      unemployment
      figures
      over
      1986/1987
      $1480
      9.63%
     
     
      _
      Ta
      also
      contained
      figures
      for
      1987/1988
      $1560
      5.41%
     
     
      UPEI
      tuition
      increases
      which
      are
      contrasted
      1988/
      1989
      $1640
      5.13%
     
     
      against
      the
      lack
      of
      any
      real
      increase
      in
      the
      1989/1990
      $1720
      4.88%
     
     
      maximum
      personal
      amount
      available
      to
      stu-
      1990/1991
      $1840
      6.98%
     
     
      dents
      through
      the
      Canada
      Student
      Loans
      in
      a
      1991/1992
      $2120
      15.22%
     
     
      d
      i
      ®
     
     
      pees
      Lo
      at
      Be
      eS
      1992/1993
      $2280
      7.55%
     
     
      The
      CFS-PEI/UPEISU
      submission
      is
      publicly
      1993/1994
      $2490
      9.21%
     
    
   
   
    
     
      available
      through
      the
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      Of-
     
     
      fice
      or
      through
      the
      Canadian
      Federation
      of
     
     
      Students
      PEI
      Component.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      BRUCE
      DAVISON
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Cumulative
      increase
      1983/84-1993/1994:
      83.28%
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      11,
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