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     secondary institutions, particularly our 
     
     universities, to play a stronger role in keep- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ing Canada competitive.’” The CMA report. 
     
    
   
   
    
     goes even farther in stressing the importance 
     
     of a university education. It maintains that 
     
     there is a link between the economic success 
     
     of a region and the quality ofits universities. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     lronically, as financial 
     
    
   
   
    
     support has decreased, 
     
    
   
   
    
     university education is be- 
     
     ing recognized as an asset 
     
     to our national communi- 
     
    
   
   
    
     At the same time, the report recognizes that 
     
     the training of individuals in the so-called 
     
     “practical disciplines,’’ is not our only priori- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ty 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Canada’s com-. 
     
    
   
   
    
     petitiveness and growth 
     
     reguire not only scientists 
     
     and engineers but also 
     
    

    
     individuals skilled in the 
     
     humanities and _ social 
     
     sciences and in a variety 
     
     of technical and non- 
     
     technical areas. Studies of 
     
     leaders in various fields 
     
     show that those who br- 
     
     ing a breadth of 
     
     knowledge to their jobs 
     
    
   
   
    
     make the greatest con- 
     
     tribution. 
     
    
   
   
    
     John Polanyi, the University of Toronto 
     
     professor who recently won a Nobel Prize 
     
     for Chemistry, has not only stated that, 
     
     because of lack of opportunities available 
     
     to researchers in Canada, he would not 
     
     advise young scientists looking for suc- 
     
     cessful careers to remain in this country, 
     
     but also that “‘if we neglect our univer- 
     
     sities we are neglecting thought’’. In his 
     
     eyes, this is something that “‘surely we 
     
     can’t allow ourselves to do.”’ 
     
    

    
     Despite all the ‘‘gloom and doom”, 
     
     there has been some recent attempt to 
     
     look closely at the problems facing univer- 
     
     sities. This fall, the federal and provincial 
     
     governments jointly sponsored a national 
     
     consultation on PSE; the conclusions of 
     
     which will be presented to the Secretary of 
     
     State and the Council of Ministers of 
     
     Education in February. Regionally, 
     
     students, faculty members and university 
     
     administrators have attempted to impress 
     
     upon government and the public the 
     
     urgency of the situation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Layout by: Heather McNaught 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     MARITIME UNIVERSITIES, SCHOOLS & HOSPITALS 
     
     PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
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     BILLIONS of CURRENT $ 
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
       
     
          
     
         
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Canadian 
     
    
   
   
    
     Federation 
     
     CFS of Students 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 19&5 1986 1987 
     
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     Source: Statistics Canada and MPHEC 
     
    
   
   
    
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     des étudiantes 
     
    
   
   
    
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