At the same time, it said it would bolster supports available to students in need. Similarly, the University of Toronto said tuition for international undergrads has gone up for the summer session by an average of 5. Students, who have long complained about the cost of post-secondary education, said the pandemic has exacerbated the situation. Even with some emergency financial help from the federal government, many will have difficulty getting through the summer let alone being able to deal with more expensive education in the fall, Descalzi said.
A recent survey for the federation and the Canadian Association of University Teachers found a significant number of students were rethinking their plans. Among the reasons were lost income, limited support, and concerns about remote learning. In all, almost one-third of those asked said they might not go to school given the situation. Descalzi said universities should resort to belt-tightening at the administration and executive levels or dip into reserves before placing a higher financial burden on those furthering their education.
Dalhousie University, which is raising tuition three per cent, said it was taking steps to cut costs and limit non-essential spending. The school noted that 41 per cent of its operating money comes directly from students and increases were necessary to maintain academic standards. Full coverage at CTVNews. Immediate families could soon cross U.
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A typical full course load is four to five classes per semester. Different kinds of international students face different hikes. Meanwhile, prices for Canadian students tend to only increase by around 3 per cent each year. It also criticized the school for picking the middle of a global pandemic as the moment to make this move.
One man who signed the petition said McGill should honour past agreements. The salt in the wound, he wrote, is that the extra 35 per cent is being charged for classes that are fully online.
In a statement, McGill referred to the provincial policy change, explaining that under the old policy, Quebec not only regulated most international student tuition and also kept the difference between Quebec tuition— much cheaper—and the international tuition. The university also says the tuition hike is meant partly to raise money to help other students. It said it will allocate 30 per cent of net revenue from the tuition hike to student aid funds, which were almost depleted before the pandemic hit.
For all international students, applying for aid is an incredibly complicated process. As of last fall, universities now keep per cent of what they charge these students. McGill said this week that it had settled on the new rates after a review of similar schools. Quebecers mark Remembrance Day. Here's why some restaurants are moving away from avocados. The Quebec government is increasing tuition fees by 3 per cent, a middle-of-the-road approach that risks satisfying neither universities nor student leaders.
The move, designed to put a lid on simmering tensions over university funding, ties increases to the cost of living. Most participants at the province's long-anticipated summit on higher education stopped short of calling its first day a success, even as many expressed hope that the gathering had softened the rancour remaining after a year of angry protests and steep funding cuts that plunged Quebec's post-secondary system into crisis.
The plan from Premier Pauline Marois, who was at pains to play down obvious divisions at the summit, veers toward the middle ground to avoid inflaming any one constituency. Some university administrators, student leaders, government officials and other stakeholders flocked to the summit, held in a high-security bubble behind multiple police barriers. That is nowhere near the amount of money universities say they need, and drew strong condemnation from student leaders, who want fees to stay frozen next September.
The government also outlined a lengthy list of other proposals, including a plan to create a new council on universities to advise the higher education minister, a forum to reach a new policy for research funding, and a promise of a new funding formula.
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