Originally Published: 2009-09-06

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Are students facing difficult decisions such as abandoning full-time studies for part-time?

“Maybe, but there are complexities even in this case. If you’re a student with OSAP funding and you decide to study part-time, you risk having to pay back what was given to you and you would no longer be eligible. So, even if you save on courses, you have less chance of receiving support.”

University tuition is provincially regulated. Doesn’t that help students?

“According to the Tuition Fees Regulation Framework, the limit is from 4% to 8% annually, while there is no maximum limit for foreign students. This framework will expire in 2010. The government, therefore, will have to present recommendations on how to regulate tuition for the following academic year.”

When will they be presented?

“A review is underway. The guidelines should be presented by March 2010. Students, to put pressure on the province, will participate in a rally on Nov. 5. We’re also collecting letters to send to Premier McGuinty, asking for his intervention, to substitute the credit system with a subsidy mechanism, and to lower tuitions.”

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