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Hello All
What does everyone think about this idea? It is expected that Tuition costs will go up within the next 3 years, but I've heard they are also considering given Students
a textbook rebate? Has anyone else heard that?
Cheers!
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kgray00 wrote:Hello All
What does everyone think about this idea? It is expected that Tuition costs will go up within the next 3 years, but I've heard they are also considering given Students
a textbook rebate? Has anyone else heard that?
Cheers!
The textbook rebate is already in place. It amounts to a small tax credit based on the number of months you are a full time (or part time) student, and does not actually reflect your actual textbook costs. (I will get it for this semester despite not needing any textbooks). It's basically in additon to the already existing write-off for being a full or part time student, only rather than increasing that amount they added something new. In terms of tuition costs, that depends on the province. Nova Scotia has instituted a freeze / reduction for the next 3 years. A few others have longstanding freezes. But in most of the time, over the past decade or two, tuition costs have increased faster than inflation (the main exceptions beng Quebec, and maybe Newfoundland and Manitoba).
 
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kgray00 wrote:Hello All
What does everyone think about this idea? It is expected that Tuition costs will go up within the next 3 years, but I've heard they are also considering given Students
a textbook rebate? Has anyone else heard that?
Cheers!
I think a Students textbook rebate is a good idea. I'm not looking forward to the Tuition increase though.
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I haven't heard about that but i think the student textbook rebate thing would be a good idea but the tuition increase is horrible because it's already so expensive to go to school.
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I also have not heard about this, but it seems like an AMAZING IDEA and plan to do. I hope it goes through for the future or fairly soon. Tution and other college fees are simply ridiculous. It is time for change, and cost to go down for students.
[[Anna / Cookie ]] GO GENS GO!!!!
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omg tuition overseas is sooooooo expensive
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So does Anyone know the tuition for Engineering at UofA (Edmonton)?
Cuz I was gonna go to UBC but last minute Switch and I Dont want to look it up =(
But wow it's 5100 for engineering at UBC
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I think there definitely needs to be more work by our Government to lower tuition fees. In BC I'm pretty sure tuition rates have gone up faster than inflation, and there was a promise of a freeze which didn't happen at all. Instead we get more increases and it becomes harder for young people to fund their education.
I like the program the government has now for young parents to start saving for their childs education by starting them with a $500 bond or something. I think I saw an ad for it on tv.
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A prof that taught me and went to my school 20 years prior said that he paid about 600 bucks a semester! Oh to be back in those days.... But I agree the tuition has increased quite steeeply in a short time. I'm worried what our children would have to pay!!
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i keep looking to see how much tution is supposed to increase in manitoba, cant find anything for next year, please post anything if anyone knows anything about it. thanks
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i thought there was supposed to be a tuition freeze sometime soon?
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I can't believe this cost can go up even more. I know that the rebate on textbooks is a fact in most of the universities across Canada, but the tuition goin up? that is just not right =S.
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codybergen wrote:i keep looking to see how much tution is supposed to increase in manitoba, cant find anything for next year, please post anything if anyone knows anything about it. thanks So far as I know Manitoba is in a tuition freeze situation and has been for several years. brown_shuga24 wrote:i thought there was supposed to be a tuition freeze sometime soon? Ontario had a freeze for 2005/06 and 2006/07 but is now back to increases. I'm not sure if the freeze applied to deregulated programs or not.
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spape wrote:omg tuition overseas is sooooooo expensive Tuition here (for a worthy program) is pretty expensive too. My university's fees are increasing, come next term, by more than $200 (at the very least).
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rks wrote:I think there definitely needs to be more work by our Government to lower tuition fees. In BC I'm pretty sure tuition rates have gone up faster than inflation, and there was a promise of a freeze which didn't happen at all. Instead we get more increases and it becomes harder for young people to fund their education.
I like the program the government has now for young parents to start saving for their childs education by starting them with a $500 bond or something. I think I saw an ad for it on tv. The government does lower your tuition fees by a lot. If it wasn't for them you would be paying for like $15,000 per year instead of $7500.
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Peekaboo wrote:A prof that taught me and went to my school 20 years prior said that he paid about 600 bucks a semester! Oh to be back in those days.... But I agree the tuition has increased quite steeeply in a short time. I'm worried what our children would have to pay!! Education was cheaper back then, but you also have to take into account inflation and the fact that there were less people attending universities back then. Therefore, less of a demand equals lower prices.
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I'm undoubtedly going to be a minority here, and certainly not going to endear myself to many of the Student Awards readership, but thought I'd throw my two-cents in nonetheless.
I am not in the least bothered by the rates of tuition we currently pay (which internationally-speaking is extremely reasonable) and can see many benefits to increases in tuition rates. I should mention that I in no way come from a affluent upbringing, and have had to pay my way through school. So these views are not in the least "elitist" in nature
Simply put, our universities are starved for funds. Infrastructure is crumbling and numerous departments are shrinking as professors retire and are not replaced by tenure-streamed staff. Our quality of education has, and will continue, to suffer without additional revenue. Some people will, no doubt, comment on the inefficient use of the funds universities currently have. This, however, is an unavoidable reality for any large enterprise--either private or public in nature.
Blanket tuition freezes and fee reductions can be debilitating for universities, unless they are accompanied by additional government subsidies, which is not always the case. I understand that it is easy for many students, as is certainly evident on this website, to just look at their own personal circumstances, which no doubt can be very difficult and occasionally dire. But I have serious reservations about the quality of education this country will provide without amply and stable financial support. I certainly do, however, support the notion that increased fees should go hand in hand with increased financial assistance for those unable to pay. But quite simply, the universities need funding, and I don't see any problem with charging increasingly higher rates for those able to pay.
Again, I'm probably a minority in these views.
Cheers.
H.B.A. (History) University of Toronto '08
M.A. (History) York University '09
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