Finance Minister mum on potential tuition, grant increases
Fredericton university students and professors urged the provincial government not to make cuts to post-secondary education at the budget consultation meeting last week. “The returns on education are phenomenal,” said Joey O’Kane, president of the New Brunswick Student Alliance and vice-president external of the University of New Brunswick student union. “If we want to see [...]
Change, as the premier said time after time, is coming to the way the New Brunswick government does business. It’s to come to the structure of government through blandly-named government renewal, an effort to refocus government on “core services, accountability, and continuous performance improvement,” to quote Alward’s address. The provincial budget, due in March, is [...]
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It was the first day of classes of the winter semester of 2012, and her foreboding statement expressed her expectations of the three months ahead. “It’s going to be hell,” she said. She was a St. Thomas University student, probably barely recovered from the demands of exams and multiple paper deadlines all coinciding in one or [...]
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Students will have to wait for a “budget day bomb” to find out about changes to post-secondary education funding, St. Thomas University students’ union president Mark Livingstone said. Livingstone attended a meeting last Friday with officials from the New Brunswick department of post-secondary education, training, and labour to discuss changes to funding and student financial [...]
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This past week hasn’t been good for students across the country. Tuition fees are going up in Nova Scotia while university budgets are being cut. The Nova Scotia government announced tuition fee increases of three per cent (or more in professional programs and for international students). And that three per cent cap on tuition fee [...]
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New Brunswick’s Finance Minister Blaine Higgs sits down with The Aquinian to talk about university funding, student retention – and why you should stay in New Brunswick. AQ: New Brunswick has a long way to go before it has battled its debt and deficit. What advice do you have for students who are finishing school [...]
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It’s inevitable – university students are saying good-bye to their beloved educational institutions carrying a heavier burden than ever before. With the average debt level at $37,000 for Atlantic Canadian scholars, it’s no wonder the idea of leaving your alma mater may leave some with a panic attack. Like Tiffany Doucet. She’s a recent graduate [...]
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“I worked and they shouldn’t take away from that because there’s still living expenses I need [to pay for,” said first year Danielle Faron, who received less money for her student loan due to parental contribution and her savings. (Karissa Donkin/AQ) The school year is barely two weeks old and for some students, the year-long struggle of [...]
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