Lack of grants hits students' wallets
By Leanna Roy
News Editor
August 3, 2010
A recent study done by Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) shows that Ontario university budgets are beginning to rely more and more on tuition revenue rather than government funding. Currently the University of Waterloo is receiving more money from tuition fees than government grants, putting a heavy financial burden on students and parents.
UWindsor belongs to OUSA as well as Council of Ontario Universities (COU) who both strive to see greater funding from the provincial government. Additionally, OUSA would like to see a greater proportion of the cost of our education covered by the Ontario government, bringing us in line with other Canadian provinces.
"Our students pay for a much higher portion of the cost of their education than at institutions in all other provinces. This seems somewhat unnecessary, seeing as we live in the country's most prosperous province," stated vice president of university affairs, Robert Woodrich.
Woodrich also urges students to take personal initiative by contacting their local MPP (Sandra Pupatello in Windsor West, Dwight Duncan in Windsor-Tecumseh and Bruce Crozier in Essex) directly "to let them know how having a greater financial contribution to the cost of tuition by the Ontario government will help our students to succeed." |
