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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW
UL TRA VOL U ME 7 ISSUE 6
VIRES .MARCH 21, 2006
SINCE 1999
Tuition to rise 8% for incoming class Moran promises infusion of financial aid to partially offset increase for some students BY STEPHEN BIRMAN With spring just around the comer. the Province has thawed the two-year old tuition freeze, allowing fees at Ontario's universities to rise. In line with the maximum increase permitted by the Province, first year tuition at the Faulty of Law will jump eight percent to $18,150, while second and third year students will face a four percent increase to $17,512 (see Table). In an attempt to soften the impact on incoming students, the Faculty plans an infusion of financial aid that will limit tuition for many first year students to $17.512. On March 8. Ontario's Education Mimster Chris Bentley lifted the province's two-year freeze on PostSecondary tuition. Bentley said that the freeze had become too e.xpcnsJve, and removing it was necessary to provide better-quality education. The Minister's decision permits maximum mtc increases of 4.5% per year for students entering an undergraduate program. Professional and graduate schools (such as the Faculty of Law) arc allowed to raise tuition a maximum of eight percent for students entering the program, and four percent for students in second year and beyond. It remains up to the institutions to set their own rate:. within the parameters of the cap as long as the institutional-wide increase does not exceed five percent. Although the final decision for the Faculty is made by Dean Mayo Moran, she admitted at last week's Faculty Council meeting that "Simcoe llall is very keen on
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Mo' money, Mo' problems for Mo' ran us going to eight, four, and four [the maximum permitted increase]. This would mean an average 5.3% increase across all three years." In n subsequent interview with UV, Moran confirmed that the school would go ahead with the 5.3% overall increase, which she claimed is "not much above academic inflation." During the Faculty Council meeting Moran also revealed plans for a one-time
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rebate for members of next year's first year class. Students who qualify for financial aid, or whose combined parental income is less than Sl40,000, \\.'ill receive a 50% discount on the tuition hike. and will face only a four percent increase. Moran commented that this plan will shift the full cost of the increase onto only the "most aflluent students." Moran, who pledged to be "modest on
tuition" after her appointment as Dean in December 2005, defended the raise. "My view is that we should be some\\ here above the rate of academic inflation but below double digits,'' she explained. Moran's increase will exceed the rate of academic intlation :.et by the University, but fall below fonncr Dean Ron Daniels' previous targcb which would ha\c seen the incoming class greeted by a $22,000 bill.
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