The Students' Union is building a policy on what tuition should pay for, in light of growing concerns about tuition increases.
"We really don't have a policy saying what tuition should and should not pay for," said SU Vice-President Operations and Finance Gavin Preston. "Some would argue that it should only pay for access to experts in a field."
Among the services Preston cited for discussion are: the Admissions Office, the Disability Resource Centre, the Library and the Fees Office.
su External Commissioner Bryan West was cautious about any policy enumerating what tuition should or should not pay for.
"Things will arise," said West. "I think it would be a very confining policy."
Preston agreed that care was needed in formulating the policy.
"If we say tuition should pay for everything that goes on at this university, that gives administration a great excuse to charge more tuition," he said.
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If this was the real world, we wouldn't have to pay the U of C to pay the U of C, and they would have trimmed the administrative cruft long ago (or gone bankrupt).
I'm curious, what other services do students pay for out of tuition?
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/students/STUDENTINFO/campus_services.html
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/students/STUDENTINFO/directory.html
Since your e-mail does not appear to be working, I'll post my comments here.
I was told today by a professor that instructions had gone out to the faculty to use research grants more efficiently, and so students would have to pay for class notes and handouts and stuff in the fall. He complained that they were under alot of pressure to "make do" with what they had (they couldn't let department and research money mix) and couldn't understand why the departments aren't getting more money despite large increases in enrollment and tuition.
What do you think?